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Maintenance Culture And Performance Of Selected Manufacturing Firms In Benue State, Nigeria.

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Title Maintenance Culture And Performance Of Selected Manufacturing Firms In Benue State, Nigeria.
 
Creator Chiekezie, Obianuju Mary
NZEWI, DR HOPE NGOZI
ODEKINA, FELICIA
 
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Description Manufacturing firms in Nigeria continuously face the problem of stoppage of production processes and high cost of repair due to inadequate knowledge of maintenance culture. The study seeks to examine the extent to which maintenance culture influences performance of selected manufacturing firms in Benue State, Nigeria. The specific objective is to ascertain the extent to which preventive maintenance influences product delivery of  selected firms. The study adopted survey design with a population of two hundred and thirty three (233) and a sample size of one hundred and forty seven (147) derived using Taro Yamane’s formula for finite population. Questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. Data collected were analyzed with the use of Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The r value was subjected to a t-test of significance. Result shows that preventive maintenance significantly influences product delivery of the selected firms. The study recommended among others that firms should continuously adopt preventive and corrective measures of maintenance to reduce cost of repairs and intermittent stoppage of production processes. Firms should embark on continuous training programmes for their maintenance personnel as a pillar for proper maintenance culture development.
 
Publisher Archives of Business Research
 
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Date 2017-03-19
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/ABR/article/view/2803
10.14738/abr.53.2803
 
Source Archives of Business Research; Vol 5, No 3 (2017): Archives of Business Research
2054-7404
10.14738/abr.53.2017
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.scholarpublishing.org/index.php/ABR/article/view/2803/1702
 
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