Ernnie Illyani Basri, Izatul Hamimi Abdul Razak, Hasnida Ab-Samat and Shahrul Kamaruddin
The purpose of this paper is to provide comprehensive information on preventive maintenance (PM) planning and methods used in the industry in order to achieve an effective…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide comprehensive information on preventive maintenance (PM) planning and methods used in the industry in order to achieve an effective maintenance system.
Design/methodology/approach
The literature review is organized in a way that provides the general overview of the researches done in the PM. This paper discusses the literatures that had been reviewed on four main topics, which are the holistic view of maintenance policies, PM planning, PM planning concept and PM planning-based in developing optimal planning in executing PM actions.
Findings
PM policy is one of the original proactive techniques that has been used since the start of researches on maintenance system. Review of the methods presented in this paper shows that most researches analyse effectiveness using artificial intelligence, simulation, mathematical formulation, matrix formation, critical analysis and multi-criteria method. While in practice, PM activities were either planned based on cost, time or failure. Research trends on planning and methods for PM show that the variation of approaches used over the year from early 1990s until today.
Practical implications
Research about PM is known to be extensively conducted and majority of companies applied the policy in their production line. However, most analysis and method suggested in published literatures were done based on mathematical computation rather than focussing on solution to real problems in the industry. This normally would lead to the problems in understanding by the practitioner. Therefore, this paper presented researches on PM planning and suggested on the methods that are practical, simple and effective for application in the real industry.
Originality/value
The originality of this paper comes from its detail analysis of PM planning in term of its research focus and also direction for application. Extensive reviews on the methods adopted in relation to PM planning based on the planning-based such as cost-based, time-based and failure-based were also provided.
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Izatul Hamimi Abdul Razak, Shahrul Kamaruddin, Ishak Abdul Azid and Indra Putra Almanar
The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding on implementation and operation of ISO 13485:2003 – “Medical Devices – Quality Management System – Requirements for…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding on implementation and operation of ISO 13485:2003 – “Medical Devices – Quality Management System – Requirements for Regulatory Purposes” – in the perspective of medical device industries in Malaysia. The study is focused on the Malaysian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) which currently have accredited to ISO 9001:2000 quality management systems.
Design/methodology/approach
Literature research and comparative analysis between ISO 13485:2003 and ISO 9001:2000 standard and requirements. A reference model is developed to assist the Malaysian SMEs towards ISO 13485:2003 accreditation.
Findings
Unlike ISO 9001:2000, ISO 13485:2003 stresses the safety and efficacy of medical devices that are being produced. For this reason risk management is an essential process that needs to be adopted into the ISO 13485:2003 quality management system. Moreover, to demonstrate the effectiveness of the ISO 13485:2003 implementation, this standard has placed great emphasis on documentation requirements which are more prescriptive in insisting on the use of formal procedures.
Originality/value
The paper provides guidelines to ISO 13485:2003 implementations as well as risk management approaches for small and medium‐sized businesses of Malaysian medical device manufacturers, which at the same time maintains its ISO 9001:2000 certification.
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Izatul Hamimi Abdul Razak, Shahrul Kamaruddin and Ishak Abdul Azid
The paper aims to introduce a model for measuring individual performance named Workforce Competency Model (WFCM). Notable aspects of the model including its…
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Purpose
The paper aims to introduce a model for measuring individual performance named Workforce Competency Model (WFCM). Notable aspects of the model including its validation/verification are explored and presented by means of a case study.
Design/methodology/approach
The model is developed by referring to the previously developed models in literature, which are concerned with the measurement of human or individual performance. Taking into account the organization's needs for each of the workers to be evaluated on identified indicators, performances of individual maintenance workers are quantified according to factors that contribute to those indicators.
Findings
Previous studies show the significance of human involvement in maintenance has been highlighted in many industries; the human element is one of the primary aspects that influence maintenance effectiveness. A model for quantifying individual workers' performance is introduced. A case study carried out in an electronic packaging company for verification and validation purpose demonstrates the developed model is efficient, accurate, flexible and feasible.
Originality/value
This paper presents a unique approach to developing a model that can be used as a tool to effectively evaluate maintenance workforce performance. This study involves a thorough review of the past literature to design the concept to be used, the development process of the model, and validation of the developed model through a case study. The great challenge to the success of this project is to develop the model so that a robust and feasible measurement tool can be built.