An empirical investigation of preventive maintenance practices among manufacturing organizations: does cost and quality matter?

• Main Authors: Mad Lazim, Halim, Dayanan, Sasitharan, Taib, Che Azlan, Lamsali, Hendrik, Salleh, Mohamed Najib
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universal Publishers - Boca Raton, Florida, USA 2019
• Subjects: HD28 Management. Industrial Management
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/26335/1/GBMRAIJ%2011%202SI%202019%20120%20129.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/26335/; http://www.gbmrjournal.com/vol11no2.htm

Purpose: The prime objective of the current study is to investigate the relationship between Preventive Maintenance (PM) and production performance. The study has proposed a framework which argues that preventive maintenance practices improve production performance by lowering production cost and im...