Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering: Volume 25 Issue 1

Comparative study on logical analysis of data (LAD), artificial neural networks (ANN), and proportional hazards model (PHM) for maintenance prognostics

Hanna Lo, Alireza Ghasemi, Claver Diallo, John Newhook

Condition-based maintenance (CBM) has become a central maintenance approach because it performs more efficient diagnoses and prognoses based on equipment health condition compared…

Expected maintenance waste reduction benefits after implementation of Just in Time (JIT) philosophy in maintenance (a statistical analysis)

Sandeep Phogat, Anil Kumar Gupta

The maintenance department of today, like many other departments, is under sustained pressure to slash costs, show outcome and support the assignment of the organization, as it is…

A systematic approach for maintenance performance measurement: Apparel industry in Sri Lanka

Dananjaya Wijesinghe, Harshini Mallawarachchi

The purpose of this paper is to determine the maintenance performance indicators (MPIs) which are significant for maintenance decision making in the apparel industry through an…

Heuristic algorithm for optimal redundancy allocation in complex systems: A 3-neighborhood approach

Sudhanshu Aggarwal

The purpose of this paper is to present an efficient heuristic algorithm based on the 3-neighborhood approach. In this paper, search is made from sides of both feasible and…

A decision support tool for bi-objective risk-based maintenance scheduling of an LNG gas sweetening unit

Abdul Hameed, Syed Asif Raza, Qadeer Ahmed, Faisal Khan, Salim Ahmed

The purpose of this paper is to develop a decision support tool for risk-based maintenance scheduling for a large heavily equipped gas sweetening unit in a Liquefied Natural Gas…

New approach towards formulation of the overall equipment effectiveness

Koussaimi My Abdelbar, Driss Bouami, Said Elfezazi

The purpose of this paper is to propose a new formulation of the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) relying on the process approach (PA) in maintenance. This new indicator will…

Influential factors on medical equipment maintenance management: In search of a framework

Rona Bahreini, Leila Doshmangir, Ali Imani

Effective maintenance management of medical equipment is one of the major issues for quality of care and cost-effectiveness especially in modern hospitals. An effective medical…

A sequential TPM-based scheme for improving production effectiveness presented with a case study

Omar Bataineh, Tarek Al-Hawari, Hussam Alshraideh, Dorid Dalalah

The purpose of this paper is to improve production effectiveness of equipment by facilitating the implementation of the key principles of total productive maintenance (TPM).

Maintenance performance improvement analysis using Fuzzy Delphi method: A case of an international lube blending plant in Malaysia

Zulkipli Ghazali, M. Ridhuan Tony Lim, Abu Bakar Sedek A. Jamak

The purpose of this paper is to analyze issues pertaining to maintenance performance and to develop a framework that addresses challenges of maintenance management of an…