Maintenance Management Approaches and Manufacturing Performance
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to establish the association between maintenance
approach adopted and manufacturing performance. The study had four objectives to
achieve: To determine the maintenance approaches adopted by manufacturing
industries in Kenya; determine operations performance of manufacturing industries in
Kenya; determine plant effectiveness of manufacturing industries in Kenya and to
determine the relationship between maintenance approach adopted and manufacturing
performance. The study used a cross-sectional research design targeting
manufacturing firms based at Athi-River Export Processing Zone. A census involving
21 firms was carried out and simple random sampling was used to select 88
respondents who participated in the study. A questionnaire was used to collect
primary data from the respondents. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive
and inferential statistics. The findings were presented in tables. The study established
that maintenance management approaches adopted by manufacturing firms in Kenya
fall into three main categories. Approach that emphasizes high preventive and fast
reactive maintenance by dedicated resources; Approach that emphasizes low
preventive and fast reactive maintenance by dedicated resources and Autonomous
maintenance. Approach emphasizing high preventive and fast reactive maintenance
by dedicated resources is predominant among manufacturing firms. Maintenance
approaches have varying levels of effectiveness with preventive maintenance
outweighing reactive maintenance. Autonomous maintenance was found to be better
than the other two in terms of manufacturing plant effectiveness and manufacturing
performance. Acting via manufacturing plant effectiveness, maintenance management
approach adopted has a positive influence on manufacturing performance
Publisher
University of Nairobi
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