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Management of the Maintenance Function Revisited: Emphasis on the Electric Utility Industry
Michael Thompson, Yunus KathawalaThis article evaluates maintenance management in an electric utility setting. It begins with a historical review before discussing present pressures on management and the new…
The Application of Total Quality Management to Hazard Studies and Their Recording
R.D. TurneyHazard studies for the design of safe process plant are now well established, being applied in the process industries worldwide. The application of total quality management forces…
BS5750/ISO9000 ‐ The Experience of Small and Medium‐sized Firms
Paul Rayner, Leslie J. PorterThe costs, benefits and implications of BS5750/ISO9000 certification for small and medium‐sized firms are investigated on the basis of a review of published literature and a…
Risk, Hazard and Negligence in an Electricity Distribution System
R.H. Stillman, M. Darveniza, G. ShannonThis article is concerned with the application of human statistical techniques to risk engineering in the electricity distribution system in Australia. It examines legal…
A Multivariate Quality Control Scheme
Meng‐Koon Chua, Douglas C. MontgomeryThree functions are identified and integrated into one unique control scheme for multivariate quality control. The control scheme will identify any out‐of‐control samples, select…
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- Professor Jiju Antony