MODERN MANAGEMENT METHODS FOR EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE

The concept of maintenance in the field of complex equipment wasdeveloped in the USA being quickly adopted by European countries and Japan. TheAmerican maintenance concept has the significance of creating a support system forindustrial equipment functioning. Functional maintenance is one of the most frequentused methods in maintenance management for industrial enterprises. This paper tries topresent some aspects related to the systemic approach of the functional maintenancemodel, starting from technical elements of the maintenance process but also taking intoaccount the economical perspective i.e. maintenance-related expenditure.The final partof the paper presents a systemic method of representation of the model, taking intoaccount the two mentioned aspects.