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

• 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

<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>