Enhancing Productivity through Improved Maintenance System

(Case Study in Dashen Brewery Share Company)

Mahilet Mentesinot

A Thesis Submitted to

The School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Presented in Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science

(Industrial Engineering)

Addis Ababa University

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Oct. 2017
 Addis Ababa University

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productivity through improved maintenance system (case in Dashen Brewery Share Company)
is original work of my own, has not been presented for a degree of any other university and all
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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to express my sincere appreciation to my advisor Dr. Kassahun Yimer and Co-
advisor Mr. Haileleul Mamo for their guidance, constructive comments, suggestions and
encouragement from the start of the study up to the final work of the paper. They read all the
drafts of my thesis and taught me to be thorough in analyzing problems and rigorous in
presenting ideas. This thesis would not have been possible without their support and
guidance.

I would like to extend my greatest gratitude to Maintenance Department workers of Dashen

Brewery Share Company, with special thanks to: Ato Amare Endale, Ato Dereje Mulalem,
Ato Mulalem Mekonnen, Ato Matebe Gashu and Ato Atirsaw Ambelu for providing me
invaluable information and facilities during the study period.

I am very grateful to my loving and caring parents for their persistent guidance and
encouragement throughout my academic career. I want them to know that I respect and
always keep in my memory their boundless and valuable support, beyond a simple thank you.

I would also like to thank my friends for their support and love throughout the entire time.

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude to all those who
have contributed, directly or indirectly, in accomplishing this research.

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 ABSTRACT
Maintenance is the combination of all technical, administrative and managerial actions during
the life cycle of an item intended to retain it in, or restore it to a state in which it can perform
the required function. Nowadays, many of the industries in our country faced with the
problem of maintenance which results in poor productivity. Therefore, improved maintenance
system is an important task to enhance the productivity. In this study, the maintenance
problems of Dashen Brewery Share Company and development of improved maintenance
system were studied. The study were assessed the existing maintenance system of the
company, differentiate the factors affecting productivity, investigate and analyze the
maintenance problems.

Two sets of data which are required for the study are collected from the company, data has
been obtained from a structured questionnaire response which is distributed for a sample size
of 60 respondents drawn from Dashen Brewery Share Company maintenance department
workers and machines downtime data were obtained from the annual recorded report of the
company.

The collected data have been analyzed by analytical tools, which are Microsoft Excel, Pareto
and SPSS analysis and proposed solution is given to improve the productivity of the
company. These analyses are used to identify the key area which faces high downtime in the
case company. In filler machine the filling valve is the critical component which causes the
loss of production. Since the designed production capacity of the industry is 48,000 bottles/
hr and its actual production capacity is 31,000 bottles/ hr which means the industry produces
64.5% of its designed capacity and the company losses 82,442,775.21 birr/hr due to machine
downtime and maintenance. This has resulted from the poor reliability of their production
systems as a result of poor or insufficient maintenance. But if the industry implements the
proposed solution, the company almost meets the planned capacity, i.e. 42,000 bottles/hr,
which is the industry produces 87.5% of its designed capacity and the loss of money due to
maintenance and downtime costs the company increases the profit by 17.41% and can
improve the productivity. The results show the importance of the development of
maintenance strategies through the implementation of RCM in this company and depending
on the problems the model is developed. The purpose of it would be to overcome the
problems that could secure the reliability of the production systems.

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 Table of Contents

Contents Page No
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................................................... I
ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................... II
LIST OF FIGURES ...................................................................................................................... VI
LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................................... VII
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................... VIII
CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................. 1
INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1. Background ...................................................................................................................... 1
1.2. Statement of the Problem ................................................................................................. 3
1.3. Basic Research Questions ................................................................................................ 4
1.4. Objectives ......................................................................................................................... 4
1.4.1. General objective ...................................................................................................... 4
1.4.2. Specific objectives .................................................................................................... 4
1.5. Significance of the Research ............................................................................................ 4
1.6. Scope of the Research ...................................................................................................... 5
1.7. Limitation of the Study .................................................................................................... 5
1.8. Overall Organization of the Study ................................................................................... 5
CHAPTER TWO ............................................................................................................................ 6
RELATED LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................ 6
2.1. Overview of Maintenance ................................................................................................ 6
2.1.1. Definition Term ........................................................................................................ 6
2.2. Productivity Measurement and Factors ............................................................................ 7
2.3. Productivity Improvement................................................................................................ 8
2.4. Maintenance and its Impact on Business Processes ......................................................... 8
2.4.1. Maintenance and Production..................................................................................... 9
2.4.2. Maintenance and Quality ........................................................................................ 10
2.4.3. Maintenance and Productivity ................................................................................ 11
2.5. Maintenance Philosophy ................................................................................................ 11
2.6. Maintenance Approach .................................................................................................. 13
2.6.1. Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) .............................................................. 13

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 2.6.2. Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) .............................................................. 15
2.7. Maintenance Management ............................................................................................. 17
2.7.1. Maintenance Planning and Scheduling ................................................................... 17
2.8. Maintenance Organization ............................................................................................. 19
2.8.1. Objectives of Maintenance Organization................................................................ 20
2.9. Maintenance Performance Measurement ....................................................................... 20
2.9.1. Maintenance Cost.................................................................................................... 21
2.9.2. Overall Equipment Effectiveness ........................................................................... 21
2.10. Literature Summary and Gap ..................................................................................... 23
2.10.1. Literature summary ................................................................................................. 24
2.10.2. Literature Gap ......................................................................................................... 25
CHAPTER THREE ...................................................................................................................... 27
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY ...............................................................................27
3.1. Research Method ............................................................................................................ 27
3.1.1. Data Collection Method .......................................................................................... 27
3.1.2. Data Analysis .......................................................................................................... 29
3.2. Research Framework ...................................................................................................... 29
3.3. Ethical Consideration ..................................................................................................... 31
CHAPTER FOUR ......................................................................................................................... 32
DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION.............................................................................................32
4.1. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 32
4.1.1. Quantitative Data ..................................................................................................... 32
4.1.2. Documentation Review ........................................................................................... 40
4.1.3. Packaging Machine Downtime Status .................................................................... 47
4.1.4. OEE Calculation ..................................................................................................... 51
4.2. Total Cost of Production in DBSC................................................................................. 53
4.2.1. Maintenance cost of packaging section .................................................................. 53
4.2.2. Downtime cost analysis .......................................................................................... 54
4.3. Result and Discussion .................................................................................................... 56
CHAPTER FIVE .......................................................................................................................... 59
PROPOSED SOLUTION ............................................................................................................. 59
5.1. Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) ......................................................................... 59
5.2. Elements of RCM framework............................................................................................. 60

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 5.3. Proposed RCM Model ........................................................................................................ 64
5.3.1. Determination of Preventive Maintenance .................................................................. 66
5.3.2. Maintenance Performance Indicator ............................................................................ 66
5.3.3. Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) for Filler Machine...................... 66
CHAPTER SIX ............................................................................................................................. 71
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................................71
6.1. Conclusions .................................................................................................................... 71
6.2. Recommendations .......................................................................................................... 72
References .................................................................................................................................................74
Appendix A – The Brewery Process...................................................................................................... 79
Appendix B - Overall Organization of the Company ..........................................................................80
Appendix C – Questionnaires ....................................................................................................... 81
Appendix D – Downtime Data ..................................................................................................... 89

