All manufacturing companies define their business strategies and competitive priorities
based on several factors related to their production systems, like flexibility, productivity and …

The operational performance of a chemical process plant highly depends on the assets'
condition and maintenance practices. As chemical processes are highly complex systems …

With increased global competition for manufacturing, many companies are seeking ways to
gain competitive advantages with respect to cost, service, quality, and on-time deliveries …

In the changing and increasingly competitive industrial arena, companies are striving
towards world-class competitiveness. This also puts maintenance under increasing pressure …

The cost of operations and maintenance can make or break a business, especially with
today's increasing demand on productivity, availability, quality, safety and environment, and …

In manufacturing enterprises, maintenance is a significant contributor to the total company's
cost. Condition based maintenance (CBM) relies on prognostic models and uses them to …

This article presents a three-part model to evaluate an organization's maintenance policy. In
stage one, an aggregate production plan is generated using a linear programming …

Due to advances in machine learning techniques and sensor technology, the data driven
perspective is nowadays the preferred approach for improving the quality of maintenance for …

How do modernized maintenance operations, often referred to as “Smart Maintenance”,
impact the performance of manufacturing plants? The inability to answer this question …

To this day, continuous developments of technical systems and increasing reliance on
equipment have resulted in a growing importance of effective maintenance activities. During …