PROPOSED STRATEGY OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT OVERHAUL: CASE STUDY OF A COAL MINING CONTRACTOR IN INDONESIA

• Main Author: Aji Saputra, Rahardian
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/74450
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

The ICE Newcastle's coal price jumped sharply to an all-time high in the first half of 2022 at $440 from $50 during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Q3 2020. Indonesia took advantage of the situation, not only the government and mining owners (mining license holders) which are preparing all the resources to rapidly increase capacity, but also the mining contractors who serve mining owners are forced to pursue this opportunity. Moreover, at the end of 2022, the COVID-19 pandemic gradually is recoverable and manageable so the industry capacity will go back to normal (there is no social distancing). The opportunity must be followed by the preparation such as manpower, infrastructure, and heavy equipment. All companies are doing the same way to compete in increasing their capacity so impacted to arising the problem is the availability of heavy equipment that is limited in bullish conditions. Overhauling the existing heavy equipment is one of the solutions because instead of ensuring the heavy equipment availability, the overhaul maintenance also gives a benefit for a cheaper price upfront (50%-70% of the new heavy equipment). However, that condition impacted too on the overhaul maintenance such as the difficulties in planning the number of overhauls, lack of preparation manpower, the material rarity, etc. Overhaul execution requires several resources that are ready at the time before the start of execution, so the preparation of the overhaul is important. The fluctuation of requirements of the number for overhaul is very troublesome for the business. Unfortunately, in business, especially in the commodity business, the fluctuation in the future cannot be avoided. This research aims to determine the proposed strategy for overhaul activity to tackle the issue in the future and how PT. SSS implements the proposed strategy. For enrichment, the research involving the main stakeholders of the overhaul maintenance to define the issues in the future with each point of view. Hence, the research could be used by the company to prevent obstacles for business, especially in overhaul maintenance.