Assessment of operation management for beer packaging line based on field failure data: A case study

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-59

  Tsarouhas, Panagiotis H ^a   Arvanitoyannis, Ioannis S ^b  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Beer packaging line; Failure and repair data; Maintainability; Operation management; Reliability

Indexed keywords

BEER PACKAGING LINE; BEER PRODUCTION; BEST FIT; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; FAILURE AND REPAIR DATA; FAILURE DATA; FIELD FAILURE DATA; HAZARD RATE MODEL; LINE EFFICIENCY; LOGISTIC DISTRIBUTIONS; MACHINE LEVEL; MAINTENANCE POLICY; OPERATION MANAGEMENT; PACKAGING LINES; SPARE PARTS;

BEVERAGES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAINTAINABILITY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PACKAGING; PACKAGING MACHINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REPAIR;

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 74449087247     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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