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 LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1.1. Division of downtime in Dashen Brewery 2015/2016 ............................................... 3
Figure 2.1: Impact of proper maintenance practices on companies. ............................................... 9
Figure 2.2. Production - maintenance relationship ....................................................................... 10
Figure 2.3. Connection between maintenance with profitability and productivity....................... 11
Figure 2.4. Overview of different maintenance approaches ......................................................... 12
Figure 2.5. RCM Components ...................................................................................................... 14
Figure 2.6 Maintenance Metric OEE ............................................................................................ 22
Figure 3.1. Research frame work design ...................................................................................... 30
Figure 4.1. Downtime analysis on packaging, 2014 ..................................................................... 40
Figure 4.2.Downtime analysis on packaging, 2015 ...................................................................... 41
Figure 4.3. Downtime analysis on packaging, 2016 ..................................................................... 42
Figure 4.4. Downtime analysis on brew house, 2016 ................................................................... 43
Figure 4.5. Downtime analysis on brew house, 2015 ................................................................... 43
Figure 4.6. Downtime analysis on brew house, 2016 ................................................................... 44
Figure 4.7. Downtime analysis on utility, 2014 ............................................................................ 45
Figure 4.8. Downtime analysis on utility, 2015 ............................................................................ 45
Figure 4.9. Downtime analysis on utility, 2016 ............................................................................ 46
Figure 4.10. Packaging machine downtime status, 2014-2016 .................................................... 48
Figure 4.11.Beer Bottling Process ................................................................................................ 49
Figure 4.12.Pareto ......................................................................................................................... 51
Figure 4.13. Maintenance cost comparison of the company in 2016 ........................................... 54
Figure 5.1. RCM Logic Tree........................................................................................................ 60
Figure 5.2. A proposed industrial equipment reliability management environment .................... 61
Figure 5.3. The A-RCM Model .................................................................................................... 62
Figure 5.4. Reliable and Risk Centered Maintenance Framework ............................................... 63
Figure 5.5. The schematic structure of the proposed FMEA approach for RCM improvement .. 64
Figure 5.6. Proposed RCM model for DBSC ............................................................................... 65
Figure A.1 Block diagram of production processes...................................................................... 79
Figure B.1 Organizational structure of the maintenance department of DBSC ........................... 80
Figure C.1 Questionnaires ............................................................................................................ 81

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 LIST OF TABLES
Table 2.1: Comparisons of Maintenance Approach .................................................................... 16
Table 2.2: Summary of Literatures ............................................................................................... 24
Table 3.1: Reliability Analysis and Checking .............................................................................. 28
Table 4.1: Frequency table for demographic variable .................................................................. 32
Table 4.2: Frequency table for Maintenance Organization .......................................................... 33
Table 4.3: Frequency table for Training Programs within maintenance ...................................... 34
Table 4.4: Frequency table for Maintenance planning and scheduling ........................................ 35
Table 4.5: Frequency table for Preventive Maintenance .............................................................. 36
Table 4.6: Frequency table for Maintenance Inventory and Purchasing ...................................... 37
Table 4.7: frequency table for Reliability Engineering ................................................................ 38
Table 4.8: Frequency table for Production Efficiency .................................................................. 38
Table 4.9. Packaging section Machine downtime status (2014-2016) ........................................ 47
Table 4.10.Actual OEE values calculated for each month and for the entire period of
operation ....................................................................................................................................... 52
Table 4.11. Total costs of the company for 2016 ......................................................................... 53
Table 4.12. Maintenance cost of the company in 2016 ................................................................ 53
Table 4.13. Summary of actual capacity and downtime loss ........................................................ 55
Table 4.14. The actual hourly capacity and the downtime loss .................................................... 55
Table 5.1. Filler Failure Mode Effect Analysis ............................................................................ 68
Table D.1: Downtime on packaging, 2014 ................................................................................... 89
Table D.2: Downtime on packaging, 2015 ................................................................................... 90
Table D.3: Downtime on packaging, 2016 ................................................................................... 91
Table D.4: Downtime on brew house, 2014 ................................................................................. 92
Table D.5: Downtime on brew house, 2015 ................................................................................. 92
Table D.6: Downtime on brew house, 2016 ................................................................................. 93
Table D.7: Downtime on utility, 2014 .......................................................................................... 93
Table D.8: Downtime on utility, 2015 .......................................................................................... 94
Table D.9: Downtime on utility, 2016 .......................................................................................... 94
Table D.10: Downtime on filler components, 2016 ..................................................................... 95

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 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
CBM - Condition based Maintenance
CM - Corrective Maintenance
DBSC – Dashen Brewery Share Company
DT – Down Time
EBC – Empty Bottle Conveyors
EBI – Empty Bottle Inspection
FBC – Full Bottle Conveyors
FMEA – Failure Mode and Effect Analysis
FMECA - Failure Mode and Effect Critical Analysis
LCC - Life Cycle Cost
OEE - Overall Equipment Effectiveness
PDM - Predictive Maintenance
PE – Performance Efficiency
PM - Preventive Maintenance
QR – Quality Rate
RCFA – Root Cause Failure Analysis
RCM - Reliability Centered Maintenance
SPSS - Statistical Package for Social Sciences
TPM - Total Productive Maintenance

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CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1. Background

In recent decades, production system maintenance has evolved to be one of the most important
areas in the business environment. The growth of global competition caused remarkable changes
in the way of manufacturing companies operation. These changes have affected maintenance and
made its role even more essential in business success. Implementing maintenance concept is one
of the significant changes in manufacturing companies. The companies use supporting function
to progress their activities. Maintenance as a significant part of activities impacts on production
performance (Akao, 1990).

Due to increasing of automation and mechanization, production processes are shifting from
manual to machines. Today the world is working in one faced global market and to be
competitive, every industry is striving to improve the productivity through different types of
tools, techniques, systems and philosophies. Improved maintenance system is used in different
types of manufacturing industries.

The role of maintenance must change to support the growing worldwide competition. It can no
longer limit its role to immediate reaction to emergencies and overpower problems with more
bodies and excessive overtime. In other words, maintenance should not always be reactive rather
it should be proactive. In this regard, there is a need of executing maintenance more effectively.
If the right systems, infrastructure, processes, and procedures are in place and consistently
executed well, losses can be minimized; the operation will become stable; production output will
be maximized; and consistently high product quality will become the norm. We call this a state
of maintenance excellence. Maintenance excellence is a subset of reliability excellence and
redefines the traditional roles and responsibilities, as well as the maintenance processes that are
necessary to assure asset reliability, maximum asset useful life and best life cycle asset cost
(Narayan, 2011). It is run like any other for-profit business and expected to meet its critical
contribution to a fully integrated plant organization (Alsyouf, 2007). All of these results are

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significant reductions in maintenance spending. It is not unusual for organizations to experience

as much as a 50 % reduction in maintenance cost as a result of moving from a reactive style of
management to a proactive approach (Pun et ai., 2002). Proper maintenance is one sign of good
management system. Preventive equipment maintenance management implies a coherent and
formal program of planned repair, component replacement, and servicing activities and the
information management system surrounding them, all of which are implemented by an
organization to maximize the availability of equipment for operational tasks.

Productivity is the relationship between what comes out of an organizational system (assuming
that the output meets the attributes established for them) divided by what comes into the system
(i.e. labor, capital, material etc.) during a given period of time (Lofsten, 1999).

