With the global competitiveness increasing in the steel industry and large-scale production by large countries such as China and USA, it is necessary to reduce costs in a smart and strategical manner in order to stabilize ...

During the software lifecycle, good effort estimation allows teams to make decisions about how activities will progress. Inaccurate or incorrect estimates directly impact software delivery, customer dissatisfaction, and ...

During the most recent period of decades, inter-company promotion continues to grow, while the market becomes more demanding with the quality of products used, which must be achieved with low cost and high utilization. It ...

The adoption of strategies in all production system is important so companies can succeed. One of these strategies is the correct maintenance of machinery. The actual situation of maintenance for the machines of the workshop ...

Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) is a consolidated methodology in the industrial environment for the elaboration of maintenance plans based on the functions and modes of failure of each equipment. To facilitate the ...

Efficient equipment maintenance managemet remains one of the main challenges for organizations, which rely on selection of the most suitable tasks for failure rate control. Brazilian railway operation demand on adequate ...

The phenomenon of globalization has increased the diversity among industries. Consequently, industries have invested more and more in production strategies, among the main ones, in the maintenance area. The maintenance ...

Over the last century, maintenance companies' view has changed considerably, becoming a strategic planning companies' important part. This change in mindset led to the emergence of Reliability Centered Maintenance ...

One of the great concerns in a company that has industrial machines is their proper functioning, as this will guarantee the availability of the machine and continuity of the production process. Because of this, this work ...