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Applied Of Total Productive Maintenance Concepts In Energy Industry: Organizations Practices

Table 4:

Research Question Key Note from Interview Session
What is the driving factor ? Provide an understanding of the Top management and middle management agree that TPM are beneficial and should be implemented.This question will also trigger what are the benefit of TPM towards the organization and what are their roles in ensuring the smoothness of TPM implementation since it was establishedThe researchers try to understand the important of TPM implementation to the company returns, growth and profit. Besides that, the researcher emphasizing the needs of sustaining the power generation and the effect to the business performance.
What is the top management roles? This is a question where top management should answer as well as the TPM coordinator since the Top Management might believe that their role are only in providing the necessary resource not in the morale support and the leadership to followThe management strategy on initiating the TPM to the staff and to find out the management expected outcome through the program.
What are the challenges in the implementation of TPM? TPM Coordinator, Production Engineer and Technician are fully aware on the problems they faced in executing TPM activities.The factor that affects the realization and requirement of the TNB staff from the top management, community and bottom line. Identify the lacking factors in the TPM implementation process.The researcher to find and list the critical factors during the initial start of the TPM implementation. The researcher interest to explore the difficulties on handling the TPM program.The challenges and issues for the executives and technician will be able to provide a realistic insight on their problemsThe adaption and adoption of TPM initiative among staff and the issues on breaking the TNB existing practice and culture.
How can TPM be improved, the future of the TPM? Ideally improvement should be asked to all interviewee since their view on what should be improved will vary depending on their understanding and vision of TPM.Ideally to gets the participant recommendation on expanding the TPM initiative to other power generation industry in total.
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