Basim Al-Najjar

I am a Professor of Terotechnology, founder/CEO of E-maintenance Sweden AB and Head of the Centre: Cost-effective Industrial Asset Management (CeIAM).

My Ph.D. was obtained in Production Management, Lund University, Sweden. Terotechnology is a combination of engineering, management, financial and other practices applied to physical assets in pursuit of economic life cycle costs. My specialties covers also Maintenance Technology and System Engineering.

I have several years´ industrial experiences from Sweden and international.

In 2003 and 2008 I was the Eminent Speaker to the Maintenance Engineering Society of Australia. In 2000 he received award for Excellence of Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, the Most Outstanding Award from Literati Club, MCB University Press. Further, I received Tore Danielsson's Fond Award, 2002, which was motivated by outstanding research results and their usefulness for the Swedish industry and establishing a research team in Terotechnology.

In 2009, I received scholarship to complete the development of eMDSS (eMaintenance Decision Support System). 2010 I received the award of Venture Cup South for; Best business idea. Also, another prize that I was awarded in 2011 for Inventor of the Year and in 2016 I was awarded the prize: Entrepreneur of 2016.

I am a member of the Scientific board/Swedish Maintenance Society, European Research Network on Strategic Engineering Asset Management, ISEAM (International Society of Engineering Asset management), IFRIM (International Foundation on research in Maintenance) and the Cluster of the project covered by H2020-FoF09. I am on the Editorial board of international journals and conferences as well as a reviewer for many additional international journals and conferences.

Teaching

I have about 35 years of experience of teaching in production logistics, quality management, quality control, frontiers in quality, engineering management, integrated production, reducing losses in production time, maintenance technology, operation research & optimization, reliability analysis, condition monitoring technologies, diagnostic engineering, industrial measurement and analysis, failure analysis and problem shooting, report writing and research methodology, etc. in industrial training courses, BSc, MSc and PhD programs.

I have developed many courses and education programs for different levels; industrial training, BSc, MSc and PhD.

I have supervised and examined tens of BSc, MSC and PhD students and theses, and examined several PhD-theses from Australia, Norway, Sweden, France, England, etc.

Research

I have written more than 150 publications in international journals and conferences, books, chapters in books and reports in different topics; maintenance and its impact on production, quality, performance effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, data gathering and databases, and also in algorithms with AI, decision support systems, etc.

The concept Total Quality Maintenance (TQMain) was developed by me and have been applied in many case studies. Recently, TQMain is applied successfully in couple of companies in China and scientific papers published describing applications results. The same concept is taught to the maintenance personnel of Siemens and Alstom Power as industrial training courses.

Based on my research I have developed three new measuring instruments and recently an additional new DSS called Smart e-Maintenance Decision Support System (Smart eMDSS). Smart eMDSS tested successfully in the car manufacturer FIAT (Italy) and CNC-machine manufacturer, GORATU (Spain). Smart eMDSS is commercialized and marked by E-maintenance Sweden AB and several Swedish companies implementing it now. Smart eMDSS is a result of my participation in EU-IP DYNAMITE, 2005-2009.

I conducted successfully many projects nationally and internationally, for example:

Failure causes and alarms levels when using vibration monitoring in producing machines.
Integration of the data gathered from maintenance, production, quality and accountancy.
EUREKA- project "Euromaintenance Guidelines" (EU-project).
Maintaining Quality.
Economic Importance of Maintenance Planning.
Integrated Product and Process Development and Improvement.
Controlling product quality and company's profitability through controlling the condition of machines and processes.
A practical model to select and improve the most cost-effective maintenance technique.
DYNAMITE (Dynamic Decisions in Maintenance), EU-6th FP.
Life cycle description and development of an approach to identify and assess potential risks in thermal conversion of lignocellulose.
Digitization, integration and automation of the whole condition-based maintenance (CBM).

