Company-wide integrated strategic maintenance - an empirical analysis
Journal article, 1999

This paper discusses the maintenance/production interface, and emphasises the importance of integration for organisational design and strategic planning. Firms with various maintenance visions, goals and plans and companywide integration of maintenance are di¤erentiated. Data was gathered from 293 Swedish maintenance managers in manufacturing Þrms. Analysis showed that integration and long-term planning of maintenance both a¤ect prevention, quality improvement and manufacturing capabilities.

Manufacturing strategy

Maintenance management

Integration

Quality

Prevention

Author

Patrik Jonsson

Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Quality Sciences

International Journal of Production Economics

Vol. 60/61 179-188

Subject Categories

Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics

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10/8/2017