Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering: Volume 10 Issue 1

The status of maintenance management in UK manufacturing organisations: results from a pilot survey

Chuenusa Cholasuke, Ramnik Bhardwa, Jiju Antony

The importance of the facility maintenance management in the manufacturing environment has increased rapidly as many organisations aim to become world class. For many…

Maintenance management – an AHP application for centralization/decentralization

Ali HajShirmohammadi, William C. Wedley

The decision to centralize or decentralize different functions of a maintenance department in a plant has not been traditionally made on a systematic and quantitative basis. This…

Third party assessment: the role of the maintenance function in an integrated management system

Christopher J. Bamber, John M. Sharp, Pavel Castka

This paper discusses the significant role of the maintenance function in an integrated management system and discusses how the efforts of maintenance management can contribute a…

A model to determine the cleanliness measurement interval in an automotive paint shop

G. Waeyenbergh, B. Vannieuwenhuyse, L. Pintelon

Making a choice between different alternative solutions is a common management problem. Also in maintenance operations, a variety of different decision areas can be identified. In…

A design of experiments approach for optimizing an extrusion blow molding process

Khaldoun K. Tahboub, Ibrahim A. Rawabdeh

This paper presents a study on implementing design of experiments for optimizing the extrusion blow molding process. The effect of screw speed, melting temperature, cooling time…

Multi‐attribute classification method for spare parts inventory management

Marcello Braglia, Andrea Grassi, Roberto Montanari

Inventory constraints, costs of lost production, safety and environmental objectives, strategies of maintenance adopted, logistics aspects of spare parts are some of the criteria…

Opportunistic maintenance using genetic algorithms

Haritha Saranga

Opportunistic maintenance gives the maintenance crew an opportunity to replace or repair those items, which are found to be defective or needs replacement in the immediate future…

Maintenance Excellence: Optimizing Equipment Lifecycle Decision

Abdul Raouf

Advanced QFD Applications

Abdul Raouf