My research groups and projects

Basim Al-Najjar, professor of terotechnology and project leader, presents the PreCoM project

Publications

Article in journal (Refereed)

Maletič, D., Maletič, M., Al-Najjar, B., Gomišček, B. (2018). Development of a model linking physical asset management to sustainability performance : An empirical research. Sustainability. 10.
Al-Najjar, B. (2018). CBM Today and Tomorrow : A Model for Digitalised, Automated and Intelligent CBM Exemplified for VBM. Journal of Maintenance Engineering. 2. 243-256.
Algabroun, H., Iftikhar, M.U., Al-Najjar, B., Weyns, D. (2018). Maintenance 4.0 Framework using Self : Adaptive Software Architecture.. Journal of Maintenance Engineering. 2. 280-293.
Maletic, D., Maletic, M., Al-Najjar, B., Gotzamani, K., Gianni, M., et al. (2017). Contingency Factors Influencing Implementation of Physical Asset Management Practices. Organizacija. 50. 3-16.
Maletic, D., Maletic, M., Lvrencic, V., Al-Najjar, B., Gomiscek, B. (2014). An application of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and sensitivity analysis for maintenance policy selection. Organizacija. 47. 177-188.
Maletic, D., Maletic, M., Al-Najjar, B., Gomiscek, B. (2014). The role of maintenance in improving company’s competitiveness and profitability : A case study in a textile company. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management. 25. 441-456.
Al-Najjar, B., Jacobsson, M. (2013). A computerised model to enhance the cost-effectiveness of production and maintenance dynamic decisions : A case study at Fiat. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering. 19. 114-127.
Al-Najjar, B. (2012). Just in Time Dynamic & Cost-effective Maintenance (JiT dMaint) for more Reliable Production : A Case Study. Journal of Applied Engineering Science. 10. 107-115.
Al-Najjar, B. (2012). On establishing cost-effective condition-based maintenance : Exemplified for vibration-based maintenance in case companies. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering. 18. 401-416.
Ingwald, A., Al-Najjar, B. (2012). Selecting and improving a maintenance policy for mechanical components using cost-effectiveness. International Journal of Strategic Engineering Asset Management (IJSEAM). 1. 153-171.
Al-Najjar, B., Abou Saleh, N. (2010). A Model to Identify and Prioritise the Causes behind Losses in Company profit : Application Example. Damascus University Journal. 26. 35-45.
Al-Najjar, B. (2007). The Lack of Maintenance and not Maintenance which Costs : A Model to Describe and Quantify the Impact of Vibration-based Maintenance on Company's Business. International Journal of Production Economics. 107. 260-273.
Al-Najjar, B., Kans, M. (2006). A model to identify relevant data for problem tracing and maintenance cost-effective decisions : a case study. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management. 55. 616-637.
Al-Najjar, B., Hansson, M., Sunnegård, P. (2004). Benchmarking of Maintenance Performance : a Case Study in Two Manufacturers of Furniture. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics. 15. 253-270.
Al-Najjar, B., Alsyouf, I. (2004). Enhancing a Company’s Profitability and Competitiveness Using Integrated Vibration-Based Maintenance : A Case Study. European Journal of Operational Research. 157. 643-657.
Al-Najjar, B., Alsyouf, I. (2003). Selecting the Most Efficient Maintenance Approach Using Fuzzy Multiple Criteria Decision Making. International Journal of Production Economics. 84. 85-100.
Al-Najjar, B. (2003). Total Time on Test, TTT-plots for Condition Monitoring of Rolling Element Bearings in Paper Mills. International Journal of COMADEM. 6. 27-32.
Al-Najjar, B., Wang, W. (2001). A Conceptual Model for Fault Detection and Decision Making for Rolling Element Bearings in Paper Mills. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering. 7. 192-206.
Al-Najjar, B. (2001). Prediction of the vibration level when monitoring rolling element bearings in paper mill machines. International Journal of COMADEM. 4. 19-26.
Al-Najjar, B. (2001). A Concept for Detecting Quality Deviation Earlier than when using Traditional Diagram in Automotive : A Case study. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management. 18. 917-940.
Al-Najjar, B. (2000). Impact of real-time measurements of operating conditions on effectiveness and accuracy of vibration-based maintenance policy : A Case Study in Paper Mill. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering. 6. 275-287.
Al-Najjar, B. (2000). Accuracy, effectiveness and improvement of Vibration-based Maintenance in Paper Mills : Case Studies. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 229. 389-410.
Al-Najjar, B., Alsyouf, I. (2000). Improving Effectiveness of Manufacturing Systems using Total Quality Maintenance. Integrated Manufacturing Systems. 11. 267-276.
Al-Najjar, B. (1999). Economic criteria to select a cost-effective maintenance policy. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering. 5. 236-248.
Sherwin, D., Al-Najjar, B. (1999). Practical models for condition monitoring inspection intervals. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering. 5. 203-221.
Al-Najjar, B. (1998). Selection and improvment of a cost-effective maintenance policy : the case of rolling element bearings. International Journal of COMADEM. 1. 25-36.
Al-Najjar, B. (1998). Improved effectiveness of vibration monitoring of rolling bearings in paper mills. Journal of engineering tribology. 212. 111-120.
Al-Najjar, B. (1996). Total quality maintenance : An approach for continuous reduction in costs of quality products. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering. 2. 4-20.

