Corresponding Author: Alberto Martinetti Design, Production and Management, University of Twente, The Netherlands Email: [email protected] Abstract: The conveyor belt represents one of the most commonly used methods of transporting bulk materials today. As highlighted multiple times in research, the moving parts are a critical issue causing accidents and injuries and several of these are ...

Pharmaceutical industries are continuously seeking out new strategies to improve their operations and gain a competitive advantage. Maintenance tends to be a key management issue for many pharmaceutical companies. Proper maintenance management requires information about maintenance performance for the planning and controlling of maintenance processes. However, it is generally difficult to recon...

This paper considers job shop scheduling problem followed by an assembly stage and Lot Streaming (LS). It is supposed here that a number of products have been ordered to be produced. Each product is assembled with a set of several parts. The production system includes two stages. The first stage is a job shop to produce parts. Each machine can process only one part at the same time. The second ...

Introduction . Trolleybuses and buses are the main type of railless public transport. This article examines factors affecting cost transportation, in terms maintenance repair rolling stock detail. The purpose this study is to compare values labour intensity for trolleybuses identify reasons that affect difference buses. Materials methods To achieve goal, following tasks were solved: 1. analysis...

In this research, computerized maintenance management will be investigated. The rise of maintenance cost forced the research community to look for more effective ways to schedule maintenance operations. Using computerized models to come up with optimal maintenance policy has led to better equipment utilization and lower costs. This research adopts ConditionBased Maintenance model where the main...