The dynamic nature of an operating environment, such as machine utilization and breakdown frequency results in changing preventive maintenance (PM) needs for manufacturing equipment. In this paper, we present an approach to generate an adaptive PM schedule which maximizes the net savings from PM...

Flexibility has long been recognized as a manufacturing capability that has the potential to impact the competitive position and the business performance of an organization ([1]: Cox Jr, T. Toward the measurement of manufacturing flexibility. Production and Inventory Management Journal 1989; First...

The effective deployment of technology within an organizational context is of integral concern to fields associated with the management sciences. While there has been significant study of technology effectiveness, it is often piece-meal as diverse models are hypothesized and empirically tested....