Conference paper (Refereed)

Ingwald, A., Al-Najjar, B. (2018). EcoCon : A System for Monitoring Economicand Technical Performance of Maintenance. Engineering Asset Management 2016 : Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management. 85-97.
Al-Najjar, B., Algabroun, H. (2018). A Model for Increasing Effectiveness and Profitability of Maintenance Performance : A Case Study. Engineering Asset Management 2016 : roceedings of the 11th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management. 1-12.
Algabroun, H., Iftikhar, M.U., Al-Najjar, B., Weyns, D. (2017). Maintenance 4.0 Framework Using Self-Adaptive Software Architecture. Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Maintenance Engineering, IncoME-II 2017.The University of Manchester, UK.
Maletič, D., Maletič, M., Al-Najjar, B., Gomišček, B. (2017). Asset life cycle management : towards improving operational performance. 20th QMOD-ICQSS Conference 2017, 4-7 August, 2017, Helsingör. 1-7.
Al-Najjar, B. (2017). CBM Today and Tomorrow : A Model for Digitalised, Automated and Intelligent CBM Exemplified for VBM. Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Maintenance Engineering, IncoME-II 2017.The University of Manchester, UK, The University of Manchester, UK , 2017. 262-273.
Maletic, D., Maletic, M., Al-Najjar, B., Gomiscek, B. (2017). On a design of a maintenance performance measurement system : A sustainability persprctives. 36th International Conference on Organizational Science Development : Responsible Organization. 509-518.
Al-Najjar, B., Algabroun, H. (2016). A Model for Increasing Effectiveness and Profitability of Maintenance Performance : A Case Study. Proceedings of 2016 International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Risk, Maintenance, and Safety Engineering (QR2MSE 2016) 2016 World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM2016). 1-7.
Maletič, D., Maletič, M., Al-Najjar, B., Gotzamani, K., Gianni, M., et al. (2016). The role of contingency factors in physical asset management : An empirical examination. Euromaintenance 2016 proceedings. 93-99.
Al-Najjar, B. (2016). Determination of potential failure initiation time using cumulative sum chart. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 43-48.
Al-Najjar, B., Ingwald, A., Kans, M. (2016). Maintenance in Real Estate and Manufacturing Industries : Differences, Problems, Needs and Potentials - Four Case Studies. Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM 2015). 13-27.
Al-Najjar, B. (2015). Just-in time and dynamic maintenance (JIT-Maint) for turbine, generator, gearbox and sawmills : case stories. 28º COMADEM + X CORENDE 2015.
Maletič, D., Lovrenčič, V., Maletič, M., Al-Najjar, B., Gomišček, B. (2015). Maintenance Solutions for Cost-Effective Production : A Case Study in a Paper Mill. Engineering Asset Management - Systems : Professional Practices and Certification : Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM 2013) & the 3rd International Conference on Utility Management & Safety (ICUMAS). 375-385.
Moniri, A., Ehsanifard, K., Al-Najjar, B. (2014). Innovative DSS Utilising Available Data, Experience and Skills to Enhance Producing Asset Performance Cost-Effectively : A Case Study. Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM) 2014.
Maletiča, D., Maletič, M., Lovrenčič, V., Al-Najjar, B., Gomišček, B. (2013). An application of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and sensitivity analysis for maintenance policy selection. 16th QMOD-ICQSS Proceedings Quality Management and Organizational Development Conference : 4th-6th September 2013, Portoroz, Slovenia. 1173-1188.
Al-Najjar, B. (2012). Just in Time Dynamic & Cost-effective Maintenance (JiT dMaint) for more Reliable Production : A Case Study. 21st European Congress on Maintenance and Asset Management. 277-286.
Maletič, D., Maletič, M., Al-Najjar, B., Gomišček, B. (2012). The role of maintenance regarding improving product quality and company’s profitability : a case study. Workshop on Advanced Maintenance Engineering, Sevices and Technology (A-MEST'12).
Al-Najjar, B., Hailemariam, M. (2012). Maintenance Solutions for Continuous & Cost-effective Improvement of Wind Turbine Performance. Workshop on Advanced Maintenance Engineering, Services and Technology (A-Mest'12).
Al-Najjar, B. (2011). Dynamic e-Maintenance : Applying eMaintenance Decision Support System (eMDSS) in Case Companies. 7th IMA International Conference on Modelling in Industrial Maintenance and Reliability : Sidney Susses College, University of Cambrige, UK.
Al-Najjar, B. (2011). eMaintenance Decision Support System : Case Studies for Securing Production Process & Following up Maintenance Contribution in Company Business. COMADEM 2011 : proceedings of the 24th international congress on conditioning monitoring and diagnostics engineering management : advances in industial asset integrity management. 395-406.
