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The impact of total productive maintenance practices on manufacturing performance
Author(s) -
McKone Kathleen E,
Schroeder Roger G,
Cua Kristy O
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of operations management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.649
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1873-1317
pISSN - 0272-6963
DOI - 10.1016/s0272-6963(00)00030-9
Subject(s) - total productive maintenance , structural equation modeling , operations management , positive relationship , quality (philosophy) , business , computer science , statistics , mathematics , psychology , production (economics) , economics , microeconomics , social psychology , philosophy , epistemology
In this paper we investigate the relationship between Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and manufacturing performance (MP) through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). We find that TPM has a positive and significant relationship with low cost (as measured by higher inventory turns), high levels of quality (as measured by higher levels of conformance to specifications), and strong delivery performance (as measured by higher percentage of on‐time deliveries and by faster speeds of delivery). We also find that the relationship between TPM and MP can be explained by both direct and indirect relationships. In particular, there is a significant and positive indirect relationship between TPM and MP through Just‐In‐Time (JIT) practices.