Examining The Relationship Between The Maintenance Machine Downtime And Firms's Production Yield: The Case Of Manufacturing Companies In Malaysia

Tajul Arus, Muhammad Syazwan (2016) Examining The Relationship Between The Maintenance Machine Downtime And Firms's Production Yield: The Case Of Manufacturing Companies In Malaysia. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Maintenance is defined as the arrangement of all technical and managerial actions intended to preserve the item and restore it to the state in which it can perform its required function. The essence of this function is that the maintenance has become a cornerstone for a manufacturing organization to sustain its competitiveness (Al-Najjar, B., and Alsyouf, 2004). Production efficiency and effectiveness are among top business priorities. The requirements of outstanding performance force companies to substantially consider reducing their machines downtime frequency and its consequential costs (Nepal, M. P., and Park, M, 2004). This research examines the relationship between the maintenance machine downtime and firm’s production yield for manufacturing companies in Malaysia. The aims of the research is to identify the causes of longer production machine set-up time, to determine the appropriate measures to reduce downtime, and to determine the appropriate operation strategies to improve the firm’s production yield. The research is purely quantitative because reliable questionnaire was used to collect data. Fabtronic Sdn. Bhd and Advance Micro Devices (AMD) are chosen as the case study because the firm is advancing in high-technology operations. The researcher employs a case study by distributing questionnaire to the 100 respondents ranging from production employees, technicians, quality control, process engineer to unit head of the Production Department and IBM Statistical Product and Service Solution (SPSS) was used in order to analyse the data. Reducing of machine downtime will succeed if the firm focus on the factor causing longer machine downtime. It will give a big impact to the industries of enhance the productivity and innovation. The firm will use it as a main of important things to consider and focus to generate the creative thinking of innovation.

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