Maintenance practices in Swedish industries: Survey results

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 212-223

  Alsyouf, Imad ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Maintenance approaches; Maintenance practices; Proactive maintenance; Survey; Sweden

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENTS; MAINTENANCE PRACTICES; MAINTENANCE TASKS; PLANNING AND SCHEDULING; PROACTIVE MAINTENANCE; RELIABILITY-CENTRED MAINTENANCE; SWEDEN; SWEDISH FIRM; TOTAL PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE;

COMPETITION; MAINTAINABILITY;

SURVEYS;

EID: 69249221297     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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