SERRA PAJARES , Javier

During many years, asset management methodologies used in industry were focused on knowing and analysing the operational control of the daily work and the impact of the maintenance on the availability. Later, the costs turn into the priority, and strategies were focused on assesses a longer lifecycle and optimizing processes and contracts....

An Asset Health Index (AHI) is a tool that processes data about asset's condition. That index is intended to explore if alterations can be generated in the health of the asset along its life cycle. These data can be obtained during the asset's operation, but they can also come from other information sources such as geographical information...