... approaches. Total quality management Operations management India Total productive maintenance Manufacturing industries Today, global competition has reached every part of the world and area of business (Brooke, 1994 ; Koberg et al., 2003). An effective model of success...

... and knowledge. Maintenance Production engineering Operations management No fault found Through‐life engineering services Maintenance quality and effectiveness In the first place we need to know what is meant by NFF, cannot be duplicated or a re‐tested OK (both terms used to mean NFF in the USA...

... Shutdowns Maintenance Operations management Key performance indicators Shutdown preparedness Production efficiency Indicators Oil and gas production To be profitable, a company needs safe and reliable production plants and high production efficiency (Lenahan, 2006). Production efficiency...

... Procurement Operations management Maintenance management IT IT procurement Maintenance process impact The maintenance process, just as any other enterprise process, is depended of advanced and efficient IT support in the form of maintenance management IT, hereafter denoted as MMIT. Tsang (2002...

... in oil, noise, vibrations, etc.) or other problems related to driving motor/turbine unit (e.g. heated up motor, loss of motor cooling system, etc.). Operations management Maintenance Condition monitoring Assets management Artificial intelligence Oil industry A plant's integrity...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Industrial services Maintenance Operations management Oil industry Gas industry Norway As the owners of complex, integrated, and advanced production facilities increasingly use industrial services for operation and maintenance...

... that: Tore Markeset can be contacted at: tore.markeset@uis.no © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Industrial services Innovation Operations management Oil industry Gas industry Norway The owners of advanced, complex and integrated products used in capital‐intensive industries...

... facilitate correct decision making in spare parts planning. Mines Operations management Spare parts Risk analysis Iran Most industrial products and systems wear and deteriorate with use. In general, because of economical and technological considerations, it is almost impossible to design...

... for an operator of a fleet of trucks, or loaders over the life of the system far exceeds the cost of the original system (truck or loader), but it depends on how the fleet is operated, maintained and supported (Kumar et al., 2000). Spare parts Operations management Distribution and inventory...

... the cost of operations and maintenance in the emerging business environment, and stresses that there is a need to move from a plant‐based policy to a more or less long‐term business‐oriented approach. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Oil industry Gas industry Operations management Maintenance programmes...

... or on a particular segment, when another segment needs it more. Avoidable expenditures are thus incurred. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Inspection Maintenance Petrol Analytical hierarchy process Operations management Petroleum pipelines are the nervous system of oil industry, as this transports...

...Anil B. Jambekar Drawing from observations made at a couple of manufacturing firms, this paper weaves together behavioral aspects of process improvement and maintenance concepts with ongoing commitments to operations management goals. Causal loop diagramming, part of the system dynamics tool‐kit...