The link between productivity improvement and maintenance is well established. Proper
maintenance maximizes the performance and availability of machinery, which leads to increased
productivity. Equipment effectiveness is no longer restricted to availability, but involves other
factors, such as quality and efficiency. The impact of maintenance on business performance
aspect such as productivity and profitability has increased indefinitely in recent times due to its
role in ensuring and improving machine availability, performance efficiency, product quality and
swift delivery, environmental and safety requirements (Swanson, 2001).

Therefore, one of the main areas for productivity improvement is maintenance and so the
research focuses on how to improve the productivity of Dashen Brewery Share Company
through effective maintenance system in order to follow proper maintenance system.

1.2. Statement of the Problem

Keeping assets efficiency consistently through maintenance system is a requirement to attain
companies’ business goals. Yet, inefficient maintenance practices result in huge impact on
production quality, productivity and profitability. Most organizations in Ethiopia lack efficient
maintenance management system that affects the total output (Misikir, 2004) (Meseret, 2007).

DBSC is one of the largest processing factories in Ethiopia with a long process to have an output
with the big capacity. In this factory machines are arranged sequentially to process their own
intended activities and the designed production capacity is 48,000 bottles/ hr. However, in the

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preceding day to day activity there are reasons not to meet the planned capacity. Of such as
mechanical, electrical, utility, maintenance program and others are included among problems
which are reasons for high downtime and an effect for reduced capacity. Mechanical down times
existed on packaging section rather than others sections and this down time which results in low
capacity that couldn’t be achieved in real situation. Because in this section key area for down
time is the filler machine, specifically the filling valve and this critical component decreases the
production capacity due to under filling problem, i.e the planned loss due to under filling is 0.2
% of the total production capacity/day but now the actual loss due to under filling is 1.5% of the
total production/day. As the plan is to meet 42,000 bottle/ hr however this also can’t be achieved
so they produced below the designed and planned capacity that is an average of 31,000 bottle/ hr.
The existing down times in this section are quantified as 40% mechanical down time, 23%
electrical down time, 24% maintenance program (not follow maintenance schedule which has to
start on Monday). For this reduced production capacity of the problem is mainly associated with
less performing proper maintenance (Brewery, 2015/2016). Those all mechanical down times
have resulted in highest percentage which needs proper maintenance processes.

Power Fluctuation Deformed crown

Lack of furnace cork & over
3% Utility 1%
lapping problem
3%
lack of Beer 3% 3%

Maintenance Mechanical Down

program on Time
Monday / MM 40%
24%
Electrical Down
Time
23%

Figure 1.1. Division of down time in Dashen Brewery 2015/2016 (Brewery, 2015/2016)

The absence of proper maintenance practices lead the company to high maintenance cost of the
machine spares and exposed for functionless machines. The motivating factor to work in this

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thesis is the absence of proper maintenance in DBSC which reduces the productivity and
profitability of the factory. Thus, it is logical to assess the maintenance practice in the case
company to improve machines efficiency and maximize productivity.

1.3. Basic Research Questions

The research work consist four main questions as a guiding question in order to meet the
objectives and develop maintenance system to the company. The questions include:

1. What is the present maintenance system in Dashen Brewery Share Company (DBSC)?
2. What are the major problems in the current maintenance system on DBSC?
3. What are the causes of poor maintenance in the DBSC?
4. How can maintenance operation in a production system improve productivity on DBSC?

1.4. Objectives
1.4.1. General objective

The main objective of this thesis is to enhance the productivity through improved maintenance
systems of DBSC.

1.4.2. Specific objectives

The specific objectives of this research are:

 To assess the existing maintenance system of the DBSC.
 To identify the maintenance related problems and root cause of the problems of the
DBSC.
 To prioritize the factors that affect maintenance system using FMEA.
 To propose a model that improves maintenance system.

1.5. Significance of the Research

The research has a vital role to the company on bringing the expected target as stated in the title.
It can play an endless role in keeping machines continuous performance and improve high
downtime of machine due to lack of proper maintenance. And it can bring good productivity and
will reduce maintenance cost and increase product quality. To the company and outside

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community, as per the plan it can make easy their work and be competitive on offering products
on time respectively. This research has been used as an input for better and further researchers.

1.6. Scope of the Research

The study was conducted in DBSC which is located in Gondar Town. To analyze and improve
productivity through maintenance system, packaging section has been selected and not take into
consideration of other sections; because, the problem that explained in this thesis was occurred in
packaging section other than others and this section has been a number of machines with a long
process and is a main production section to have an output of beer.

1.7. Limitation of the Study

The RCM system framework proposed for DBSC maintenance was not practically implemented
due to inadequate time and resource demanded for the activities to be carried out including
training, resource allocation and other arrangements to be taken in the process.

1.8. Overall Organization of the Study

The chapter wise detail of the thesis are as follows: chapter one discuss the introduction and
objectives of the paper, chapter two deals with the literature studies conducted by various
researches in the area of productivity and maintenance concept, the methodology that how to
conduct this research is described in chapter three, the data collection and analysis for DBSC has
been discussed in chapter four, chapter five the propose solution for the maintenance problems in
the company, chapter six refers to the conclusion and recommendation.

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CHAPTER TWO

RELATED LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1. Overview of Maintenance

The main objective of this section were to provide a description and prons and cons of common
maintenance system and consider in detail, according to author’s point of view, the most relevant
for the current research.

2.1.1. Definition Term

Maintenance is defined according to the European standard (Alsyouf , 2004) as “the combination
of all technical, administrative and managerial actions during the life cycle of an item intended to
retain it in, or restore it to a state in which it can perform the required function”. Also in the
same vein, maintenance are needed for keeping a system/ product within its life cycle in a
functional, operative and condition, or restoring it to a state it can perform the intended function.

Maintenance activities are multidisciplinary in nature with a large number of inputs and outputs,
the performance of maintenance productivity needs to be measured and considered holistically
with an integrated approach. With increasing awareness that maintenance creates added value to
the business process; organizations are treating maintenance as an integral part of their business
(Liyanage & Kumar, 2003). Therefore, the performance of the maintenance process is critical for
the long term value creation and economic viability of many industries. It is important that the
performance of the maintenance process be measured, so that it can be controlled and monitored
for taking appropriate and corrective actions to minimize and mitigate risks in the area of safety,
meet societal responsibilities and enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the asset
maintained (Wireman, 1990). A measure commonly used by industries is the maintenance
performance for measuring the maintenance productivity.

Productivity is defined as the ratio of the output to input of a production system. The output of
the production system is the products or services delivered while the input consists of various

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resources like the labor, materials, tools, plant and equipment, and others, used for producing the
products or services. (John & Schermerborn, 1993).
Productivity is application of the various inputs resources of an organization, industry or country,
in order to achieve certain planned and desired outputs. Productivity improvement thus becomes
the establishment of approaches to improve this productivity index (Attia, 2006) (Yilmaz, 2009).
It is effective and efficient utilization of resources used to produce products/services that meet
customer requirements continuously by applying appropriate methods and by controlling the
parameters. (Nekajima, 1999).

Productivity is a function of the production process efficiency and effectiveness. Evaluating

maintenance profitability, the impact on other working areas is also measured (e.g. by affirming
maintenance role in machine life cycle profit) (Obamwonyi, Martyn, & Aimienrovbiye, 2010).
Maintenance improvements in general aim at reducing cost of operation and improving product
quality, thus, the cost effectiveness of each improvement action may well be scrutinized through
evaluating the relevant cost constraint before and after improvements.

