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

CHEP是一家为航空航天、汽车、化工、消费品、生鲜食品和制造业提供托盘和集装箱拼装服务的领先供应商。CHEP在全球50多个国家开展业务。CHEP Canada在加拿大有9个服务中心，其中两个位于布兰普顿和密西索加。Chep会检查客户退回服务中心的托盘，以分类它们是否处于良好状态或需要维修。目前，检验线是这一过程的瓶颈，因为检验线的故障导致无法将托盘运往客户。因此，CHEP的维护团队希望首先了解检测线及其子系统的故障原因，

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,