Al-Najjar, B. (2010). Computerised Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) for Simulating and Selecting the most Cost-effective Production and Maintenance Solution : Case Study in FIAT/CRF, Italy. Computerised Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) for Simulating and Selecting the most Cost-effective Production and Maintenance Solution : Case Study in FIAT/CRF, Italy. 8.
Al-Najjar, B., Ciganovic, R. (2010). A Model for More Accurate Maintenance Decisions. Engineering Asset Management : Proceeding of the Fourth World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM) 2009. 7-14.
Al-Najjar, B. (2009). A computerized model for assessing the return on investment in maintenance : following up maintenance contribution in company profit. Engineering asset lifecycle management : Proceedings of the World congress on engineering asset management (WCEM 2009), 28-30 september 2009.
Al-Najjar, B. (2009). A Maintenance Model for Indentification, Quantification and Elimination of Losses in Companies Profitability : An Application Example. COMADEM 2009 : June 9-11 2009, San Sebastian, Spain, Miramar Palace. 45-53.
Al-Najjar, B., Williamsson, I. (2009). On the Possibility of Applying Condition-based Maintenance Approach on Software Instead of the Traditional Approach. Comadem conference 2009. The 22nd international congress, condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management. 649-656.
Al-Najjar, B. (2008). Maintenance from Different Perspectives : Total Quality Maintenance (TQMain) for a Comprehensive Asset Maintenance. ICOMS 2008 Conference Proceedings. 37/1-8.
Al-Najjar, B. (2008). Maintenance from Different Relevant Perspectives : Total Quality Maintenance (TQMain) for a Comprehensive Asset Maintenance. .
Al-Najjar, B. (2008). Maintenance Function Deployment (MFD) for Cost-effective & Continuous Improvement of Company’s Business : Using Total Quality Maintenance (TQMain). .
Al-Najjar, B. (2007). Establishing and running a condition-based maintenance policy : applied example of vibration-based maintenance. Proceedings of WCEAM / CM2007. 106-115.
Al-Najjar, B. (2006). A model to diagnose the deviation in the maintenance performance measures. Engineering Asset Management. 87-93.
Al-Najjar, B. (2006). Project-based learning for technical education in master programms. International quality in engineering education. 216-219.
Al-Najjar, B., Kans, M. (2006). Identifying and analysing data for cost-effective cost-effective maintenance decision-making. ICME 2006 : Proceedings of the first international conference on maintenance engineering.
Ingwald, A., Al-Najjar, B. (2006). System for monitoring machines financial and technical effectiveness. Condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management; COMADEM 2006. 219-230.
Al-Najjar, B., Kans, M. (2006). A Model to Identify Relevant Data for Accurate Problem Tracing and Localisation, and Cost-effective Decisions : A Case Study. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Maintenance Engineering ICME 2006 New Century New Maintenance.
Al-Najjar, B. (2006). Total Quality Maintenance for Assuring Continuous Improvement of Company’s Profitability and Competitiveness : Case Studies. Condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management : COMADEM 2006. 181-190.
Al-Najjar, B. (2005). Maintenance or Maintenance Lack which Actually Costs : A Model to Quantify the Impact of VBM on Company's Business. International conference on condition monitoring. 15-20.
Al-Najjar, B., Ingwald, A., Kans, M. (2004). A database model for monitoring and assessing technical and financial impacts of maintenance on the production process.
Al-Najjar, B., Alsyou, I. (2004). Mechanistic model for predicting the vibration level : A case study. Proceedings of MIMAR 2004 - 5th IMA International Conference on Modelling in industrial maintenance and reliability: Impact on practice. 7-12.
Al-Najjar, B., Alsyouf, I., Ingwald, A. (2004). Selecting and Improving the most Cost-effective Maintenance Policy : A Model.
Al-Najjar, B., Ingwald, A. (2004). Identification, analysis, elimination and prevention of recurrence of problems : Methods and concepts. Proceedings of MIMAR 2004 - 5th IMA International Conference on Modelling in industrial maintenance and reliability: Impact on practice. 13-20.
Ingwald, A., Kans, M., Al-Najjar, B. (2004). A database model supporting a maintenance decision support system for monitoring and assessing the technical and financial condition of a production process. Proceedings of MIMAR 2004 - 5th IMA International Conference on Modelling in industrial maintenance and reliability : Impact on practice. 290.
Al-Najjar, B. (2003). On the design of the integration of quality, maintenance and production. Condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management; COMADEM 2003. 23-33.
Al-Najjar, B. (2003). Cost-effective continuous improvement when using total quality maintenance (TQMain). ICOMS-2003 : International Conference of Maintenance Societies.
Al-Najjar, B., Kans, M., Ingwald, A., Samadi, R. (2003). Decision support system for monitoring and assessing maintenance financial impact on company´s profitability. First International Conference on Performance Measures, Benchmarking and Best Practices in New Economy, Business Excellence 2003, June 10-13, Guimaraes, Portugal.. 79-86.
