Purpose – To permit the system safety and reliability analysts to evaluate the criticality or risk associated with item failure modes. Design/methodology/approach – The factors considered in traditional failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) for risk assessment are frequency of occurrence (...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to permit system reliability analysts/managers/practitioners/engineers to analyse system failure behaviour more consistently and plan suitable maintenance actions accordingly. Design/methodology/approach – The paper adopted three important tools, namely,...

Purpose – To examine the need to develop, practice and implement such maintenance practices, which not only reduce sudden sporadic failures in semi‐automated cells but also reduce both operation and maintenance (O&M) costs. Design/methodology/approach – A case‐based approach in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of information technology (IT) capabilities on an organization's performance. It investigates the effect of adoption of IT on the market share of the small and medium enterprise. Design/methodology/approach – The system dynamics...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to model the key variables of logistics outsourcing relationship between shippers and logistics service providers (LSPs) and to study their influence on productivity and competitiveness of the shipper company. Design/methodology/approach – In this...

Purpose – This paper aims to propose a methodology based on Petri nets to evaluate the reliability characteristics of the pulping system of a paper industry in a realistic working environment. The effects of occurrence of failure/course of actions and availability of repair facilities on...

Purpose – This paper seeks to propose a methodology based on Petri nets to evaluate the reliability parameters of a screening system in paper industry. The effects of failures and courses of action on the system performance have also been investigated. Design/methodology/approach –...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to model the choice parameters for selection of third party logistics service providers in global lead logistics provider (LLP) environments. Design/methodology/approach – Analytical hierarchy process (AHP) modeling has been carried out after...