Name – Jaijeet Unkule

POM Assignment – 2
Roll No . 14608
SYBBA ( IB)

Q1 Explain the objectieves and importance of Maintenance

Management.
Ans
A.Objectives: objectives of maintenance management are as follows:
1.) To optimize the reliability of equipment and infrastructure;
2.) To ensure that equipment and infrastructure are always in good
condition;
3.) To carry out prompt emergency repair of equipment and
infrastructure so as to secure the best possible availability for
production;
4.) To enhance, through modifications, extensions, or new low-cost
items, the productivity of existing equipment or production capacity;
5.) To ensure the operation of equipment for production and for the
distribution of energy and fluids;
6.)To improve operational safety;
7.) to train personnel in specific maintenance skills;
8.) to advise on the acquisition, installation and operation of machinery;
9.) To contribute to finished product quality;
10.)To ensure environmental protection.
B. Importance:
1.) Maintenance management is responsible for the smooth and
efficient working of the industrial plant and helps in improving the
productivity.

2.)It also helps to keep the machines/equipment in their optimum

operating conditions. Thus plant maintenance is an important and
inevitable service function of an efficient production system.

3.) Helps in maintaining and improving the operational efficiency of the

plant facilities and hence contributes towards revenue by decreasing
the operating cost and improving the quality and quantity of the
product being manufactured.

4.)As a service function it is related with the incurrence of certain costs.

The important component of such costs are — employment of
maintenance staff, other minor administrative expenses, investment in
maintenance equipment and inventory of repair components/ parts
and maintenance materials.
5.)Absence of plant maintenance may lead to frequent machine
breakdown and failure of certain productive centres/services which in
turn would result in stoppages of production activities, idle man and
machine time, dislocation of the subsequent operations, poor quality of
production, failure to meet delivery dates of product supply, industrial
accidents endangering the life of workers/ operators and allied costs
etc.

Q2.) Write a short note on Standardization

Ans.) Standardization or standardization is the process of implementing
and developing technical standards based on the consensus of different
parties that include firms, users, interest groups, standards
organizations and governments.
Standardization is implemented greatly when companies release new
products to market. Compatibility is important for products to be
successful; this allows consumers to use their new items along with
what they already own. In the context of supply chain management
and materials management, standardization covers the process of
specification and use of any item the company must buy in or make,
allowable substitutions, and build or buy decisions.