Al-Najjar, B., Alsyouf, I. (2003). Just in time maintenance : A way to improve companies´competitiveness.
Al-Najjar, B., Ingwald, A. (2002). Identification, analysis, elimination and prevention of problems : method and concepts. Proceedings IFRIMmmm : maintenance management & modelling conference, Växjö, Sweden, 6-8th May 2002.
Al-Najjar, B., Krantz, M., Kans, M. (2002). Maintenance costs, savings and benefits in manufacturing. Proceedings of the 4th international conference on quality, reliability and maintenance. 7-10.
Al-Najjar, B. (2002). A model that describes the impact of integrated vibration-based maintenance on company´s business.
Al-Najjar, B. (2002). Company´s business and competitiveness enhancement : A model of integrated vibration-based maintenance impact on company´s effectiveness. Proceedings of COMADEM 2002: 15th International Congress on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management. 238-248.
Al-Najjar, B. (2002). Data coverage and quality, diagnosis and maintenance decision, and their economic impact on the company´s profits : case studies. Proceedings of the 16th European Maintenance Congress : Euromaintenance 2002. 283-293.
Al-Najjar, B. (2002). Total Quality maintenance (TQMAIN) a new concept for continuous enhancing of company's economic competitiveness : case studies. Proceedings IFRIMmmm : maintenance mangament & modelling conference.
Al-Najjar, B., Alsyouf, I. (2001). Vibration-based maintenance costs, potential savings and benefits : A case study. Condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management. 217-227.
Al-Najjar, B., Hansson, M., Sunnegårdh, P. (2001). Benchmarking of maintenance performance : A case study in two manufacturers of furniture.
Al-Najjar, B. (2000). Product quality problems can be detected earlier by vibration spectral analysis than by traditional quality control diagram : A case study.
Al-Najjar, B. (2000). Impact of integrated vibration-based maintenance on plant LCC : A case study. Quality reliability and maintenance (QRM). 105-109.
Al-Najjar, B. (2000). TTT-plots for CM of rolling element bearings in paper mills. Proceedings systems integrity and maintenance. 62-68.
Al-Najjar, B. (2000). A graphical method to assess the probability of failure of a rolling element bearing and its residual life in paper mills when using a vibration monitoring system.
Al-Najjar, B., Alsyouf, I. (2000). Selection the most efficient maintenance-approach using fuzzy multiple criteria decision-making.
Al-Najjar, B. (2000). Vibration signal analysis as a quality assurance tool in manufacturing industry : A case study. European maintenance congress; Euromaintenance 2000. 41-48.
Al-Najjar, B. (2000). Integrated vibration-based maintenance detecting quality deviations earlier than when using traditional diagram in the automative industry : a case study. Advanced manufacturing : modular manufacturing, supplier integration, production planning. 157-165.
Al-Najjar, B. (1999). Integrated vibration-based maintenance.
Al-Najjar, B. (1999). Maintaining performance-efficeincy and quality rate for high effectiveness of manufacturing machines. Proceedings Condition Monitoring '99. 343-358.
Al-Najjar, B. (1999). The impact of the lack of real-time measurements of performance parameters on vibration-based maintenance.
Al-Najjar, B. (1999). An approach for continuous reduction in LCC when using integrated vibration-based maintenance : A case study. Proceedings COMADEM '99. 159-168.
Al-Najjar, B. (1999). Review of maintenance concepts. .
Al-Najjar, B. (1998). Prediction of the vibration level when monitoring rolling element bearings in paper mills machines.
Al-Najjar, B. (1998). Vibration-based maintenance and common database : Effectiveness and benefits.
Al-Najjar, B. (1998). On the relation between operating conditions and changes in vibration signature : A case study in paper mill machine. International condition monitoring conference; 1998 technology showcase. 226-235.
Al-Najjar, B. (1998). An approach for selection of the most cost-effective vibration replacement level.
Al-Najjar, B. (1998). Vibration monitoring of rolling element bearings in paper mills : Effectiveness and improvements.
Sherwin, D., Al-Najjar, B. (1998). Practical models for condition monitoring inspection intervals.
Al-Najjar, B., Kumar, U. (1997). Improvement in effectiveness of vibration-based condition monitoring system in paper mills : two case studies. 10th International congress and exhibiton on condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management. 48-57.
Al-Najjar, B., Kumar, U. (1997). Effectiveness of vibration-based monitoring systems in paper mills : Two case studies. COMADEM '97: 10th international congress and exhibition on condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management, vol. 1. 48-57.
Al-Najjar, B. (1994). Selection of a cost-effective vibration based monitoring system.
Al-Najjar, B. (1994). A new vibration based approach for monitoring rolling element bearings.

