Assessment of Maintenance Activities of Some Sawmills in Ekiti and Osun States of Nigeria (original) (raw)

2020

Abstract

Maintenance practices play great role in industrial facilities management and its productivity index. This research work therefore presents the assessment of maintenance activities being observed in some selected wood and log processing industries (sawmills) in Ekiti and Osun states in Nigeria so as to rate their practices and proffer solutions as deem fit. The appraisal metric used hinges on maintenance practice factor (MPF) and maintenance practice contributions (MPC). The study made use of oral interviews and structured questionnaire administered to fifty (50) sawmills in which twenty (20) respondents wholeheartedly cooperated in responding to the questionnaires. Statistical detailed analysis of the data carried out showed that only 30% of the respondents in the maintenance department rated the maintenance practices carried out in the maintenance of the equipment and machineries as satisfactory while 70% rated it good. 63.3 % of the maintenance strategy used in the sawmill indust...

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