31.13.3. Prescriptive Maintenance

Try these first

1. 1.

   What is prescriptive maintenance?

   Hint

   Think about how it goes beyond just predicting issues.

2. 2.

   Give one benefit of prescriptive maintenance.

   Hint

   Consider cost savings and efficiency.

3. 3.

   What does prescriptive maintenance do?

   • Only predicts failures
   • Predicts failures and provides recommendations
   • Only focuses on cost analysis

   Hint

   Think about the dual role of this approach.

4. 4.

   True or False: Prescriptive maintenance is limited to predictive analytics.

   • True
   • False

   Hint

   Consider what prescriptive adds to predictive.

5. 5.

   Propose a prescriptive maintenance model for a municipal transportation fleet. What criteria would be used for failure prediction and corrective recommendations?

   Hint

   Consider operational metrics and data-driven decision-making.

6. 6.

   Analyze a case where implementing prescriptive maintenance could drastically change the management of a hospital's infrastructure. What benefits would you expect?

   Hint

   Focus on high-stakes environments where downtime is critical.