Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering: Volume 8 Issue 4

Strategic maintenance management

D.N.P. Murthy, A. Atrens, J.A. Eccleston

The approach to maintenance management has changed over the last one hundred years. Over the last few years, the Reliability Engineering and Risk Management Group (RERMG) at the…

Object/objective‐oriented maintenance management

Guojun Zhu, Ludo Gelders, Liliane Pintelon

Approaches maintenance management in a systematic way so as to achieve its business objectives. From a managerial point of view, this so‐called object/objective‐oriented…

Equipment assignment to multiple overhaul blocks in series systems

Shabbir Talukder, Gerald M. Knapp

This paper covers the development of a heuristic method for grouping equipment into blocks for application of preventive maintenance overhauls within a series system, so as to…

Incorporating overall probability of system failure into a preventive maintenance model for a serial system

Bruce Kardon, Lawrence D. Fredendall

This paper develops a model that allows consideration of not only the total maintenance costs but also the overall probability of a system breakdown when determining the time…

An effectiveness‐centred approach to maintenance management: A case study

Kit‐Fai Pun, Kwai‐Sang Chin, Man‐Fai Chow, Henry C.W. Lau

This paper reviews the basic concepts of several maintenance approaches and discusses the increasing needs of effectiveness‐centred maintenance (ECM). It discusses the principles…

Maintenance practices in Hong Kong and the use of the intelligent scheduler

Peter W. Tse

With the shift of manufacture to mainland China, the utility and building services industries in Hong Kong have become dominant. To ensure adherence to proper routine operations…