Effective maintenance aims to enhance company’s profitability and competitiveness through

continuous cost-effective improvement of production process efficiency, effectiveness and
productivity, which can be achieved via maintaining and improving the quality of all the
elements contribute in the production process continuously and cost-effectively (Maletic,
Maletic, Al-Nejjar, & Gomiscek, 2012), (Narayan, 2011).

2.2. Productivity Measurement and Factors

Productivity is notoriously difficult to measure, especially in the modern economy. In particular,

there are two aspects of productivity that have increasingly challenged precise measurement:
output, and input. Properly measured, output should include not just the number of product
coming out of a factory, but rather the value created for consumers. In today's economy, value
depends increasingly on product quality like appropriateness, customization, convenience,
variety and other intangibles (Prokopenko & Joseph, 1999).

Similarly, a proper measure of inputs includes not only labor hours, but also the quantity and
quality of capital equipment used, materials and other resources consumed, worker training and

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education, even the amount of organizational capital required, such as supplier relationships
cultivated and investments in new business processes (Hubert, 1980).

Among those the most general one is classifying it into external and internal factors. The external
factors are those, which are not controllable by the organization itself and the internal factors are
those within its control (Maletic, Maletic, Al-Nejjar, & Gomiscek, 2012). Thus the first step
towards improving productivity is to identify problem area within these factor groups. The next
step is to distinguish those factors, which are controllable.

The internal factors, which can be controlled in short run, are product, equipment, technology,
materials, energy, people, organization and management style (Prokopenko & Joseph, 1999).

2.3. Productivity Improvement

Improving productivity has a positive impact on the direct costs of the products, as the same
output is produced with less input or as the same inputs are producing more output. This can
create new opportunities and improve the competitiveness of the manufacturing operations.
Low productivity indicates that an enterprise is wasting its resources, and this means that it were
eventually lose its international competitiveness and thereby reduce the scale of its business
activities. Low productivity decreases the growth of a nation's industries and economy as a
whole (Rana & Arif, 1997). Improving productivity is especially important for export oriented
industries since it is the only viable option for competing in the long term.

A framework for maintenance concept development, takes into account both computerized
information and ‘knowledge’ (worker experience, know-how) (Geert & Liliane, 2002).

2.4. Maintenance and its Impact on Business Processes

According to (Al- Najjar & Alsyouf, 2004) the significance of maintenance function has over the
years increased due to its role and impact on other working areas (e.g. production, quality, etc.)
in an organization, i.e. improving machine availability and product quality. Efficient
maintenance contributes by adding value through better utilization of resources (i.e. higher
output), enhancing product quality as well as reducing rework and scrap (i.e. lower input of

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production cost) (Alsyouf, 2004). In addition, the increasing awareness of maintenance and its
influences on both industrial and the society at large can be recognized.
Many researchers and practitioner have emphasized on the total losses caused by maintenance
omission or ineffectiveness in maintenance. Nonetheless, maintenance is still considered as a
cost center based on the survey conducted on 118 Swedish manufacturing companies where 70
percent of the respondents consider maintenance as a cost center (Alsyouf, 2007).

Profitability

Productivity Value
Advantages Advantages

Operation Operation Operation

Efficiency Quality Effectivene
ss

Proper Maintenance Practices

Figure 2.1: Impact of proper maintenance practices on companies’ competitive advantages

(Alsyouf, 2007).
Maintenance action requires some sets of important inputs e.g. manpower (labor), tools,
equipment, management, spare parts and information (Blanchard, 2004).

2.4.1. Maintenance and Production

(Alsyouf, 2007) Affirm that the main task of production is to produce goods/ products.
Nevertheless, efficient maintenance policy influences production capacity of machine used for
producing these products. Maintenance therefore can be considered as an organizational function
that functions in parallel with production (Ben-Daya & Duffuaa, 1995). While reiterating that
production produce product, the authors also express that maintenance produces the capacity for
production. Thus, it can be said that maintenance affects production by increasing production
capacity while also controlling the output quantity and quality.

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Maintenance role in accomplishing production objectives has already been pointed out in
literatures, much remain to be done in order to integrate maintenance and production because in
most models, maintenance is viewed as a limiting constraint and the question is how to meet the
production master schedule under maintenance constraint (Ben-Daya & Duffuaa, 1995). Thus,
the integration of maintenance and production has to be based on a clear understanding of their
relationship. Maintenance affects production by increasing production capacity and controlling
the quality and quantity of output. This is shown in the figure 2.2.

Input output
Production

Improved production demand for

Capacity maintenance

Maintenance

Figure 2.2. Production - Maintenance Relationship (Gits, 1994)

2.4.2. Maintenance and Quality

Company’s profitability however cannot be achieved without sustained product quality. Quality
has been recognized as the main edge for competitiveness and long-term profitability in modern
day global economy (Madu, 2000). Thus, maintenance role in this endeavor cannot be over
emphasized.

In general machines/ equipments which lack maintenance and fails periodically experiences
speed losses or lack precision, and hence tend to produce defects. Such equipment often drives
production processes out of control (Arca & Prado, 2008). Thus, a process that is out of control
is bound to produce defective products, and at the same time increasing production cost which
amounts to less profitability, thereby putting organizational survival at risk. This statement,
demonstrates a strong link between equipment maintenance and product quality.

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2.4.3. Maintenance and Productivity

Evaluating maintenance profitability, the impact on other working areas is also measured (e.g. by
affirming maintenance role in machine life cycle profit). Maintenance improvements in general
aim at reducing cost of operation and improving product quality, productivity, thus, the cost
effectiveness of each improvement action may well be examined through evaluating the relevant
cost constraint before and after improvements, a survey performed (Alsyouf , 2004) showed that
70 percent of the respondents considered maintenance as a cost center. Many studies have
emphasized the role of maintenance in improving performance and profitability of
manufacturing processes. (Al- Najjar & Alsyouf, 2004).

Maintenance goal

Efficiency: the Company goals

ability of a
Profitability
maintenance policy Low cost
Cost Profitability
to reduce to the Production goal
minimization,
number of failures Cost control or
Effectiveness: Availability,
Reliability, economies of
The ability to use Productivity
available maintenance Quality, scale
resources for On-time delivery,
maximum benefit Safety, etc. High capacity
Cost-effectiveness: Capacity
The long-term
economic benefit of a maximization
company

Figure 2.3. Connection between maintenance with profitability and productivity (Kans, 2008)

2.5. Maintenance Philosophy

Maintenance is classified into two major areas, i.e. Preventive maintenance all planned
maintenance actions e.g. periodic inspection, condition monitoring etc. while Corrective
maintenance includes all unplanned maintenance actions to restore failure (Blanchard, 2004).

