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Implementing TPM in plant maintenance: some organisational barriers
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Since the 1980s, quality initiatives, seen as critical for greater competitiveness, have gained much attention from British management under the influence of Japanese management principles. This has resulted in a widespread adoption of quality techniques such as quality circles, teamworking, customer care, total quality management (TQM) and total productive maintenance (TPM), etc. This paper reports the finding of a study of the production and maintenance function of four processing/manufacturing companies. It intends to highlight the difficulties that these companies have been faced with in their attempt to implement TPM initiatives between the production and maintenance departments in order to improve organisational efficiency. The paper concludes that implementing TPM is by no means an easy task, which is heavily burdened by political, financial, departmental and inter‐occupational barriers.
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“Several researchers have identified significant obstacles such as cultural resistance to change, lack of top management commitment, inadequate training and financial resources among others (Cooke, 2000).”
Metadata
- Authors
- Lee Cooke, F.
- Venue
- International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management
- Publisher
- Emerald
- Published
- 2000-12-01
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1003-1016
- ISSN
- 0265-671X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2082424573
- Cited by
- 171
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management (publishedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management Information Systems › Quality and Supply Management
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Management and Optimization Techniques
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Management Systems and Quality Improvement
- Keywords
- total productive maintenance, TPM implementation, organizational barriers, plant maintenance, quality management, total quality management, manufacturing companies
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