Maintenance Management Performance – An Overview towards Evaluating Malaysian Palm Oil Mill

<p>Deficient maintenance management can severely affect competitiveness of an organization byreducing throughput, increasing inventory, and leading to poor performance. Performancecannot be managed without measurement: it provides the required information to themanagement for effective decisio...

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Main Authors: Nazim Baluch, Che Sobry Bin Abdullah, Shahimi Bin Mohtar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut Teknologi Bandung 2012-01-01
Series:Asian Journal of Technology Management
Online Access:http://journal.sbm.itb.ac.id/index.php/asian/article/view/170
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description <p>Deficient maintenance management can severely affect competitiveness of an organization byreducing throughput, increasing inventory, and leading to poor performance. Performancecannot be managed without measurement: it provides the required information to themanagement for effective decision making; and is used by industries to assess progressagainst set goals and objectives in a quantifiable way for effectiveness and efficiency. For thepalm oil mills to stay competitive, it is imperative that they elevate the maintenancemanagement role; from a cost center to the strategic partner in business. This paperhighlights how measuring maintenance performance helps us identify the factors causing poorperformance, and provides an opportunity to improve company’s profits.</p><p><em>Key words: key performance indicators, lean, total productive maintenance</em></p>
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spelling doaj.art-e5bbeeee9df147aeb43d42f6b6c89da92022-12-22T01:37:11ZengInstitut Teknologi BandungAsian Journal of Technology Management1978-69562089-791X2012-01-0131160Maintenance Management Performance – An Overview towards Evaluating Malaysian Palm Oil MillNazim Baluch0Che Sobry Bin Abdullah1Shahimi Bin Mohtar2Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok Kedah, MalaysiaUniversiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok Kedah, MalaysiaUniversiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok Kedah, Malaysia<p>Deficient maintenance management can severely affect competitiveness of an organization byreducing throughput, increasing inventory, and leading to poor performance. Performancecannot be managed without measurement: it provides the required information to themanagement for effective decision making; and is used by industries to assess progressagainst set goals and objectives in a quantifiable way for effectiveness and efficiency. For thepalm oil mills to stay competitive, it is imperative that they elevate the maintenancemanagement role; from a cost center to the strategic partner in business. This paperhighlights how measuring maintenance performance helps us identify the factors causing poorperformance, and provides an opportunity to improve company’s profits.</p><p><em>Key words: key performance indicators, lean, total productive maintenance</em></p>http://journal.sbm.itb.ac.id/index.php/asian/article/view/170
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title_full Maintenance Management Performance – An Overview towards Evaluating Malaysian Palm Oil Mill
title_fullStr Maintenance Management Performance – An Overview towards Evaluating Malaysian Palm Oil Mill
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title_short Maintenance Management Performance – An Overview towards Evaluating Malaysian Palm Oil Mill
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