An interactive multicriteria decision support system for the maintenance

With the integration of maintenance as a part of production system, industrialists are beginning to consider the maintenance function as a competitive tool and are spending more time and money on it. The aim of this paper is to implement then evaluate various maintenance strategies in the design and operation of a manufacturing system in order to increase its flexibility and dependability. An Interactive and Multicriteria Decision Support System based on dependability and maintenance indicators is essential to manage choice criteria which help to find the best maintenance policy to be implemented to a specified machine.