Question: If a production machine is working 24/7 during a one week period, and requires 10 hours of preventive maintenance per week. How should those 10

If a production machine is working 24/7 during a one week period, and requires 10 hours of preventive maintenance per week. How should those 10 hours be scheduled? Why? Compare the following preventive maintenance schedules and analyze considering reliability of the machine, availability of the machine, as well as production output. Please explain your reasoning.

- Machine is stopped one time a week for 10 hours for preventive maintenance?

- Machine is stopped two times a week for 5 hours each for preventive maintenance?

- Machine is stopped everyday for 10/7 hours for preventive maintenance?

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