Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering: Volume 15 Issue 1

The advancement of maintenance information technology: A literature review

Mirka Kans

Maintenance management information technology (MMIT) systems have existed for some 40 years. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the advancement of these systems and…

Overall railway infrastructure effectiveness (ORIE): A case study on the Swedish rail network

Thomas Åhrén, Aditya Parida

The main purpose of this paper is to develop an approach to analyzing the factors influencing the performance of railway infrastructure, to propose an approach to measuring the…

An application of TQM tools at a maintenance division of a large aerospace company

E. Vassilakis, G. Besseris

Devoted to a description and evaluation of a selected maintenance process (assembly) at the aero‐engines maintenance unit of a large aerospace company by implementation of TQM…

Justification of world‐class maintenance systems using analytic hierarchy constant sum method

Rambabu Kodali, Rajesh Prasad Mishra, G. Anand

In recent times, many organizations implementing total productive maintenance (TPM) have been failing in their attempts. Researchers attribute these failures to the shortcomings…

Application of information and communication technology for maintenance support information services: Transferring experiences from an eHealth solution in Sweden

Ramin Karim, Peter Söderholm

The purpose of this paper is to explore the transferability of ICT‐solutions for providing support information services from eHealth to eMaintenance.

Mobile solutions for engineering asset and maintenance management

Christos Emmanouilidis, Jayantha P. Liyanage, Erkki Jantunen

This paper seeks to present an overview of current trends in employing wireless solutions to engineering asset and maintenance management.

An integrated cost optimisation maintenance model for industrial equipment

Jean Khalil, Sameh M. Saad, Nabil Gindy

The purpose of this paper is to develop an integrated‐cost optimization maintenance model for industrial equipment, based on a balance between preventive and corrective…