Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering: Volume 4 Issue 1

Some aspects of measuring maintenance performance in the process industry

R.H.P.M. Arts, Gerald M. Knapp, Lawrence Mann

Performance indicators of operational maintenance can help maintenance staff improve its operations, so that the direct and indirect costs of failure processes can be reduced…

Empirical study of attitudes to teamworking in manufacturing system maintenance

Richard Greenough

This paper describes a study of attitudes to team working in an engine plant of a major UK motor manufacturer. The aim of the study was to identify causes of resistance to…

Predictive maintenance techniques and their relevance to construction plant

David J. Edwards, Gary D. Holt, F.C. Harris

The construction industry relies increasingly on profits generated from high utilisation of mechanisation. Interruption of this mechanical supply not only incurs the “tangible”…

The raison d’être of maintenance

V. Narayan

The effective management of risk is the characteristic feature of a successful organization. The risk may be relating to safety, the environment, or one affecting profitability…

Optimal replacement for a one‐unit system subject to delivery and test

Wei‐peng Liao, John Yuan

Notes that the so‐called age replacement model was first proposed to determine the optimum age limit at which the system is replaced after installation. It was then extended by…

World‐class maintenance using a computerised maintenance management system

Ashraf W. Labib

This paper describes industrial research in which the implementation of a computerised maintenace management system (CMMS) was used as an effective tool that supports decision…