Preliminary of Maintenance Criteria Analysis tool, “PMCA” to integrate maintenance into the design

The objective of this study is to propose a tool for Preliminary of Maintenance Criteria Analysis. It makes it possible to integrate maintenance into the design of agri-food equipment for small and medium-sized enterprises and micro-enterprises in developing countries. It is a graphic tool which is similar to a "maintenance wall" built by the various actors intervening in the life cycle of the equipment and makes it possible to highlight through the "missing bricks" and the profile of the wall the points related to maintenance to be taken into consideration during the definition phase of the equipment. It is based on the ex-ante analysis of the risks of rejection of the equipment to be designed, taking into account the whole of its future social, cultural, economic and technical environment.