Operations Management: Sustainability And Supply Chain Management, Global Edition
Operations Management: Sustainability And Supply Chain Management, Global Edition
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781292148632
Author: RENDER, Munson Heizer
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 17, Problem 3VC
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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 pros and cons of hiring multi-craft maintenance personnel.

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