Operations Management, Student Value Edition & Student Cd For Operations Management
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ISBN: 9780133407983
Author: HEIZER, Jay
Publisher: Pearson College Div 2013-03-08
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Chapter 17, Problem 1VC
Summary Introduction
Case summary:
Company F is the multi-billion-dollar subsidiary of Company P. Company F avoids costly downtime with the preventive maintenance of equipment. According to Person T, who is the vice president of Company F in City F, one percent of downtime would result in negative annual profit impact of $200,000. However, they are successful in maintaining less downtime than the excellent benchmark.
They utilize energy efficiency. This is all because of the effective maintenance department, which perform actively. “Run Right” is the method that teaches, “identify and do” to employees that is the part of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program.
To determine: The things that can be done by Company F to take them to the next level of outstanding maintenance.
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