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Early defect identification: application of statistical process control methods
Wenbin Wang, Wenjuan ZhangThe purpose of this paper is to develop a statistical control chart based model for earlier defect identification.
Economic impact of maintenance management ineffectiveness of an oil and gas company
Mouloud Aoudia, Oumhani Belmokhtar, Gilles ZwingelsteinThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate the economic impact of an oil and gas company's maintenance management ineffectiveness and identify its causes.
Developing a Six Sigma maintenance model
Andrew Thomas, Richard Barton, Paul ByardBoth total productive maintenance (TPM) and Six Sigma are key business process strategies, which are employed by companies to enhance their manufacturing performance. The purpose…
A maintenance prioritisation approach to maximise return on investment subject to time and budget constraints
Allen S.B. Tam, John W.H. PriceAsset maintenance activities need to be prioritised as budget and planned outage time is often limited for all maintenance work to be carried out. The purpose of this paper is to…
Industrial service innovation through improved contractual relationship: A case study in maintenance
Sukhvir Singh Panesar, Tore MarkesetThe purpose of the paper is to discuss various contractual issues that could encourage industrial service innovations with special reference to improving operation and maintenance…
Probabilistic analysis of a repairable robot‐safety system composed of (n−1) standby robots, a safety unit, and a switch
Balbir S. Dhillon, Shen ChengThe purpose of this paper is to study reliability, availability, and mean time to failure of a repairable robot‐safety system composed of (n−1) standby robots, a safety unit, and…
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