Changes in maintenance management practices - Standards and human factor

Abstract

Market globalization has initiated the increase in the number of norms that induce the use of external resources, the growth of productive and innovative efficiency, and the promotion of business process orientation. The ISO 55000 series is a thorough and detailed standard that allows to create a method of implementing a system into technical resources management in a company. Technical assets management is an important element of each organization as it allows to bring out the value from the possessed resources. The ISO 55000 series aims at providing a framework for a normalized system of asset management. Change of the maintenance organization, change of the rules of equipment effectiveness management is executed based on a new management standard resulting from an international norm. The article discusses the assumptions of the new standard, the consequences of its implementation and the changes it exerts over the role of employees responsible for maintenance.