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Abstract

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MAINTENANCE STRATEGY

FOR A FERTILIZER MANUFACTURER

Maintenance of production equipment is viewed by some only as unavoidable overhead. They may not realize that the tradeoff between maintenance costs and lost production could be a strategic business opportunity ready for exploitation. The fact is that maintenance management is becoming an essential feature of the productivity program of manufacturing and production organisations. It is against this background that the development and implementation of an effective maintenance management strategy, which would support the strategic goals of the organisation, is needed. Maintenance managers' objectives - minimizing maintenance cost and maximizing production performance - can be achieved only through the complicated deployment of maintenance workers and materials, as well as through the optimization of the quality of service, and the cost of service. The aim of this study is to develop a framework, from which a strategy can be developed. This will be done with the

theoretical backing of a literature study. In short can the strategy be presented as follows: * Develop a strategic mission for maintenance management. * Develop a strategic field of reference for the formulation of a strategy. * Formulate strategic goals and actionplans. * Develop the new strategy. * Research the implementation of the strategy. * Control and evaluate the strategic success. This framework for the development of a maintenance strategy, will then be tested, by putting it to practise with the development of a strategy for a fertilizer manufacturer. Although the strategy will be developed with a specific fertilizer manufacturer in mind, it will be the intension of the author, to develop the framework in such a conceptual way, that it can be used in any manufacturing company.