... activities through total productive maintenance (TPM) practices using maintenance strategies developed through the application of reliability centered maintenance (RCM) decision logic and practiced by empowered (self-directed) action teams …. .” (Smith, 2004 , p. 257). This philosophy of maintenance “ensures...

... strategy at Kaghaz Kar Kasra Co of Iran. In this study, it was tried to integrate the two techniques of goal programming and the technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) to prioritize maintenance strategies. First, all factors affecting maintenance were identified...

...Asghar Aghaee; Milad Aghaee; Mohammad Reza Fathi; Shirin Shoa'bin; Seyed Mohammad Sobhani Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate maintenance strategies based on fuzzy decision-making trial evaluation and laboratory (DEMATEL) and fuzzy analytic network process (ANP) in the petrochemical...

.../methodology/approach – The problem is tackled in the context of reliability-based design (RBD) considering at the same time the burn-in of components, the warranty commitment and the maintenance strategy to be adopted. A mathematical model is developed to express the total average cost per time unit...

... a valid and reliable instrument to measure and display this information. Research limitations/implications – The diagnostic tool provides a snapshot of the status of manufacturing and maintenance strategies which then can be used to benchmark improvements over time. When required the individual...

...Selim Zaim; Ali Turkyılmaz; Mehmet F. Acar; Umar Al‐Turki; Omer F. Demirel Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the use of two general purpose decision‐making techniques in selecting the most appropriate maintenance strategy for organizations with critical production requirements...