Abstract

Modern manufacturing organizations are designing, building and operating large, complex and often ‘one of a kind’ assets, which incorporate the integration of various systems under modern control systems. Due to such complexity, machines failures became more difficult to interpret and rectify and the existing maintenance strategies became obsolete without development and enhancement. As a result, the need for more advanced strategies to ensure effective maintenance applications that ensures high operation efficiency arise. The current research aims to investigate the existing maintenance strategies, the levels of machines complexity and automation within manufacturing companies from different sectors and sizes including, oil and gas, food and beverages, automotive, aerospace, and Original Equipment Manufacturer. Results analysis supports in the development of a modern maintenance framework that overcome the highlighted results and suits modern manufacturing assets using systematic approaches and utilisation of pillars from Total productive maintenance (TPM, Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) and Industry 4.0.