International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 14 Issue 7

Structuring Maintenance Control Systems

C.W. Gits

Maintenance control deals with the co‐ordination of maintenance demandand resources in such a way that stated objectives are satisfied. Thisallocation problem is characterized by…

Determination of Operations/Production Downtime for Group Replacement Maintenance Policy

J. Knezevic

Prediction of the duration of the downtime caused by maintenance,especially in the cases where the system considered consists of severalrepairable items, presents a challenge for…

A Deterministic Maintenance‐scheduling Problem for a Group of Non‐identical Machines

Moncer Hariga

Addresses a deterministic maintenance‐scheduling problem for a group ofnon‐identical machines. The problem is formulated as a mixed integernon‐linear program which is approached…

An Extended Model for the Joint Overhaul Scheduling Problem

S.O. Duffuaa, M. Ben‐Daya

Deals with planning the maintenance scheduling of a group ofnon‐identical production units. Develops a realistic model for the jointoverhaul problem by incorporating the cost of…

Improving Capital Productivity through Maintenance

A. Raouf

Manufacturing companies are under pressure to minimize production costs.Reducing downtime and minimizing maintenance costs are the traditionalapproach. Improving production…

Joint Optimization of Age Replacement and Continuous Review Spare Provisioning Policy

A.B.M. Zohrul Kabir, Ahmed S. Al‐Olayan

A new policy for joint optimization of age replacement and spareprovisioning has been proposed by incorporating a continuous review(s, S) type inventory policy, where s is the…

Maintenance in Saudi Industry

Muhammad A.H. Ikhwan, Farhat A. Burney

Analyses the system of work in the maintenance departments of 59 Saudiindustries and services. The sample includes 13 manufacturing, 12metals, nine chemical and 25 other…