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Maintenance Planning
Maintenance Planning is the crucial preparatory phase of maintenance management. It involves dete...
Types of Maintenance
Maintenance strategies range from purely reactive approaches to highly proactive and sophisticate...
Objectives of Maintenance
The primary purpose of the maintenance function is to support the overall operational goals of th...
Introduction to Maintenance Management
Maintenance Management is a crucial function within operations responsible for ensuring that an o...
Total Quality Management (TQM) & Related Concepts (ISO)
While Quality Control (QC) focuses on operational techniques to meet standards, Total Quality Man...
Statistical Process Control (SPC)
Statistical Process Control (SPC) is a powerful quality control methodology that uses statistical...
Causes of Variation in Quality
No two products or service outputs are ever exactly identical; some degree of variation is always...
Seven Tools for Quality Control (The Basic Seven)
The "Seven Basic Tools of Quality" are a set of graphical techniques widely used for problem-solv...
Quality Control (QC)
Quality Control (QC) is a systematic process used by organizations to ensure that their products ...
Inspection
Inspection is a fundamental activity within Quality Control. It is the process of measuring, exam...
Control
In the context of quality, "Control" refers to the process of ensuring that activities conform to...
Fundamental Factors Affecting Quality (The 9 M's)
The quality of a final product or service is not achieved by chance; it's the result of effective...
Introduction to Quality Control
Quality is a fundamental pillar of success in today's competitive business environment. It's no l...
Scheduling
Scheduling is the time-phased aspect of Production Planning and Control. Once routing defines wha...
Capacity Planning
Capacity Planning is the process of determining the production capacity an organization needs to ...
Material Requirement Planning (MRP)
Material Requirements Planning (MRP) is a computer-based inventory management and production plan...
Master Production Schedule (MPS)
The Master Production Schedule (MPS) translates the broader goals of the Aggregate Production Pla...
Aggregate Planning
Aggregate Planning, also often part of the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process, operates a...
Operations Planning and Scheduling Systems (Hierarchy)
Operations Planning and Scheduling Systems form a hierarchical framework that translates high-lev...
Material Handling Equipments
Choosing appropriate Material Handling (MH) equipment is fundamental to designing an effective MH...