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A decision-making framework for effective maintenance management using life cycle costing (LCC) in a rolling stock environment
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2016)
ENGLISH Abstract: In this paper, a life cycle costing (LCC) framework for effective maintenance management is investigated and developed for use in a railway rolling stock environment. The framework consists of combining ...
Determining the suitability of a business process modelling technique for a particular application
(SAIIE, 2015)
Organisations formally define and document their business processes in order to understand them and, subsequently, to enable continuous development, improvement, and management. Organisations can use business process ...
Selection of a decision model for rolling stock maintenance scheduling
(SAIIE, 2015)
Rolling stock is the most maintenance intensive part of the railway system and therefore, the most vulnerable if maintenance is neglected. It is therefore, essential to have an efficient maintenance schedule for rolling ...
A modelling framework for railway infrastructure reliability analysis
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2017)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The maintenance and management of railway infrastructure plays a central role in ensuring the reliability and availability of rail transport. In a highly competitive transport market, the rail industry ...
Application of lean tools in the supply chain of a maintenance environment
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2017)
Historically, Lean thinking has limited applications in the maintenance environment (that is, a non-manufacturing environment). This article reports on the Lean tools that can be implemented in the maintenance environment. ...
An examination of the relationship between supply chain management practices and business performance : a case analysis of a passenger rail company
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2018-08-31)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The lack of maintenance engineering performance is one of the main causes of poor service delivery. In a passenger rail company, maintenance engineering performance is measured using several parameters, ...