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Maintenance

Preventive Corrective
Maintenance Maintenance

Condition Predetermined Scheduled

based Maintenance Maintenance
Maintenance Deferred Immediate

Figure 2.4. Overview of different maintenance approaches (Alsyouf, 2009)

a. Corrective Maintenance
It is a maintenance which is carried out after fault recognition and intended to put an item into a
state in which it can perform a required function.
This management type is simple and straightforward, “fix it when it breaks, i.e. the things are
fixed either after failure or during failure. This maintenance type is emergency, repair,
unscheduled and remedial tasks. This method has been a major part of the maintenance
operations since the first manufacturing plant was built, and it sounds reasonable on the surface.
But it is actually a no-maintenance approach of management. It is also the most expensive one
due to high machine downtime, low production availability; high overtime labor costs and high
spare parts inventory cost (Devaraj Naik & Pradeep , 2016) (Alsyouf, 2004). The corrective
technique does not take any maintenance action until equipment failure. This maintenance
management philosophy is rarely used altogether without any preventive tasks (i.e. lubrication
and adjustments). Still, in a corrective environment, the equipment are not rebuilt nor repaired in
greater extent until it fails to operate.

b. Preventive Maintenance

The preventive tasks mean replacing components or overhauling items at fixed intervals that is,
to premature equipment damage and prevent unscheduled downtime that would result in repair
or corrective activities. This approach to maintenance management is predominantly recurring or
time-driven tasks performed to maintain acceptable levels of availability and reliability.
The definition of preventive maintenance from the European standard (Parida, 2007) is presented
as: “Maintenance carried out at predetermined intervals or according to prescribed criteria and

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intended to reduce the probability of failure or the degradation of the functioning of an item.”
(Obamwonyi, Martyn, & Aimienrovbiye, 2010).
Preventive maintenance can, according to the standard be divided into three divisions:
I. Scheduled Maintenance
Preventive maintenance carried out in accordance with an established time schedule or
established number of units of use.
II. Predetermined Maintenance/ Time Based Maintenance (TBM)
Preventive maintenance carried out without previously condition investigations and in
accordance with established intervals of time or number of units of use.
III. Condition Based Maintenance/ Predictive Maintenance

The term of predictive maintenance is defined as “Condition based maintenance carried out
following a forecast derived from the analysis and evaluation of significant parameters of the
condition of the item.” Maintenance improvement strategy is presented which has been applied
in a number of companies, with each of its elements tested for individual effectiveness and for its
contribution to the whole program (platfoot, 1997).

2.6. Maintenance Approach

Various concepts have been developed to increase the effectiveness of maintenance and focus on
the maintenance activities. Here, some examples are described including Reliability Centered
Maintenance, RCM, Total Productive Maintenance, TPM and Lean Maintenance.

2.6.1. Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)

Reliability centered maintenance (RCM) is a process that determines what must be done to
ensure that any plant asset continues to function in the desired manner within its present
operating context. RCM is a systematic approach used to evaluate a facility’s equipment and
resources to best mate the two and result in a high degree of facility reliability and cost-
effectiveness. RCM is highly reliant on predictive maintenance but also recognizes that
maintenance activities on equipment that is inexpensive and unimportant to facility reliability
may best be left to a reactive maintenance approach.
It does however achieve an understanding of how the plant works, what it can (or cannot)
achieve, and the causes of failure. By doing so it focuses maintenance effort on those areas
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where it is beneficial. The analysis itself is carried out in groups consisting of experienced
supervisors, and specialists. These groups set up maintenance tasks and an ownership concept is
developed.

RCM is applied by asking seven basic questions about the asset or system reviewed: (Moubray,
1997)
i. What are the functions and associated performance standards of the asset in its
present operating context?
ii. In what way does it fail to fulfill its functions?
iii. What causes each functional failure?
iv. What happens when each failure occurs?
v. In what way does each failure matter?
vi. What can be done to predict or prevent each failure?
vii. What should be done if a suitable proactive task cannot be found?
Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) is the optimum mix of reactive, time- or interval-
based, condition-based, and proactive maintenance practices (Brauer & Brauer, 1987). These
principal maintenance strategies, rather than being applied independently, are integrated to take
advantage of their respective strengths in order to maximize facility and equipment reliability
while minimizing life-cycle costs.
Reliability centered
maintenance

Reactive Preventive CBM Proactive

Small items,
Non critical, Subject to Random failure FMEA, age
Inconsequentia wear out, patterns, no exploration,
l, redundant consumable subject to wear, acceptance
replacement, pm induced testing
failure pattern failure
known

Figure 2.5. RCM Components (Devaraj Naik & Pradeep , 2016)

The RCM warrants significant improvements in the maintenance functions performance, and
also an increase in reliability and availability of equipments. It permits the definition of a

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maintenance planning in a structured form (De- Queiroz & Alvares, 2008). Reliability centered
maintenance (RCM) is a method for maintenance planning developed within the aircraft industry
and later adapted to several other industries and military branches. This paper presents a
structured approach to RCM, and discusses the various steps in the approach (Rausand & Vatn,
2008). The other paper describes the application of reliability-centered maintenance
methodology to the development of maintenance plan for a steam-process plant. The main
objective of reliability-centered maintenance is the cost-effective maintenance of the plant
components inherent reliability value. The process-steam plant consists of fire-tube boiler, steam
distribution, dryer, feed-water pump and process heater. Within this context, a maintenance
program for the plant is carried out supported this reliability-centered maintenance concept
(Afefy, 2010).

Failure mode effect analysis

The FMECA is a design tool used to systematically analyze postulated component failures and
identify the resultant effects on system operations. The analysis is sometimes characterized as
consisting of two sub-analyses, the first being the failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA),
and the second, the criticality analysis (CA) (De- Queiroz & Alvares, 2008). Successful
development of a FMEA requires that the analyst include all significant failure modes for each
contributing element or part in the system. The purpose of the FMEA is to identify the critical
components and prioritize equipment requires understanding the cause of failure to eliminate or
reduce failures, starting with the highest priority ones. In FMEA, failures are prioritized
according to answering the seven questions.

2.6.2. Comparisons of Maintenance Approach

Different maintenance systems are integrated to take advantage of their individual strengths,
rather than being applied independently, so as to maximize facility and instrumentality
irresponsibleness while minimizing life-cycle prices. Total productive maintenance (TPM), total
maintenance assurance, preventive maintenance, reliability centered maintenance (RCM), and
many different innovative approaches to maintenance issues all aim at enhancing the
effectiveness of machines to ultimately improve productivity.

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Table 2.1: Comparisons of Maintenance Approaches (Deepak & Jagathy, 2013)

Variables Descriptions Benefits Shortcoming

Reactive Fix or replace a device, Low cost/resources required. Potential safety hazards
only after failure. Little time, effort or expense for and increased costs due
Suitable for non- to unplanned
maintenance until absolutely
critical and low cost maintenance and
equipment. necessary. associated downtime,
overtime, spare parts
and secondary damage.
Preventative Scheduling Reduces reactive maintenance Does not eliminate
maintenance activities and provides a structure to unexpected equipment
based on defined time maintenance actions. Flexible, problems. Unneeded
intervals. It is assumed energy savings, cost savings over maintenance performed
that equipment reactive. regardless of condition.
condition is directly Wastes resources/labor
related to time or use. and results in large
inventories.
Predictive Assesses the Predicts when a device is likely High investment in
equipment health to fail, minimizing the risk of diagnostic equipment
through diagnostics random failure. Directs actions and training.
testing and/or on-line aimed at failure root causes as Results in being
monitoring to find and opposed to faults or machine
proactive in areas which
isolate the source of wear conditions.
equipment problems. Increased availability, quality, have little effect on the
and safety. plant’s operation.
Reliability A framework that Increases the overall reliability The analysis can be
Centered defines a complete of a plant by only undertaking time consuming,
Maintenance maintenance regime maintenance on those inflexible and difficult
aimed at ensuring components which actually to initiate with
assets continues to affect the operation. Greater significant start-up cost
perform their required efficiencies and lower costs with and training required.
function in the current fewer overhauls.
operating context. Greater understanding of current
risk levels.
Total Improving availability Improves employee maintenance Primarily designed for a
Productive through better awareness and responsibility to manufacturing
Maintenance utilization of improve equipment availability. environment to achieve:
maintenance and zero product defects,
production resources. zero equipment
Critical adjunct to unplanned failures and
zero accidents.
“lean”.

