This article offers insights into practical considerations regarding implementing maintenance, operations, and safety (MOS) in multiple plants. It addresses challenges faced at the point of usage-on the factory floor. The maintenance manager must look at each plant as a unique entity, while recognizing that together they form a part of a corporation that requires a level of commonality. Maintenance requirements and corporate significance will vary, funding resources are not the same, and people are unique with changing skills and attitudes. The head office manager will use some form of matrix management to meet such demands. This article centers on an installation with a central administrative office (head office) and multiple outlying plants varying in size, staff, and budget, each with specific limitations and demands. The article recognizes that the sole purpose of the electrical system is to support operations of the factory, that management is fully committed to proper MOS practices requiring a level of consistency between outlying plants, and that a level of "fairness" between plants must be addressed.

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多厂维护管理

本文提供了有关在多个工厂中实施维护、操作和安全 (MOS) 的实际考虑因素的见解。它解决了在工厂车间使用时面临的挑战。维护经理必须将每个工厂视为一个独特的实体，同时认识到它们共同构成了需要一定程度通用性的公司的一部分。维护要求和企业意义会有所不同，资金资源也不尽相同，人们因技能和态度的变化而变得独特。总公司经理会采用某种形式的矩阵管理来满足这种需求。本文重点介绍一个具有中央行政办公室（总部）和多个规模、人员和预算各不相同的外围工厂，每个工厂都有特定的限制和要求。