Planning Method for the Maintenance and Repair of the Vehicle Fleet Based on the Life Cycle Contract

Abstract

Solving the problem to improve the motor vehicles reliability is provided by the automotive industry, on the one hand, through the production of more reliable vehicles and their components and, on the other hand, by improving the methods of vehicles’ technical operation. Reliability indicators arise themselves in the vehicle’s operation process and depend on methods and conditions of its operation, accepted system and methods of maintenance and repair (M&R), operating modes, etc. Authors describe a long-term planning method of vehicles’ M&R when concluding the life cycle contract. Data sources for such long-term planning of M&R were identified. It is proposed to use the extrapolation method based on current values of technical condition indicators for future periods, taking into account conditions and product operation modes. Constructor and manufacturer get an opportunity to analyze statistics on vehicles’ faults and failures for organizational, design or technological decision-making. Proposed method helps to improve the vehicle fleet’s technical state and to manage its operation.