Book (Refereed)

Al-Najjar, B. (1983). The Rockets. Damascu, Syria, Dar Al-Hikma.

Chapter in book (Refereed)

Al-Najjar, B. (2015). More Reliable Profitable and Competitive Production via Effective e-Maintenance : A Case Study. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM 2012). Switzerland, Springer. 49-59.
Al-Najjar, B. (2012). Maintenance Impact on Company Competitiveness and Profit. Asset Management : the State of the Art in Europe from a Life Cycle Perspective. Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York, Springer Science+Business Media B.V.. 115-143.
Al-Najjar, B., Eberhagen, N. (2010). Dynamic and Cost-effective Maintenance Decisions. E-maintenance. London, Springer. 345-390.
Arnaiz, A., Iung, B., Al-Najjar, B., Jantunen, E., Holmberg, K., et al. (2010). A New Integrated E-maintenance Concept. E-maintenance. London, Springer. 61-82.
Al-Najjar, B. (2010). Strategies for Maintenance Cost-effectiveness. E-maintenance. London, Springer. 297-344.
Starr, A., Al-Najjar, B., Holmberg, K., Jantunen, E., Bellew, J., et al. (2010). Maintenance Today and Future Trends. E-maintenance. London, Springer. 5-37.
Al-Najjar, B., Andersson, D., Jacobsson, M. (2007). A Model to Describe the Relationships Man–Machine–Maintenance–Economy (MMME). IMECS 2007 : International Multiconference of Engineers and Computer Scientists. 2127-2132.
Al-Najjar, B. (2006). Cost-eefective & continous improvement of production process and company's business when using Total Quality Maintenance (TQMain). Proceedings of the First International Conference on Maintenance Engineering. 1-13.
Al-Najjar, B. (1991). On the selection of condition based maintenance for mechanical systems. Operational reliability and systematic maintenance. London, Elsevier Applied Science. 153-175.

