Title: Prevalent general and preventive maintenance practices in Indian process industry

Authors: Amit Chopra; Anish Sachdeva; Arvind Bhardwaj

Addresses: Department of Placements, Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar, Punjab, India ' Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India ' Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of general and preventive maintenance practices in the process industries of India. Data for the analysis was collected through a structured questionnaire from the reputed process industries of India. Statistical techniques cluster analysis and one-way ANOVA were used to investigate the maintenance scenario in the Indian process industry. The study highlighted the status of important practices related to the general maintenance and preventive maintenance (PM) in the process industry and emphasised on strengthening of maintenance activities in Indian Process industry especially in the changing needs of the Industry 4.0.

Keywords: maintenance scenario; process industry; preventive maintenance; general maintenance; Indian Industry.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2020.106402

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, 2020 Vol.29 No.4, pp.542 - 557

Received: 28 Jan 2018
Accepted: 26 Dec 2018
Published online: 06 Apr 2020 *

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