Overview of Maintainance Ideal Model in Industry-4.0

Abstract

The main purpose of this article is to analyze status of companies’ readiness factor for 4th industrial revolution. Based on our previous research, firstly machinery maintenance as a phenomenon and its place in a production process is presented. Since every author defines machinery maintenance on its own, we try to choose one, which "fits" best for us. Various types of different approaches to maintenance (based on historical, socio-economic or production factors) are presented with a correlation between the industrial revolutions and machinery maintenance.The main part of the article presents an ideal model proposition of maintenance in Industry. This was based on three main components: hardware, software, humans, and organization which have undergone tremendous transformation as a result of the development of industry and the incorporation of contemporary technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and big data analytics. This paradigm aims to promote a shift from traditional reactive maintenance procedures to more advance preventive and predictive maintenance activities were fully discussed.