ABSTRACT
Industrial engineers and ergonomists can contribute to a maintenance and repair program in many different ways. Maintenance and repair activity can be reduced and in some cases eliminated by designing more reliable products and processes. System downtime after a failure occurs can be reduced by providing better means of detecting, diagnosing, and correcting faults. The timely delivery of technical information, tools, parts, and materials is another particularly important consideration. This chapter presents some of these strategies and design principles for increasing the effectiveness of maintenance and repair.
