... be contacted at: sbatam@yahoo.com.hk; allen.tam@silcar.com.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Maintenance Production management Return on investment Productive maintenance We propose that maintenance is a business function such as any other in a business; it has to prioritise...

... to facilitate the assessment of losses, and subsequently giving priority to dealing with the more serious offenders (Eti et al., 2004). Productive maintenance Quality Production management Food industry Bakery products In the food industry, the production process requires non‐stop...

..., enriching it with well thought through procedures and supporting it with a proper maintenance business plan. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Maintenance Problem solving Strategic planning Production management The typical approach towards increasing the efficiency of the maintenance function...

... to represent the expected cost. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Breakdowns Lot size Maintenance Optimization Production management JQME 4,4 248 Minimal repair policies for an economic manufacturing process T. Dohi Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima...

.... Corporate strategy Manufacturing Preventive maintenance Production management Total productive maintenance Sweden The differences and borderlines between these maintenance concepts are vague and vary between authors and users. The importance of viewing maintenance as a company‐wide approach...

... Maintenance Outsourcing Production management Organizations around the world are looking for new approaches to maintain or develop competitive advantage. Outsourcing can be such an approach. Outsourcing focuses on two strategic ways of developing a competitive advantage: first, concentrating...

...David J. Sherwin; Patrik Jonsson Modern production management systems are being increasingly computerized in the pursuit of higher quality, the faster development of new products and lower unit costs. But the present generation of methods and software, e.g. JIT, MRP II, CIM, omit to integrate...