In the classical approach to determine how many spare parts to stock, the spare parts shortage costs or the minimum fill rate are a key factor. A difficulty with this approach lies in the estimation of these shortage costs or the determination of appropriate minimum fill rates. In an attempt to overcome this problem, we propose to use the data gathered in reliability centered maintenance studie...

In the classical approach to determine how many spare parts to stock, the spare parts shortage costs or the minimum fill rate is a key factor. A difficulty with this approach lies in the estimation of these shortage costs or the determination of appropriate minimum fill rates. In an attempt to overcome this problem, we propose to use the data gathered in reliability centered maintenance (RCM) s...

Servitization is becoming an essential strategy for manufacturers to gain competitive advantage, and several successful cases have already been reported. However, these success stories are mainly studied large enterprises such as GE, IBM, Xerox, Rolls-Royce. Therefore, it difficult apply the servitization of SMEs, thus in this study, status SMEs’ was examined applicability studied. Among those ...

This study compared three methods for creating the most centered staging platform (SP) around separated instruments (SI) in curved canals. Green .04 ProFiles, notched at D(3), were separated in the apical third of 42 mesiobuccal canals of maxillary and mandibular molars. Teeth were divided into three groups. SPs were prepared in group 1 with Gates Gliddens (GG) to a size #3; group 2 with LightS...

In the period between 1992 and 2002, struck by vehicles and struck by objects (e.g., vehicle parts, vehicle loads, or falling vehicles) were identified as the causes of 30% and 24% of deaths on excavations sites, respectively. It is therefore of a paramount importance to improve the safety of construction sites by increasing the peripheral awareness of the operators of earthwork equipment. The ...

Consumable spare parts play an important role during regular and periodic maintenance activities depending on equipment criticality of a manufacturing firm. Usually, these spare parts are consumed together on a regular basis to different equipment with a high percentage of commonality. Complete or partial shutdown of maintenance activity may happen if there is shortages in any of these common p...

Who is responsible? The manager of the eye care unit is ultimately responsible for ensuring that equipment and supplies are adequate. However, the manager may delegate a member of the team to act as the ‘equipment person’. This person will have some responsibilities for ordering and will also be responsible for keeping the equipment inventory up to date. The inventory should contain information...