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Maintenance Strategy - An Enabler for Improved Competitiveness
Publication Type:
Conference/Workshop Paper
Venue:
The 18th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing
Publisher:
University of Skövde
Abstract
In order to keep production in Sweden the industry has to stay competitive on a global market. This fact increases the demand of high utilisation of automated production equipment. However, research has indicated that the average utilisation of production equipment in Sweden is about 60%. One key factor for increasing the utilisation is effective maintenance of the production equipment. Still, within the manufacturing industry, maintenance is often regarded as a cost driving necessity rather than a competitive resource. In a survey, published 2004, about 70 % of the respondents consider maintenance a pure cost centre. The same survey also revealed that 28 % of the respondents have no maintenance strategy or policy at all. The aim of this paper is to discuss the role of maintenance strategies as a means of making maintenance contribute to competitiveness. The paper is based on a theoretical overview and a case study in which six companies have been studied regarding the perceived quality of their maintenance, the challenges they face, and their view on the strategic impact of production maintenance. In the case study, four companies, which are dissatisfied with their current maintenance, are compared with two reference companies, well reputed for their maintenance excellence. The findings indicate that a strategic view of maintenance is essential for achieving the desired level of maintenance performance. This strategic view has to be held, not only by the production and maintenance management, but by the company management group. While the two reference companies have well formulated maintenance strategies, including aligned measures, acting as roadmaps for their continuous improvement of their maintenance, the four studied companies lack both strategic goals and relevant measures for their maintenance activities. The reasons for this are individual for each company but they share an insight that they need to develop their maintenance in order to stay competitive in their business areas.
Bibtex
@inproceedings{Salonen1518,
author = {Antti Salonen},
title = {Maintenance Strategy - An Enabler for Improved Competitiveness},
pages = {333--339},
month = {June},
year = {2008},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing},
publisher = {University of Sk{\"o}vde},
url = {http://www.ipr.mdu.se/publications/1518-}
}
