Abstract
Manufacturing firms in Nigeria continuously face the problem of stoppage of production processes and high cost of repair due to inadequate knowledge of maintenance culture. The study seeks to examine the extent to which maintenance culture influences performance of selected manufacturing firms in Benue State, Nigeria. The specific objective is to ascertain the extent to which preventive maintenance influences product delivery of selected firms. The study adopted survey design with a population of two hundred and thirty three (233) and a sample size of one hundred and forty seven (147) derived using Taro Yamane’s formula for finite population. Questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. Data collected were analyzed with the use of Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The r value was subjected to a t-test of significance. Result shows that preventive maintenance significantly influences product delivery of the selected firms. The study recommended among others that firms should continuously adopt preventive and corrective measures of maintenance to reduce cost of repairs and intermittent stoppage of production processes. Firms should embark on continuous training programmes for their maintenance personnel as a pillar for proper maintenance culture development .
Highlights
Background of the Study Today’s market conditions place great emphasis on variety, performance and quality of products
The findings shows a positive significant relationship between the inter-correlation of total productive maintenance (TPM) team, strategy and planned maintenance and cost
Discussion of findings From the result obtained, it was seen that preventive maintenance influences the product quality of the selected firms
Summary
Background of the Study Today’s market conditions place great emphasis on variety, performance and quality of products. In order to meet these requirements, manufacturers have been compelled to utilize complex and sophisticated machines. The driving need to meet and improve on the requirements has shifted the trend of manufacturing to high levels of automation (Raouf& BenDaya, 1995). The objective behind automation is to achieve higher productivity and profit in order to effectively stay competitive in business. High levels of automation require that the machines employed operate without trouble and this requirement has changed the technology and operating philosophy of manufacturing industry around the world (Mishra & Pathak, 2006). The high and rising costs of modern production machines as well as high maintenance costs are developments that compel manufacturing firms to pay attention to the culture that promotes maintenance
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