Research Article

Development of Decision Support Model for Selecting a Maintenance Plan Using a Fuzzy MCDM Approach: A Theoretical Framework

Table 2

Criteria and subcriteria for selection of maintenance strategy using fuzzy-MCDM hybrid methodology.

CriteriaSubcriteriaReference

Safety & SecurityHuman safety[1417]
Environment safety[1417]
Facility and machine safety[1418]

CostDamage and loss in production[14, 16, 18]
Spare parts costs/ hardware[1417]
Programming maintenance and software[1418]
Training costs[15, 16, 18]
Labor and specialized employees’ costs[14, 17, 18]

ReliabilityAverage time between failures[14, 15, 18]
Inspection accessibility and errors-free[1416, 18]
Reliability of techniques[16, 18]

AvailabilityAverage time for repair[14, 15, 18]
Inherent availability[14]
On demand availability[14]

FeasibilityAcceptance by personnel/labor[15, 16]
Effectiveness of policy[15]
Access to technology[17]

Added-ValueProduction quality[17, 18]
Reduction of waste[17, 18]
Spare parts inventory[1517]