The so-called “smartization” of manufacturing industries has been conceived as the fourth
industrial revolution or Industry 4.0, a paradigm shift propelled by the upsurge and …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide comprehensive information on preventive
maintenance (PM) planning and methods used in the industry in order to achieve an …

Modern global managers are required to possess a set of competencies or multiple
intelligences in order to meet pressing business challenges. Hence, expanding global …

Numerous of maintenance policies were developed due to the change in the manufacturing
environment and the growing of technologies in the past few decades. Due to fluctuation …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on maintenance management
and suggest possible gaps from the point of view of researchers and practitioners …

This study proposes a framework based on the concept of fuzzy sets theory and the VIKOR
method to provide a rational, scientific and systematic process for evaluating the hospital …

This paper aims to evaluate different maintenance strategies (such as corrective
maintenance, time-based preventive maintenance, condition-based maintenance, and …

The semiconductor industry has gone through significant changes in the last decade.
Competition has increased dramatically. Customers focus on product quality, product …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on maintenance optimization
models and associated case studies. For these optimization models critical observations are …

This research uses a solution based on a combined grey-fuzzy DEMATEL method to deal
with the objective of the study. This study is aimed to present a perception approach to deal …