Maintenance Costs in the Process Industry: A Literature Review

Maintenance costs in the process industry have changed considerably in the past years due to technological advancements such as increase in automation, Industry 4.0, Big Data, Internet of Things, among others. Cost reduction and modeling are often studied, but related literature lacks the basic indication of common maintenance costs throughout process manufacturing. This paper depicts a literature review on such maintenance costs, defines clusters for easy identification of factors, tries to identify the magnitude of such costs and provides insights on gaps in the literature.