Review, Classification and Comparative Analysis of Maintenance Management Models

The present article does a chronological tour for the most important models of maintenance management, describes them in a general way and classifies them according to their functioning under declarative models and under process oriented models. It distinguishes in addition the innovations proposed by every author and compares the elements that form every model, with some of the points that the norm ISO 9001:2000 mentions, as well as with other criteria considered suitable to the case. From this analysis are derived the results between which are distinguished some desirable characteristics for a modern and efficient maintenance management model. In addition is discussed the application of these models to support industrial needs, as well as its future challenges.