Equipment Management in the Post-Maintenance Era, 2nd Edition

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Strategic Changes in the Post-Maintenance Era

DOI: 10.4324/9781003054856-5

INTRODUCTION

In Chapter 4, the descriptions of the systems model applied in equipment management briefly touched on the essence of the new changes and trends in the post-maintenance era. In this chapter, the important aspects of the post-maintenance era are explored and analyzed thoroughly to signify that it is indeed an important movement in the history of equipment. As revealed in the history of equipment management, the changing of the phases is typically initiated by environmental changes. As the existing management approaches and practices no longer meet the needs of the new environment, problems and inefficiencies surface. To fix these issues, new objectives ...