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2.7. Maintenance Management

Like in any other area of technology, management plays an important role in maintenance
activity. Procedures and strategy are normally derived from maintenance management for all
maintenance-related activities in addition to exercising required management and technical
control of maintenance programs.

Management surveys show that the average productivity of maintenance employee is between 25
to 35% (Wireman, 1990). This means that a craftsman has less than 3 hours of productive time
per 8 hour shift, due to poor maintenance management (Wireman, 1990). It is normally
important that the manufacturing or production companies identify, define and communicate the
maintenance strategies as business strategies are communicated to other business companies.
With connection to the maintenance practices and procedures, maintenance management process
has two parts; the first one is Effectiveness analysis which mainly deals with detecting the most
important problems and potential solutions and the second is efficiency analysis which deals
with identification of the suitable procedures.

2.7.1. Maintenance Planning and Scheduling

Planning and scheduling functions are the key deliverables of the maintenance management role.
In some larger organizations planning and scheduling are split, allowing more adequate
resources for each role. The difference between planning and scheduling is that, planning is the
job of looking in to the future and anticipating the resource needs of a project or repair, but
scheduling is the execution step of the planning process.

Planning

Planning involves the selection of the objectives and the determination of the policies, programs
and procedures to be used for achievement of the selected objectives. Because it involves
selection among alternatives, planning is decision making. Of all management functions
planning is one that permits a maintenance department to act rather than react.

When given proper attention, it is the function that facilitates the maximum utilization of
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receives the least emphasis. This lack of emphasis causes much of the criticism labeled at
maintenance department for being too costly or unresponsive to the organization’s needs.

Plans are sometimes classified based on the period of time they have been designed to cover.
Long-term plan normally projects three to five years in to the future. Short-term plans normally
cover a time span of one to three years. Near term plans cover monthly and quarterly time
periods (Wireman, 1990).

Long-term Plan

Some maintenance managers claim that long-term plans are impossible to develop, because they
just cannot correlate meaningful information. But it can be meaningful, provided they include
elements or objectives that can be predicted with a reasonable amount of certainty, such as:
replacement of maintenance department shop equipment, and retirement or replacement of
permanent maintenance department employee.

Short-term Plan

Short-term is easier to develop than long-term plan. Normally it should contain considerably
more detail for the first year covered than for the succeeding year. The last two year of the plan
is more generalized, showing categories of effort and major programs to be started,
accomplished or completed. The first year of the short-term plan should interface directly with
the established budget for the year.

Near-term Plan

Near-term plan contains detail and represent the operating plan for each month or week in the
period covered. It also contains the milestone dates for each maintenance job being performed
and the number of man power allocated to breakdown, repair, and preventive maintenance and so
on. Thus the near-term plan constitutes an allocation of resources to the various functions or type
of work to be performed by the maintenance department.
Scheduling
Maintenance Scheduling is the matching of maintenance labor and material resources to the
requests for the maintenance labor and material resources. The flow of scheduling starts with

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good work plan, status of the work order, scheduling of the work when resources are available
for completing the work (Kelly, 1984).

When planning the work order, the planner needs to track the work order through various status
codes like: ready for schedule, in process, completed, canceled. A planner would want to ensure
that the work order has cleared and ready to schedule. Scheduling the work before it can be
started decreases maintenance productivity.

Good scheduling also necessities knowing the amount of work skill to be performed by each
craftsman; this is commonly called craft backlog. The formula for accurate measuring the craft
backlog in week is open work orders ready to schedule (total hours) divided by craft capacity
(weekly) (Blanchard, 2004). Knowing this helps to determine the staffing requirement for the
craft group.

2.8. Maintenance Organization

According to (Kelly, 1984) maintenance organization consists of three essential and

interconnected components, i.e. Resources, administration and work planning and control
system.
Resources – includes personnel, tools/ equipments, spare parts, composition etc.

Administration – hierarchy of authority and responsibility for deciding what, how and when
work should be done.
Work planning and control system – mechanism for planning and scheduling work and feedback
information needed if maintenance effect is to be properly directed towards its defined objectives.
Further express that in most cases the problem often faced with maintenance organization is
achieving the optimum balance between plant availability and maintenance resources utilization
(Attia, 2006). Maintenance organization may take an infinite number of forms, leading to the
best been determined by systematic consideration of factors like maintenance workload,
unavailability cost, plant location, amount of emergency work, production organization and
maintenance resources.

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2.8.1. Objectives of Maintenance Organization

The objective of a maintenance organization lies in the ability to match maintenance resources to
the maintenance workload aiming at the task of achieving and sustaining optimum availability.
According to (Kelly, 1984) maintenance organization need continuous modification so as to
respond to the changing requirements of maintenance and production system being because of its
continuous evolving nature. A maintenance organization characteristic includes;

A. Maximizing production and ensuring equipment availability at a lower cost with higher
quality.
B. Optimizing available maintenance resources
C. Gathering of necessary costs information associated with maintenance (e.g. labor cost,
material cost, tool/ equipment cost etc)
D. Employing ways of decreasing expenses associated with maintenance and operation by
identifying and implementing cost reduction.

2.9. Maintenance Performance Measurement

An organization always can spend considerable resources and time for measuring the
performance and to assess the success of the organization. Performance measurement literature
emphasizes the importance of maintaining relevant measures that continue to reflect the issues of
importance to the business (Lynch & Cross, 1991).

However, most of the organizations pay little or no attention to integrating the performance
measurement system with their organizational hierarchical levels and the different measurement
criteria linked to the external and internal stakeholders as well as the operational process (Parida,
2007). In addition, not enough importance is given to the external and internal effectiveness to
achieve total maintenance effectiveness for the organization. To be able to measure and improve
performance of a process there should be existing current performance as a benchmark, so a set
of equations and various types of approaches are involved in measuring the effectiveness and
efficiency of the maintenance performance in the organization with the main aim of persuade
maintenance staff to think of appropriate maintenance improvement strategies over the past
experienced one.

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2.9.1. Maintenance Cost

Maintenance cost or maintenance related costs in general are usually divided into direct and
indirect cost without putting maintenance savings and profit into consideration (Al- Najjar &
Alsyouf, 2004). Direct and indirect costs according include cost that are connected with in-house
and outhouse (outsourcing) maintenance activities. (Al- Najjar & Alsyouf, 2004) Further refer to
direct maintenance costs as costs associated directly to the maintenance activities, which include
the internal costs that are required to carry out the maintenance functions e.g. labor, tools, spare
parts, training etc. and other maintenance expenses that are directly related.

