Maintenance management performance – An overview towards evaluating Malaysian palm oil mill

• Main Authors: Baluch, Nazim Hussain, Abdullah, Che Sobry, Mohtar, Shahimi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institut Teknologi Bandung 2010
• Subjects: TS Manufactures
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/16091/1/4.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/16091/; http://journal.sbm.itb.ac.id/index.php/asian/article/view/170
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Deficient maintenance management can severely affect competitiveness of an organization by reducing throughput, increasing inventory, and leading to poor performance.Performance cannot be managed without measurement: it provides the required information to the management for effective decision making; and is used by industries to assess progress against set goals and objectives in a quantifiable way for effectiveness and efficiency.For the palm oil mills to stay competitive, it is imperative that they elevate the maintenance management role; from a cost center to the strategic partner in business.This paper highlights how measuring maintenance performance helps us identify the factors causing poor performance, and provides an opportunity to improve company’s profits.