Total productive maintenance and performance: A Malaysian SME experience
The importance of maintenance has been emphasized especially in the manufacturing environment. The failure of equipments or machines to produce products on time as required can reflect the inefficiency in operations thus, failure to deliver the products to the customers. The objective of TPM is to...
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| author | Mad Lazim, Halim Ramayah, T. Ahmad, Norzieiriani |
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| description | The importance of maintenance has been emphasized especially in the manufacturing environment. The failure of equipments or machines to produce products on time as required can reflect the inefficiency in operations thus, failure to deliver the products to the customers. The
objective of TPM is to create an active participation of all employees in maintenance and production functions, including the operators who operate the machines and equipments. This paper discusses part of a preliminary study finding focusing on two main TPM practices namely
autonomous maintenance and planned maintenance in a Malaysian SME. The results suggest important aspects of autonomous maintenance and planned maintenance activities that contributed to the improvement in quality and cost. |
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| spelling | uum-16132016-04-26T03:42:54Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/1613/ Total productive maintenance and performance: A Malaysian SME experience Mad Lazim, Halim Ramayah, T. Ahmad, Norzieiriani TS Manufactures The importance of maintenance has been emphasized especially in the manufacturing environment. The failure of equipments or machines to produce products on time as required can reflect the inefficiency in operations thus, failure to deliver the products to the customers. The objective of TPM is to create an active participation of all employees in maintenance and production functions, including the operators who operate the machines and equipments. This paper discusses part of a preliminary study finding focusing on two main TPM practices namely autonomous maintenance and planned maintenance in a Malaysian SME. The results suggest important aspects of autonomous maintenance and planned maintenance activities that contributed to the improvement in quality and cost. World Business Institute 2008-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/1613/1/20-Halim.pdf Mad Lazim, Halim and Ramayah, T. and Ahmad, Norzieiriani (2008) Total productive maintenance and performance: A Malaysian SME experience. International Review of Business Research Papers, 4 (4). pp. 237-250. ISSN 1832-9543 http://www.bizresearchpapers.com/20-Halim.pdf |
| spellingShingle | TS Manufactures Mad Lazim, Halim Ramayah, T. Ahmad, Norzieiriani Total productive maintenance and performance: A Malaysian SME experience |
| title | Total productive maintenance and performance: A Malaysian SME experience |
| title_full | Total productive maintenance and performance: A Malaysian SME experience |
| title_fullStr | Total productive maintenance and performance: A Malaysian SME experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Total productive maintenance and performance: A Malaysian SME experience |
| title_short | Total productive maintenance and performance: A Malaysian SME experience |
| title_sort | total productive maintenance and performance a malaysian sme experience |
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| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/1613/1/20-Halim.pdf |
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