...Mounir Elleuch; Habib Ben Bacha; Faouzi Masmoudi; Aref Y. Maalej Purpose The aim of this paper is to illustrate a solution that can be used to reduce the severity of breakdowns and improve performances in the cellular manufacturing (CM) system with unreliable machines. Design/methodology...

... environment to get the best out of them. Many system designs and schedules only consider 100 per cent reliability in machines, and do not take into account random interruptions. In this paper, a simulation model was created to investigate machine and material handling system breakdown problems in a JIT‐driven...

... and job satisfaction. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Breakdowns Maintenance Production 24 INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS 3 , 2 E fficiency for a company's sustainability in the long term is a prerequisite. Some Observations of Operation and Maintenance in Two Swedish Firms Maria Thilander...

... manufacturing facility has been installed, are examined. The introduction of this system has caused the company to examine its maintenance procedures,which are based on a traditional breakdown and repair approach, and has prompted an investigation into the possibility of implementing a condition based approach...