Track: Reliability and Maintenance

Abstract

TThe alignment of the broad maintenance strategy with the overall business strategy brings in the strategic fit of maintenance activities with the overall business objectives. Many times there is a misfit between the maintenance objectives and the business objectives, and this creates fissured priorities at the operational level, which mostly suffocates and derails the maintenance or reliability improvement initiatives in many businesses. The overall impact derived from the strategic misfit is not only limited to the viability of maintenance operations, but this is translated to the entire business, with oftentimes detrimental effects to the entire business’ performance. Therefore, the strategic significance of maintenance activities need to be considered at business level, and be linked to the overall business strategy to eliminate any conflicting priorities in the operation of the business as a whole. This study was undertaken to examine the ways in which maintenance strategies are formulated and interlinked to the overall business context, and the means that can be established to eliminate any hurdles that may impede the strategic translation process.