Title: Achieving core maintenance quality competencies through profiling: theorisation and ESS development

Authors: K. Elangovan, V. Selladurai, S.R. Devadasan

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore 641 014, Tamil Nadu, India. ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore 641 014, Tamil Nadu, India. ' Department of Production Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 641 004, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract: In the contemporary literature, maintenance quality is considered as one of the world-class manufacturing strategies, yet the profiling and positioning of organisations towards maintenance quality strategies is seldom addressed. Research to overcome this situation is reported in this paper. Findings derived from the literature on profiling and positioning of management strategies were used to design a roadmap for developing maintenance quality profiles. Given the vital role of the CEO in developing successful maintenance quality profiles, a module of Executive Support System (ESS) named ESSMAQ was developed. Initial feedback on ESSMAQ, obtained from the executives of two companies, was favourable.

Keywords: total productive maintenance; TPM; executive support systems; ESS; maintenance quality; profiles; strategic positioning; core competencies; process management; benchmarking; world-class manufacturing.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPMB.2006.011332

International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking, 2006 Vol.1 No.4, pp.332 - 351

Published online: 18 Nov 2006 *

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