Reliability and availability modeling and failure prediction of CHEP inspection lines and improvement of current maintenance policies

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CHEP is a leading provider of pallet and container pooling services for aerospace, automotive, chemical, consumer goods, fresh food and manufacturing industries. CHEP is operating in over 50 countries around the world. CHEP Canada has 9 service centers in Canada, two of which are located in Brampton and Mississauga. CHEP inspects the pallets which are returned back to the service centers by customers to classify them whether they are in good condition or require repairs. Currently, the inspection line is the bottleneck of the process since the breakdown of the line results in the unavailability of pallets to be shipped to customers. Therefore, CHEP's maintenance team would like to first understand the failure causes for the inspection line and its subsystems,