Addressing the maintenance strategy selection issue in the industrial field: A literature review

Maintenance is a core aspect of any manufacturing company as it keeps production assets in good condition ensuring that they can perform at their nominal level. Good management of maintenance leads to economic, environmental, and social benefits. Several maintenance strategies have been developed over the years and the identification of the most appropriate one for an equipment represents a multi-objective problem since the needs of different stakeholders should be considered. The paper aims to contribute to this topic by investigating the literature to assess the maintenance strategies to use in industrial applications. The focus is on the identification of the most used decision support systems (DSS) ad their criteria for the maintenance strategy selection based on the needs of the industrial stakeholders. For such a purpose, a systematic literature review (SLR) has been conducted. Results show that the Multi-Criteria Decision Methods (MCDM) are the most used DSS and cost and safety are always the most important criteria leading towards the final decision.