...) effectively. Therefore, this paper aims to identify why only few companies were able to successfully implement PdM. Design/methodology/approach A multiple-case study including 13 cases in various industries in The Netherlands was conducted. This paper examined the choices made in practice to achieve PdM...

... the rescheduling of PM interventions and to show – through the proposal of an ad hoc planning model – the economical savings from expressly considering rescheduling costs in re‐planning PM interventions. Design/methodology/approach In this paper the authors used six case studies to infer both...

... in the literature into eight postulates, and a comparison of the postulates against industrial practice. The postulates were formulated regarding the technical system, the managerial system and workforce knowledge. Design/methodology/approach The postulates were examined in a multiple case study of five large...

... of this, we cite the results of a case study of the introduction of RCM in a Swedish hydropower company. © MCB UP Limited 2003 The findings of both the literature and the case studies indicate that we have to use a holistic view to identify the requirements to be met by the organisation, as well...

... degradation and the overall business objectives as indicated in Figure 1 . The different elements of reliability theory are important in the SMM approach and we briefly discuss them next. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Maintenance Strategic management Reliability Case studies Maintenance...