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USACERL TECHNICAL REPORT P-91/35August 1991US Army Corpsof EngineersConstruction EngineeringResearch LaboratoryAD-A240 190The Value Assessment Method for EvaluatingPreventive maintenance Activitiesby ' DTICJames H. JohnsonELECTEBecause the advantages of Preventive mainte- SEP 1 1 1991nance (PM) are difficult to quantify and returns 0are often seen only in the long term, PM opera-tions are subject to frequent economic reviews. 0Maintenance managers need both technical andcost data on each maintained unit to build aneffective, low-cost maintenance program basedon a practical cost benefit balance betweenscheduled ( Preventive ) and repair objective of this research was to develop astandard Method to help maintenance managersat military installations determine the relativevalue and cost-effectiveness of PM gathered by surveys and site visitswas used to create a foundation for selecting andperforming PM tasks. This foundation, the ValueAssessment Method , was then used to developa Method for defining the Value (or importance) ofa PM activity based on the mission and the cost-effectiveness of the automated system proposed by this reportwill be adapted and programmed as a module ina commercial package (MAXIMO by PSDI).

TABLES Number Page I Categories of Preventive Maintenance at Military Installations 6 2 Scheduling Priorities of PM Activities 7 3 Interim PM Task Preference List 19

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