James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2024

EG4013 - Asset Management, Maintenance and Reliability

Subject Description

This subject includes: Overview of sustainable asset management; maintenance practices; spare parts and warehouse management; life cycle cost of machinery; computerised maintenance management systems; relevant ISO standards; failure analysis; reliability centred maintenance; failure mode, root cause analysis (RCA), DMAIC, effects and criticality analysis; condition monitoring practices; environmental considerations; other related issues.

Learning Outcomes

• analyse basic reliability concepts and perform statistical analysis involved
• apply sustainable asset management concepts, techniques and effective strategies in an industrial organisation
• practise basic management considerations and implications of decisions relating to machine maintenance, interaction with the workforce, and asset turnover
• integrate the training skills capable of applying the course knowledge on assignment type problems, the tasks/problems of which are real industry scenarios

Subject Assessment

• Written > Examination (centrally administered) - (40%) - Individual
• Written > Test/Quiz 1 - (10%) - Individual
• Written > Technical report - (50%) - Individual

Note that minor variations might occur due to the continuous subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:  EE4306 EG5031 ME4527

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