... al., 2012 ; Alnaim and Kouaib, 2023). However, they are also one of the seven wastes in the Toyota Production Systems. Excess maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) inventory has become a significant issue for many manufacturing companies. The MRO inventory is crucial in keeping the plant...

... failures and related consequences. It is possible to integrate the aforementioned approach in an engineering service provider’s existing structured information management system or in the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) available in an asset owner’s industrial organization. Research...

...Antero Ollila; Markku Malmipuro Maintenance is not usually noticed in the context of quality. Some quality philosophies recognize that production equipment must be maintained in order to manufacture quality products. So‐called quality gurus have not emphasized that maintenance could have...