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Total productive maintenance and manufacturing performance: Does technical complexity in the production process matter?

This paper intends to discuss some findings from a study of TPM practices in manufacturing organizations in Malaysia. Total productive maintenance (TPM), a resource-emphasized approach moves the paradigm of maintenance by putting emphasis on total employee involvement in the maintenance activities.W...

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Main Authors: Mad Lazim, Halim, Salleh, Mohamed Najib, Subramaniam, Chandrakantan, Othman, Siti Norezam
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Language:English
Published: IACSIT Press 2013
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TS Manufactures
Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/10031/1/3.pdf
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7763/IJTEF.2013.V4.321
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spelling my.uum.repo.100312016-04-18T06:49:57Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/10031/ Total productive maintenance and manufacturing performance: Does technical complexity in the production process matter? Mad Lazim, Halim Salleh, Mohamed Najib Subramaniam, Chandrakantan Othman, Siti Norezam TS Manufactures This paper intends to discuss some findings from a study of TPM practices in manufacturing organizations in Malaysia. Total productive maintenance (TPM), a resource-emphasized approach moves the paradigm of maintenance by putting emphasis on total employee involvement in the maintenance activities.We studied the relationship between TPM practices and manufacturing performance. We investigated the moderating effect of the level of technical complexity in the production process in the TPM practices and manufacturing performance relationships as well. Significant relationships were found between TPM practices and cost.We also found the moderating effect of technical complexity in the production process on the relationship between TPM practices and manufacturing performance. IACSIT Press 2013-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/10031/1/3.pdf Mad Lazim, Halim and Salleh, Mohamed Najib and Subramaniam, Chandrakantan and Othman, Siti Norezam (2013) Total productive maintenance and manufacturing performance: Does technical complexity in the production process matter? International Journal of Trade, Economics and Finance, 4 (6). pp. 380-383. ISSN 2010-023X http://dx.doi.org/10.7763/IJTEF.2013.V4.321
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Mad Lazim, Halim
Salleh, Mohamed Najib
Subramaniam, Chandrakantan
Othman, Siti Norezam
Total productive maintenance and manufacturing performance: Does technical complexity in the production process matter?
description This paper intends to discuss some findings from a study of TPM practices in manufacturing organizations in Malaysia. Total productive maintenance (TPM), a resource-emphasized approach moves the paradigm of maintenance by putting emphasis on total employee involvement in the maintenance activities.We studied the relationship between TPM practices and manufacturing performance. We investigated the moderating effect of the level of technical complexity in the production process in the TPM practices and manufacturing performance relationships as well. Significant relationships were found between TPM practices and cost.We also found the moderating effect of technical complexity in the production process on the relationship between TPM practices and manufacturing performance.
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author Mad Lazim, Halim
Salleh, Mohamed Najib
Subramaniam, Chandrakantan
Othman, Siti Norezam
author_facet Mad Lazim, Halim
Salleh, Mohamed Najib
Subramaniam, Chandrakantan
Othman, Siti Norezam
author_sort Mad Lazim, Halim
title Total productive maintenance and manufacturing performance: Does technical complexity in the production process matter?
title_short Total productive maintenance and manufacturing performance: Does technical complexity in the production process matter?
title_full Total productive maintenance and manufacturing performance: Does technical complexity in the production process matter?
title_fullStr Total productive maintenance and manufacturing performance: Does technical complexity in the production process matter?
title_full_unstemmed Total productive maintenance and manufacturing performance: Does technical complexity in the production process matter?
title_sort total productive maintenance and manufacturing performance: does technical complexity in the production process matter?
publisher IACSIT Press
publishDate 2013
url http://repo.uum.edu.my/10031/1/3.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/10031/
http://dx.doi.org/10.7763/IJTEF.2013.V4.321
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