Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering: Volume 29 Issue 4

Relationship between TPM practices and operational performance in soft drinks manufacturing industry

Ajit Pal Singh, Nardos Fentaw Awoke

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between total productive maintenance (TPM) practices and operational performance (OP) in soft drinks manufacturing…

LSTM based artificial intelligence predictive maintenance technique for availability rate and OEE improvement in a TPM implementing plant through Industry 4.0 transformation

Roosefert Mohan, J. Preetha Roselyn, R. Annie Uthra

The artificial intelligence (AI) based total productive maintenance (TPM) condition based maintenance (CBM) approach through Industry 4.0 transformation can well predict the…

Performance measurement in aircraft maintenance – literature review

Mohammed Timjerdine

This research aims to review relevant documentation on performance measurement in aircraft maintenance. The approaches and models used to measure and manage aircraft maintenance…

UGF-based signature reliability for solar panel k-out-of-n- multiplex systems

Mangey Ram, Akshay Kumar, Sadiya Naaz

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the reliability and signature reliability of solar panel k-out-of-n-multiplex system with the help of universal generating function.

Intuitionistic fuzzy fault tree analysis of PCBA using novel arithmetic operations

Rocky Khajuria, Komal

The main goal of this paper is to develop novel Tω(weakest t-norm)-based fuzzy arithmetic operations to analyze the intuitionistic fuzzy reliability of Printed Circuit Board…

Improving the performance of a conveyor belt through lean philosophy and Industry 4.0

David S.F.T. Mendes, Helena V.G. Navas, Fernando M.B. Charrua-Santos

The purpose of this study was to develop and implement a new model to improve maintenance management and the production system through the concepts: maintenance, lean philosophy…

Prioritization of factors influencing outsourcing maintenance decisions in thermal power plants – A case study

Ja'far Alawadi, Ghaleb Yousef Abbasi, Abbas Al-Refaie

Although the factors that affect the decision of outsourcing are variant from one industry to another and from one application to another, this paper aims to investigate the…

The applicability of advanced technologies from the traditional industry to mitigate ergonomic problems in maintenance activities in the mining industry

Aparicio Afonso Santos, Luciana Paula Reis, June Marques Fernandes

Many advanced technologies applied to maintenance are aimed at data analysis and not directly at the execution of activities. Considering the lack of studies that analyze the use…