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

Authors

  • Nazim Baluch Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok Kedah, Malaysia
  • Che Sobry Bin Abdullah Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok Kedah, Malaysia
  • Shahimi Bin Mohtar Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok Kedah, Malaysia

Abstract

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.

Key words: key performance indicators, lean, total productive maintenance

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Submitted

2012-01-12

Accepted

2012-01-12

Published

2011-06-20

How to Cite

Baluch, N., Abdullah, C. S. B., & Mohtar, S. B. (2011). Maintenance Management Performance – An Overview towards Evaluating Malaysian Palm Oil Mill. The Asian Journal of Technology Management (AJTM), 3(1). Retrieved from https://journal.sbm.itb.ac.id/index.php/ajtm/article/view/170

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