Chapter in book (Other academic)

Al-Najjar, B., Alsyouf, I., Ingwald, A. (2005). Model for selecting the most cost-effective maintenance approach. Creation of Industrial Competitiveness : CIC 2001-2004. Växjö, Växjö University Press. 59-74.
Al-Najjar, B., Alsyouf, I., Prakash, O. (2005). The impact of internal effectiveness on company competitiveness & profitability. Creation on industrial Competitivness : CIC 2001-2004. Växjö, Växjö University Press. 17-27.
Al-Najjar, B. (2005). A model for the creation of industial competitiveness : the role of companies' internal effectiveness in the creation and improvment of their competitiveness: a model for integrating technology and finance. Creation of Industrial Competitiveness : CIC 2001-2004. Växjö, Växjö University Press. 29-38.
Al-Najjar, B., Kans, M., Ingwald, A. (2005). BETUS : a maintenance decision support system. Creation of Industrial Competitiveness : CIC 2001-2004. Växjö, Växjö University Press. 41-57.

Report (Other academic)

Al-Najjar, B., Alsyouf, I., Salgado, E., Khoshaba, S., Faaborg, K. (2001). The economic importance of maintenance planning when using vibration-based maintenance.
Al-Najjar, B. (2001). Tillämpning av PBI inom ämnet systemekonomi. 19.
Al-Najjar, B., Alsyouf, I. (2001). On the selection of the most informative maintenance approach. 21.
Al-Najjar, B. (2000). Assessment of the probability of failure of a rolling element bearing and its residual life in paper mills. 16.
Al-Najjar, B. (2000). Continuous reduction in LCC when using integrated vibration-based maintenance : a casestudy. 24.
Al-Najjar, B. (2000). Vibration spectral analysis as a quality assurance tool : a case study. 17.
Al-Najjar, B. (1999). Ett nytt underhållskoncept för kvalitetssäkring och förbättring till minskadekostnader : Totalt kvalitetsunderhåll (TKU). 14.
Al-Najjar, B., Johansson, B., Nord, C., Rundqvist, T. (1999). Styr produktens kvalitet genom att styra maskinens tillstånd. Göteborg, Institutet för verkstadsteknisk forskning. 150.
Al-Najjar, B. (1999). The Vibration Level of Rolling Element Bearings in Paper Mill Machine. 30.
Sherwin, D., Al-Najjar, B. (1998). Practical models for condition monitoring inspection intervals. Växjö, Högskolan i Växjö.
Al-Najjar, B. (1998). An approach for the Selection of the most Cost- Effective Vibration Replacement Level.
Al-Najjar, B. (1998). On the Relation between Operating Conditions and Changes in Vibration Signature : A Case Study in Paper Mill. 19.
Al-Najjar, B. (1997). Improvement in effectiveness of vibration-based monitoring systems. 17.
Al-Najjar, B., Malmholt, O. (1997). Maintenance : eureka-maine project 1073 : euromaintenance guidelines : phase 2 : objectives and strategies : the swedish part. 102.

Collection (editor) (Other academic)

Pehrsson, A., Al-Najjar, B. (2005). Creation of Industrial Competitiveness : CIC 2001-2004. Växjö, Växjö University Press. 224.

Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)

Al-Najjar, B. (1997). Condition-based maintenance : Selection and improvement of a cost-effective vibration-based policy in rolling element bearings. Doctoral Thesis. Lund, KFS AB, Lund. 65.

Licentiate thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)

Al-Najjar, B. (1990). Some problems on the selection of a condition based maintenance technique for mechanical systems. Licentiate Thesis. Linköping, sweden, University press, Linköping University. 23.

Manuscript (preprint) (Other academic)

Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))

Al-Najjar, B. (2011). MDSS : ett beslutsstödsystem för kostnadseffektivare underhållsåtgärder Del IV:2:2. Bättre produktivitet : tidning för PLAN och regionala produktivitetsföreningar : med plan-nytt. 24.
Al-Najjar, B. (2011). MDSS : ett beslutsstödsystem för effektivare underhållsåtgärder del IV:1:2. Bättre produktivitet : tidning för PLAN och regionala produktivitetsföreningar : med plan-nytt. 24-25.
Al-Najjar, B. (2010). Dynamite : ett beslutsstödsystem för effektivare underhållsåtgärd, del II. Bättre produktivitet. 24-25.
Al-Najjar, B. (2010). Dymanite : ett beslutsstödsystem för effektivare underhållsåtgärder, del III. Bättre produktivitet. 24-25.
Al-Najjar, B., Faaborg, K., Ingwald, A. (2010). Effektivare underhåll när rätt åtgärd görs i rätt tid. Husbyggaren. 20-22.
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