Originally posted by Dawn:
I took a hit for predictive maintenace during assessment, and quite frankly my fix isn't turning out like I thought it would. I'm not sure anymore that it is a fix.
Predictive maintenance is a hummer. There is a lot of opinion here. Do you have to do spectro analysis of oil of every machine (for example).
First, remember this is a QS9000 requirement (see 4.9.g.1). They do not list maintenance / equipment FMEAs, however I suppose you could cite same.
--> SUM Predictive maintenance methods - These methods should include a
--> review of appropriate items such as the manufacturer's
--> recommendations, tool wear, optimization of uptime, correlation of
--> SPC data to prevent maintenance activities, important
--> characteristics of perishable tooling, fluid analysis, infrared
--> monitoring of circuits and vibration analysis...
I have seen companies use their maintenance database to 'predict' problems. Ask your self how you decide what 'spares' to keep onsite and what equipment is critical to operations. For example, if you have a 'critical' machine, can you discuss possible breakdowns and how you will handle it? Do you have any extra motors on hand? Do you NEED to have extra motors on hand? When I go through a client facility I spend a bit of time asking about the spare machine and facility parts they have on hand. How did they decide to stock in-house what they have?
In the semiconductor industry I have seen more esoteric stuff like fluid analysis and such. I have never seen infrared monitoring of circuit cards. I have seen vibration analysis.
Remember the key word:
Predictive