Indirect costs on the other hand includes all costs that are indirectly related or associated with
maintenance, which can be attributed to issues like profit loss due to production losses during
planned and unplanned stoppages, customer losses, reputation and consequently loss of market
share as a result of maintenance related factors (Andrew & Moss, 2002). In addition, indirect
maintenance costs includes performance inefficiency costs due to short stoppages and reduced
speed, poor quality cost due to maintenance deficiency, idle fixed cost resources e.g. idle
machine and idle worker costs during breakdowns, delivery delays penalty cost as a result of
unplanned down time, assurance claim from dissatisfied customers as a result of maintenance
related poor quality.

2.9.2. Overall Equipment Effectiveness

Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is a quantitative metric that has been increasingly used in
manufactory systems for controlling and monitoring the productivity of production equipment,
and also as an indicator and driver of process and performance improvements (Tsarouhas, 2013).
The maintenance performance indicators are a measure of equipment availability, performance
rate and quality rate. OEE addresses all losses caused by equipment faults, and many companies
recognize the important role OEE plays in determining bottom-line results. The OEE calculation
is used as an index for measuring maintenance performance. The model is organized in a
structured and systematic way because it starts with the general elements such as quality,
productivity and availability then examines the low-level maintenance losses such as reduced
speed and defects (Muchiri & Pintelon, 2008). An advantage of OEE is that it provides a

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benchmark from which to start a maintenance initiative by providing one simple figure from
three functional and important areas.

However, OEE, on its own, is not comparable for the brewery industry as it is difficult to
examine slow running equipment. Therefore, a derivative of OEE was used to determine
“availability, performance and quality rate”.

Loading time Not worked

(unplanned)
Availability rate

Set up &
change-over
Total operating Availabilit
time y losses
Break down
failures Performance rate

Equipment
Net operating Speed idling
time losses

Slow running
equipment
Quality rate
Valuable Quality
Quality
operating time losses
losses

Fig 2.6 Maintenance Metric OEE (Tsarouhas, 2013)

The first three losses are known as downtime losses and are used to calculate the availability, A,
of equipment, and is defined as:

Availability= (Loading time – Downtime)/Loading time……………………………………..2.1

Loading time is the time that the machine is supposed to be scheduled.

Downtime is a period during which equipment or a machine is not functional.

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The fourth and fifth losses are a speed loss, which determine the performance efficiency, PE, of
equipment and is defined as:
Performance efficiency = (Processed amount * Actual cycle time)/Operating time…………..2.2

Process amount is the quantity of product which is used for production of the output.

Actual cycle time is the actual time it takes for one machine to complete all of its operations.

Operating time is a period during which a system is working in a manner acceptable to its
operator or user.

The final losses are considered to be losses due to quality defects, i.e. scrap, rework and start-up
losses, defining as the quality rate, QR, and is defined as:
Quality rate = (Processed amount - Defect amount)/ Processed amount…………………….2.3

Defect amount is the quantity of product which is not used for production.

The three components above contribute to the determination of indicator OEE that globally
expresses the production line effectiveness, and is defined as:
OEE= Availability* Productivity efficiency* Quality rate= A * PE * QR

The standards of 90% availability, 95% performance efficiency and 99% rate of quality (Levitt,
1996). An overall 85% benchmark OEE is considered as world-class performance. For
continuous discrete processes, the OEE should be higher to 90%, whereas continuous stream
process industries should have OEE values of 95% or better (Hanssen, 2002).

2.10. Literature Summary and Gap

The objective of this section is to investigate current best practice maintenance strategies in order
to benchmark the effectiveness of DBSC current maintenance scheme. The research aims to
identify gaps in current maintenance approach and to provide practical insights and
recommendations to improve and optimize maintenance strategy based on case studies in related
industries.

The following literatures which are extracted from different authors are important to have better
understanding on maintenance system, and were help to identify the gap easily.

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2.10.1. Literature summary

Table 2.2. Summary of Literatures

No Literatures Objective Method Finding

Maletic et al., To examine the role of Survey collected around 3 % of
2012 maintenance in improving from a Slovenian additional profit could
company’s competitiveness textile company and be generated at
1 and profitability CBM weaving
machine,

2 Alsyouf, 2009 To investigate the maintenance Survey within the role of

practices that are used in Swedish firms, maintenance is not
Swedish industry (TPM) & (RCM) highly recognized
European To gives a clear indication of Survey and Considers the most
3 Committee for how important a maintenance questionnaire suitable type of
Standardization strategy is maintenance,
CEN., 2006 workforce, time and
place for achieving the
maintenance
objectives
Afefy,2010 Cost-effective maintenance of RCM 22.17% of the annual
4 the plant components inherent spare parts cost are
reliability value saved when proposed
preventive maintenance
planning

Ömür et al., To improve the overall CBM Identifying things on

5 2009 efficiency of the system reducing maintenance
costs and increases
efficiency as well on
availability
6 Kelly, 1984 To have planning and Survey and A brief breakdown of
scheduling on maintenance questionnaire each maintenance
principles principles to plan and
schedule
7 To show effect of TPM
Shelke et al., implementing TPM in Availability improved
2001 organization; in Brewery with average
company improvement of
2.25%

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8 Tsarouhas, 2013 Investigates the relationship Descriptive PE and QR should be

between the factory Statistics at machine improved immediately
management and the operation & OEE to optimize the
productivity and the
efficiency
9 Olayinka et al., Examine the production TPM Increased OEE by
2000 performance of a beverage 50%
manufacturing plant

10 Melesse et al., To evaluate the contribution of TPM Increase equipments

2012 TPM availability

11 Misikir To examine how proper TPM CPMM is developed

2004 maintenance management
improves the productivity
12 Meseret 2007 Increase productivity by TPM Find the causes of
identifying the main problems breakdown and
minimize them

2.10.2. Literature Gaps

Literature search identified different research works that have dealt with maintenance in relation
to company’s competitiveness and profitability. Most researches have done the problem
associated to maintenance and in order to solve those maintenance problems they focused on
different maintenance approaches using TPM, PM, CBM, RCM. Despite that the importance of
maintenance impact on company’s business is emphasized, literature search showed that no
much previous works have investigated maintenance impact on company’s productivity on the
Brewery Company in Ethiopia. Therefore, this paper seeks to explore the role of maintenance in
improving company’s competitiveness and reliability to overcome the critical concern to
productivity in the Dashen Brewery Company.
In this thesis the impacts of maintenance problems and their effects on the productivity on the
brewery share company were studied by using RCM and gave a better solution in giving good
change to the maintenance problems. Because RCM is a decision making tool, so operations and
maintenance program can benefit both the processes involved in the decision making, good
benefits and outcomes, which result in the changes to maintenance and operations programs
rather than other approaches.

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TPM has been demonstrated as beneficial in reducing equipment breakdowns, minimizing idling
and minor stops (indispensable in unmanned plants), lessening quality defects and claims,
boosting productivity, trimming labor and costs, shrinking inventory, cutting accidents, and
promoting employee involvement. TPM has found acceptance in manufacturing industries,
whereas, in the process industries the application has been limited (Deepak & Jagathy, 2013).

The act of performing the RCM method provides a benefit in promoting better cooperation
among all of those involved in the process. The method raises awareness of the function of the
system involved, the consequences of failure of the function and the economics of operating and
maintaining them. RCM provides a means for communication, and hence a possible bridge over
the gap between theory and practice (Moubray, 1997). By using this bridge, the statisticians and
operations researchers may get help to establish more realistic models and methods, and
transform these into practical tools for the maintenance practitioners. Application of their models
in a real situation will certainly be an incentive to improve their research.
Therefore, the aims of RCM are to improve reliability and optimize the cost effectiveness of
maintenance activities. When performed effectively it were result in the elimination of
unnecessary maintenance tasks and the introduction of measures to address and deficiencies in
maintenance programs.

