Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to reduce or eliminate the overall equipment
effectiveness (OEE's) speed loss in a lean manufacturing environment …

Purpose–This paper seeks to document an approach to reduce scrap losses using the root
cause analysis technique in a lean manufacturing environment. Design/methodology …

Purpose The evolution of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) within the operations management theory
has enjoyed significant success in both manufacturing and services. Though the …

Pareto histograms are commonly used to determine maintenance priorities by ranking
equipment failure codes according to their relative cost or downtime contribution. However …

In machinery maintenance policies, regular inspection intervals should be specified in such
a way that the cumulative of direct and indirect financial consequences of maintenance …

Mining exploitation and its impact on global warming have become significant problems.
The main objective of this study is to investigate the impact of mining industry equipment and …

Today's trend of replacing manually operated vehicles with automated ones will have an
impact not only on machine design, working environment and procedures but also on …

The research work presented in this technical report is part of the literature review within the
InMaint Project (Integrated Maintenance for improved production and products) and has …

Load-haul-dump (LHD) machines are the main material handling equipment in underground
mines. Reliability analysis of the machine, in the form of forecasting the time between …

Purpose This study aims to address the critical issue of machine breakdowns in industrial
settings, which jeopardize operation economy, worker safety, productivity and environmental …