Developing a Six Sigma maintenance model

Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 262-271

  Thomas, Andrew ^a   Barton, Richard ^b   Byard, Paul ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Manufacturing Advisory Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Performance measures; Productive maintenance; Six sigma; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MAINTENANCE; PAPER COATING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT; BUSINESS PROCESSING; CASE STUDY APPROACH; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MAINTENANCE MODELS; MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING SECTORS; NEW APPROACHES; PERFORMANCE MEASURES; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; PRODUCT QUALITIES; PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE; SIX SIGMA; STRATEGIC FRAMEWORKS; TOTAL PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD-CLASS MANUFACTURING;

MAINTAINABILITY;

EID: 49349091989     PISSN: 13552511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552510810899463     Document Type: Article

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