Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering: Volume 22 Issue 1

Joint reliability based design and periodic preventive maintenance policy for systems sold with warranty

M.N. Darghouth, Daoud Ait-Kadi, Anis Chelbi

The authors consider a system which is a part of a complex equipment (e.g. aircraft, automobile, medical equipment, production machine, etc.), and which consists of N independent…

Ranking of barriers for effective maintenance by using TOPSIS approach

Rajesh Kumar Singh, Ayush Gupta, Ashok Kumar, Tasmeem Ahmad Khan

In present context of globalization, maintenance of production systems is very important. Many of the organizations are facing a lot of problems in maintenance management…

An optimal production/maintenance strategy under lease contract with warranty periods

Zied Hajej, Nidhal Rezg, Gharbi ali

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the optimal production policy and maintenance strategy for leased equipment under a lease contract with warranty periods. In order to…

Enhancing building maintenance cost performance with proper management of spare parts

Cheong Peng Au-Yong, Azlan Shah Ali, Faizah Ahmad

Scheduled building maintenance requires appropriate and adequate spare parts to replace existing parts on a regular basis. Management of spare parts is seen as an important…

Adapting the SHEL model in investigating industrial maintenance

Lasse Metso, Salla Marttonen, Nils E. Thenent, Linda B. Newnes

The purpose of this paper is to identify and categorise problems in knowledge management of industrial maintenance, and support successful maintenance through adapting the SHEL…

Implementation of the overall equipment cost loss (OECL) methodology for comparison with overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)

Ratapol Wudhikarn

The purpose of this paper is to describe the overall equipment cost loss (OECL) methodology and an implementation of this methodology, to compare the outcomes of OECL with those…

The utilization of ISO 9004: case study of the maintenance area of a public transportation company

Rosângela Maria Vanalle, Wagner Cezar Lucato, Roberto Torres Rodrigues

The continuous improvement in the performance and satisfaction of all stakeholders is a permanent management objective and part of an organisation’s strategy. To achieve this…