Integrating Six-Sigma with other reliability improvement methods in equipment reliability and maintenance applications

Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-70

  Al Mishari, Salman T ^a   Suliman, Saad ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Maintenance reliability; Service improvements; Six sigma

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; DATA REDUCTION; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MAINTAINABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

RELIABILITY CENTERED MAINTENANCE (RCM); RELIABILITY TECHNIQUES; SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS; SIX SIGMA;

EQUIPMENT TESTING;

EID: 41749119620     PISSN: 13552511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552510810861941     Document Type: Article

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