Maintenance Engineer Question:

The main decisive factor for maximizing manufacturing asset value in terms productivity, reliability, cost, etc. is maintenance management, the body of the organization that is in charge of planning, implementing, controlling, and improving maintenance activities. Maintenance management is often considered as a centralized functional unit within the overall organizational structure in parallel with other functional units such as, production, Decentralized maintenance units is another common structure adopted by large organizations with multiple production units. The decision of adopting centralized or decentralized management structure is usually mad at the high management level taking into consideration, the size of the organization, the complexity of its operations, and the organization culture.