Auditing of the maintenance system of Fuhais plant/Jordan Cement Factories Co.

Abstract

In the cement industries maintenance cost consumes approximately 20‐25 per cent of the total production cost, which comes in the second rank after the energy cost. Therefore, cement plants in Jordan, taken as a case study that represents developing countries, are facing big challenges in reducing both energy and maintenance costs. In order to improve the maintenance system in the Fuhais plant, auditing of the existing maintenance system had been conducted, since this step is essential in improving any maintenance system. A quantitative (statistical) method was used in order to determine the weakness points in the existing maintenance system. Where based upon this auditing, several actions and strategies were put in a medium‐range plan to resolve the problems and improve the system.

Citation

Al‐Muhaisen, M. and Nader Santarisi, a. (2002), "Auditing of the maintenance system of Fuhais plant/Jordan Cement Factories Co.", Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Vol. 8 No. 1, pp. 62-76. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552510210420595