Organised by: Cranfield UniversityThe maintenance policy in manufacturing systems is devised to reset the machines functionality
in an economical fashion in order to keep the products quality within acceptable levels. Therefore,
there is a need for a metric to evaluate and quantify function resetting due to the adopted
maintenance policy. A novel metric for measuring the functional periodicity has been developed
using the complexity theory. It is based on the rate and extent of function resetting. It can be used
as an important criterion for comparing the different maintenance policy alternatives. An industrial
example is used to illustrate the application of the new metric.Mori Seiki – The Machine Tool Company; BAE Systems; S4T – Support Service Solutions: Strategy and Transitio
