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Management and operations maintenance for a water treatment and supply company

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  • João Filipe Lourenço Gomes Calais
  • Susana Garrido Azevedo
  • João Carlos De Oliveira Matias
  • João Paulo Da Silva Catalão

Abstract

This paper intends to highlight the importance of the maintenance activity for all kind of companies in general and for the water treatment companies in particular. To attain this objective, a literature review on the evolution of the maintenance concept, the relation between the production function and the total productive maintenance (TPM) and the factors that influence the success of TPM is performed. To demonstrate the contribution of the maintenance activity for the improvement of the performance of companies especially for the water treatment companies, a case study of a Portuguese company belonging to the water treatment sector is performed. The water company considered in the case study, regarding management and maintenance activities, has an annual capacity of treatment and distribution of 41 million m³ of drinking water to approximately 438,000 inhabitants spread over a geographic area that represents 15% of the Portuguese territory.

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  • João Filipe Lourenço Gomes Calais & Susana Garrido Azevedo & João Carlos De Oliveira Matias & João Paulo Da Silva Catalão, 2017. "Management and operations maintenance for a water treatment and supply company," International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 25(3), pages 360-382.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisen:v:25:y:2017:i:3:p:360-382
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