Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering: Volume 13 Issue 4

Study and analysis of maintenance performance indicators (MPIs) for LKAB: A case study

Aditya Parida

The purpose of this case study is to identify and develop maintenance performance indicators (MPIs) for a mineral processing plant producing high quality iron ore pellets, as well…

An evaluation of TPM implementation initiatives in an Indian manufacturing enterprise

I.P.S. Ahuja, J.S. Khamba

The purpose of this study is to identify maintenance‐related losses for ascertaining and addressing the performance losses, and affecting improvements in the manufacturing…

Spare parts estimation and risk assessment conducted at Choghart Iron Ore Mine: A case study

Behzad Ghodrati, Per‐Anders Akersten, Uday Kumar

Spare parts needs are dependent on the characteristics of the product in question, e.g. its reliability and maintainability, and the characteristics of the environment in which…

A maintenance optimisation framework in application to optimise power station boiler pressure parts maintenance

Allen S.B. Tam, John W.H. Price, Alan Beveridge

The boiler pressure parts are a major asset of a power station, and the maintenance cost is often accountable for a huge portion of the annual budget. In the power generation…

A multi‐criteria decision‐aiding model using PROMETHEE III for preventive maintenance planning under uncertain conditions

C.A.V. Cavalcante, A.T. de Almeida

The purpose of this paper is to develop a model that permits more rational planning for preventive maintenance, by controlling failures in the specific context of equipment…

A comparative study of heuristic algorithms to solve maintenance scheduling problem

Syed Asif Raza, Umar Mustafa Al‐Turki

The purpose of this paper is to compare the effectiveness of two meta‐heuristics in solving the problem of scheduling maintenance operations and jobs processing on a single…

Availability analysis of a generalized maintainable three‐state device parallel system with human error and common‐cause failures

B.S. Dhillon, Aashish S. Shah

The purpose of this paper is to study the combined effect of human error, common‐cause failure, redundancy, and maintenance policies on the performance of a system composed of…