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An exploration of the relationship between maintenance performance and resource productivity
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/57500 An exploration of the relationship between maintenance performance and resource productivity Coetzee, Jasper L. u11321882@tuks.co.za Rahiman, Muhammad Ali UCTD Maintenance Performance Resource Productivity Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-12 SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-08 SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2016. As a consequence of their relative magnitude with respect to overall organisational expenditure, potential sources for significant cost savings involve maintenance costs, raw material costs and energy consumption. Previously conducted but inconclusive research indicates that there may be a relationship between maintenance activities and resource productivity. If this is the case, knowledge of such a relationship may unveil opportunities for direct productivity enhancement. Moreover, it may also serve as an aid in making improved measurements of the true value of the maintenance function. This in turn may enable practitioners to recognize when resource reallocation may be required to achieve greater levels of productivity. The objective of this research is to explore the relationship between maintenance activities and resource productivity. It aims in part to assess if opportunities for productivity enhancement exist as a result of such a relationship. It also aims to establish if resource productivity can serve as a representative measure of maintenance performance. This study is based on rigorously proven theoretical propositions which are tested empirically on data procured from a metallurgical plant in South Africa. The conclusion of this study is that the maintenance function enables equipment to process resources productively. Resource productivity may thus have the propensity to serve as an encompassing and cost effective measure of maintenance performance. In terms of its potential in this regard, decreases in resource productivity may offer valuable signals which indicate that corrective action is warranted. In terms of productivity enhancement, this study elucidates the fact that machinery should always be kept in the best operating condition possible. When machinery malfunctions are discovered, it should be repaired in a timely manner to prevent unnecessary wastage from occurring. tm2016 mi2025 Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering MSc Unrestricted SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth 2016-10-27T07:28:35Z 2016-10-27T07:28:35Z 2016-04-15 2016 Dissertation Rahiman, MA 2016, An exploration of the relationship between maintenance performance and resource productivity, MSc Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57500> A2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57500 en © 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Maintenance Performance Resource Productivity Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-12 SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-08 SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth An exploration of the relationship between maintenance performance and resource productivity |
| title | An exploration of the relationship between maintenance performance and resource productivity |
| title_full | An exploration of the relationship between maintenance performance and resource productivity |
| title_fullStr | An exploration of the relationship between maintenance performance and resource productivity |
| title_full_unstemmed | An exploration of the relationship between maintenance performance and resource productivity |
| title_short | An exploration of the relationship between maintenance performance and resource productivity |
| title_sort | exploration of the relationship between maintenance performance and resource productivity |
| topic | UCTD Maintenance Performance Resource Productivity Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-09 SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-12 SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-08 SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57500 |