For any equipment hire company, your fleet is the lifeblood of your business. Keeping equipment at optimum working condition minimizes the risk of having unscheduled downtime. If maintenance is needed, it’s […]
Whenever any machine or equipment performs useful work, its wear and tear is bound to occur. This can be minimised up to some extent by proper care and maintenance but […]
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) was developed by Seiich Nakajima based on experience of the practical application of maintenance best practice in Japan between 1950 and 1970. This experience led to […]
Traditionally, 5 types of maintenance have been distinguished, which are differentiated by the nature of the tasks that they include: Corrective Maintenance: The set of tasks is destined to correct […]
The organisation structures for maintenance vary from company to company depending upon nature of the enterprise/plant i.e. whether electrical, mechanical or chemical; size of the plant and the scope of […]
Maintenance activities are related with repair, replacement and service of components or some identifiable group of components in a manufacturing plant so that it may continue to operate at a […]
The needs and skills required to manage today’s businesses in a global environment are far different than what they were just a decade ago. Clearly we need a new way […]
In order to compare the manufacturing objectives of the participant organisations with those of World-Class manufacturers, we propose a two way classification called the manufacturing strategic intent (MANSI) grid. This […]
IT applications have by now entered almost all the companies, but mostly in an uncoordinated way, without long-term integration plans or automation strategies. Individual departments introduced computers and purchased or […]
The set of manufacturing management tasks listed in the Figure 6.6 was evaluated with respect to: Importance to top management in the short-term Importance to top management in the long-term […]
A number of manufacturing management tools, such as CIM, CAD, CAM, benchmarking, etc., are being used internationally. Respondents were asked to rate these tools on a five-point scale in terms […]
Aspiring to become a World-Class manufacturing (WCM) organisation is a common aim of many manufacturers. However, recent research by authors, such as, Hanson et al. (1994) and Schonberger’s (1996), reveals […]
Aspiring to become a World-Class manufacturing (WCM) organisation is a common aim of many manufacturers. However, recent research by authors, such as, Hanson et al. (1994) and Schonberger’s (1996), reveals […]
Cohen and Apte (1990) have compared humans and automated machines using the graphic shown in Figure 4.7 Firstly, as Cohen and Apte argue, it is necessary to distinguish between external […]
