SURVEY RESULTS OF TOTAL PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE EFFECTS ON MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE IN MALAYSIA ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY
Keywords:
TPM elements/strategies, manufacturing performance, Malaysia, electrical and electronic industryAbstract
Many frameworks of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) elements have been proposed by different authors in the literature. However, most of them are based on studies done in countries such Japan, Italy, USA, China and India. There is a need to evaluate TPM elements/strategies and their contribution towards manufacturing performance in electrical and electronics industry in Malaysia. Towards that end, a survey was conducted where questionnaires are sent to 240 companies in the electrical and electronic industry in Malaysia with the resulting response rate of 12.5 %. The TPM element most emphasized in Malaysian electrical and electronics industry is planned maintenance management while the least emphasized element is top management leadership. Using Pearson Correlation Coefficient, the correlation between TPM elements emphasis and manufacturing performance dimension was determined. The study found that TPM elements – top management leadership, planned maintenance management, focused improvement, autonomous maintenance and education and training have significant contribution towards manufacturing performance such as lower cost, higher quality, strong delivery and increased productivity. These five elements could be used as a guideline for companies wanting to implement TPM as well as evidence to convince management of the importance of TPM towards the organization. Besides that, this study also found no significant differences of TPM element practices between electrical and electronic industry while only some elements are significant between small medium industry (SME) and large companies. In addition, the longer TPM is practiced, the more improvement resulted in manufacturing performance.References
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