Maintenance Management Conceptual Model: A System Dynamics Approach

Literature depicts a great level of complexity that requires analysis of interdependencies between the technical and business aspects in the industry 4.0 context, this presents dynamic complexity between technical (maintenance) and business aspects (production measures). This complexity is commonly encountered by most industries in the context of systems optimization. This paper aims at addressing one part of complex phenomenon, namely, maintenance management presented by dynamic complexity using system dynamics. A system dynamic conceptual model for maintenance management controls, and their unintended effects is modelled from existing literature and using systems thinking.