Industrial Innovations

Industrial Innovations

Prioritizing Management Solutions to Optimize Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Maintenance and Repair Units

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Alireza Zakeri 1
Ali Shahabi 2
1 MSc. Department of Management, Islamic Azad University, Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahre Rey Branch, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Industrial Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahre Rey Branch, Tehran, Iran
https://doi.org/10.61186/jii.1.3.285
Abstract
In the electronic and electrical industry, uninterruptible power supply is known as one of the most important equipment used to provide stable and uninterrupted power for electronic and electrical systems. Uninterruptible power supply maintenance unit is also known as one of the critical units in company and organization. Considering the importance of this unit, improving its quality and efficiency can lead to the overall improvement of the performance of electronic and electrical systems in organization and company. Therefore, prioritizing suitable management solutions to improve the maintenance unit of uninterrupted power supply, and optimizing this unit is very vital and important. By analyzing the problems and requirements of the uninterruptible power supply maintenance unit, appropriate solutions are provided to improve the performance of the unit under review. Finally, these solutions are prioritized and suggestions are provided by statistical software. In this research, the effective factors for prioritizing management solutions have been extracted, in order to optimize uninterruptible power supply maintenance and repair units in accordance with the standards and criteria of heavy industries, including the petrochemical industry, and based on the capabilities of knowledge-based companies, conducting studies and interviewing Active experts in the field of maintenance and repair management have been discussed in such a way that the effect of each effective factor on oil, gas and petrochemical companies as well as other industries is evaluated. According to the study of available sources and references, as well as the results of interviews with experts, the number of 5 main variables was determined for the current research so that the ultimate goal of the research can be achieved by evaluating these factors in the maintenance and repair units of heavy industries, especially petrochemicals. The mentioned materials were designed and presented in the article.
Keywords
Management solution
Uninterruptible power supply
UPS
Bibliometrics
Repair and Maintenance
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Industrial Innovations
Volume 1, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
Summer 2023
Pages 285-301

  • Receive Date 28 November 2023
  • Revise Date 31 December 2023
  • Accept Date 02 January 2024