The Impact of Maintenance Operations On Supply Chain Management
Hizbullah Shoukat February 14, 2019 No Comments
We all know how delays in any part of the supply chain can cause significant problems and incur additional delays among the rest of the supply chain. One thing that is often overlooked but plays a major role in keeping the supply chain from crumbling down is maintenance management. In one way or another, you can connect maintenance activities with every stop in your supply chain. Be it transportation, production, or storage, a failure of one maintenance team can be felt throughout the supply chain. In that light, let’s explore this idea into more detail. Transportation Be it moving raw materials to a warehouse or moving finished product to the consumer, transportation is an essential part of every supply chain. For this part of the chain to work without any hiccups there are a lot of maintenance work that must be done behind the scene. First, if […]
Read MoreUAE Digital Tax Stamps on Tobacco Products
Hizbullah Shoukat January 7, 2019 No Comments
FTA Introduce “Digital Tax Stamp (DTS)” has been introduced in the UAE by the FTA and is applicable for all Tobacco Products. This control program required all manufacturers and stakeholders of tobacco products to implement and comply with the new rules and regulations on the importation and trading of tobacco in the UAE. The DTS comprises of a unique pack marker and code which allows the product to be digitally traced from the manufacturing plant to the Emirate in which the distribution will occur. The aim is to better support reduction measures targeting illicit tobacco trading. Manufacturers of Tobacco products will be required to apply the high-security stamps and digital codes on all cigarette packaging imported into the UAE. The aim of this is to facilitate the FTA in the control and collection of imposed taxes on cigarette products sold in the UAE for […]
Read More9 Types of Maintenance: How to Choose the Right Maintenance Strategy
Hizbullah Shoukat June 1, 2017 No Comments
Across industry, many definitions are used when it comes to the different types of maintenance. It can quickly get confusing when people talk about preventive maintenance, condition based maintenance or predictive maintenance but actually have something else in mind than you do. Some people get very excited about these definitions and can spend a lot of time on for example disagreeing with what is and what isn’t preventive maintenance. Let’s not do that, instead, I’ll offer you my view of the different types of maintenance and more importantly, when to use them. 9 TYPES OF MAINTENANCE: FROM PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE TO CORRECTIVE MAINTENANCE AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN As far as I am concerned terminology is not important. Other than making sure we are talking about the same thing. If what I consider to be condition-based maintenance you call predictive maintenance that doesn’t really matter. As long as we can sensibly talk about […]
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