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CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

3.1. Research Method

This study has been used two kinds of sources to collect information, primary and secondary
sources. Primary sources focused on information which helps to have the entire understanding of
the study through different techniques such as interviews, questionnaires, & discussions.
Whereas secondary sources of information related with the study to have detail understanding
with the supportive documents and reports.

To make effective the collection has been used two methods, quantitative and qualitative
method. Quantitative implies that the way of collections which can be described, counted, and
measured in certain amount. Thus, the result can be expressed in number and can be formulated.
But qualitative method has been a different way of expression in reverse that can’t be expressed
in figure.

3.1.1. Data Collection Method

The methodology followed to approach with reliable results, collecting data on the current
maintenance system, maintenance organization, production constraints. The downtime, critical
machinery breakage, lack of technician’s training were believed to indicate the appropriate
maintenance functions various survey methods used to assess the current situation of the
company.
Primary Data
Primary data defined as data collected by a program of observation qualitative and quantitative
method either separately or in combination to meet the specific objective of the research.
a. Physical observation/case study
Physical observations are carried out to see the maintenance system on some critical equipment
or working stations. From the physical observation of the maintenance system, it is understood
that different sections of the factory follow different maintenance processes.

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b. Survey questionnaires
The survey questionnaires for assessing the maintenance system in the company are designed.
The questionnaires were prepared for the management, maintenance department and production
department. Likert scale data was obtained from a structured questionnaire response which is
distributed for the sample size. In the survey, 69 employees were targeted to answer a paper
questionnaire. This number was chosen out of a total of 80 employees who are working under
the maintenance departments. The respond rate was about 86.9% (60 respondents) in total.
Department and division heads, Line supervisors, chief engineers and foremen and some workers
(operators) were selected to response the questionnaire. The questionnaire used in this study
consists of seven main parts and 49 main questions comprising a total of 3 pages. The
questionnaires contained five types of answers i.e. strongly agree, agree undecided, disagree and
strongly disagree. According to the table the reliability and validity were checked, and the value
of Cronbach's Alpha is 0.892 which is greater than 0.7. Therefore it’s acceptable.

Table 3.1 Reliability Analysis and Checking

Case Processing Summary
N %
Valid 20 100.0
Cases Excluded 0 .0
Total 20 100.0

Reliability Statistics
Cronbach's Alpha N of Items

0.892 49

Secondary Data
Secondary data is the information that the organization has or has been published and is
accessible through electronic source coming from outside the organization. This information was
valuable to this research to allow seeing the relationship existing currently in Dashen Brewery.

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c. Literature survey
To be familiar with the concepts of maintenance function, maintenance system and key
performance indicators, improvement, literature review was carried out. Journal articles were
also reviewed to reinforce the current maintenance practices of the factory.
d. Document retrieval
During document analysis the researcher has gone through company profile, factory organization
chart, maintenance organization chart, work request books, monthly and annual performance
reports and others relevant documents and formats of the company.
3.1.2. Data Analysis

In data analysis part, following the method that used in data collection analysis has been shown
clear image of the existing system for the ease of finding an appropriate solution. Both data from
existing company and from questionnaire were analyzed by means of computer software i.e.
Microsoft Excel 2010, Pareto and Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Finally the
data were compared with the written approach in literature survey for finding new and possible
maintenance system approaches.

3.2. Research Framework

This research were used the case studies from DBSC whereby quantitative and qualitative data
are collected and analyzed. The general flow plan of the methodology is visualized in figure,
which gives an understanding on how the method suits the stated objectives.

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Problem and objective

formulation

Literature
Questioners Information
& interview collection including
maintenance system
Visit &
observation

Existing current Best practice

practice (global perspective)

Evaluative of Existing gap

current practice

Research design and

methodology

Data analysis,
presentation &
discussion

Prioritization using
RCM

Recommendation
and conclusion

Figure 3.1. Research framework design

3.3. Ethical Consideration

The study considered some ethical issues. This are the respondent experts and others has the
right to respond or not, the respondent experts and others has the right to participate or not, the

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study has done to inform respondents the purpose of the questioner and the study considers the
confidentiality of the response by not asking to state name. While conducting the study,
emerging ethical issues has been considered and given attention. Before attempt to collect the
data official permission was obtained from DBSC.

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CHAPTER FOUR

DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION

4.1. Introduction
For the purpose of gap analysis a questionnaire was prepared, in order to evaluate importance
and agreement of different maintenance practices in the observed company. To measure
maintenance practices, respondents were asked to report the level of importance and agreement
considering seven different maintenance activities. The questionnaire was presented in the
appendix. Respondents in this study were employees (N=60) from maintenance and production
department, since maintenance is part of it. As regards the empirical examination a special form
was prepared in order to obtain data, such as machine productivity, down time.

In this chapter, the data has been collected from DBSC and presented the main analysis of this
study with respect to the problem formulation. Hence, the presented theories are used in relation
with the empirical finding to analyze the current situation at the company.

4.1.1. Quantitative Data

The following table describes the frequency distribution of demographic variable of the
respondents. Majorities of the respondents 30(50%) were in packing departments, 53(88.3%)
were male and 39(65%) had marital status married.

Table 4.1: Frequency table for demographic variable

Demographic Variable Frequency Percent
Department Utility 20 33.3
Beer House 10 16.7
Packaging 30 50.0
Gender Female 7 11.7
Male 53 88.3
Marital Status Single 19 31.7
Married 39 65.0
Divorce 2 3.4

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Maintenance Organization

This section describes the maintenance organization of employees in different department.

Majority of the respondents 21(35%), 22(36.7%), 31(51.7%) and 30(50%) agreed on the overall
structure of the maintenance organization seem to be logical to accomplish the work, the
management encourage maintenance to meet the needs of production, maintenance technicians
follow safety policies and procedures when they do their tasks and the industry support to
continuous improvement efforts. Besides 18 (30%) were disagreed on the management support
maintenance technicians and production operators to work together on problems.

Table 4.2: Frequency table for Maintenance Organization

Disagree
Disagree
Strongly

Strongly
Neutral
Maintenance Organization

Agree

Agree
The overall structure of the maintenance Fi 9 11 12 21 7
organization seem to be logical to accomplish % 15.0 18.3 20.0 35.0 11.7
the work in Dashen brewery S.C
The management encourages maintenance to Fi 10 20 4 22 4
meet the needs of Production. % 16.7 33.3 6.7 36.7 6.7
The management support maintenance Fi 13 18 12 13 4
technicians and Production operators to work % 21.7 30.0 20.0 21.7 6.7
together on problems.
Maintenance technicians follow safety Fi 4 4 13 31 8
policies and procedures when they do their % 6.7 6.7 21.7 51.7 13.3
tasks
The industry support to continuous Fi 6 8 8 30 8
improvement efforts % 10.0 13.3 13.3 50.0 13.3

Training Programs within Maintenance

This section describes the training programs within maintenance in different department.
Majority of the respondents 24(40%), 25(41.7%), 21(35%) and 22(36.5%) disagreed on training
concerning on the provision of training new technologies are provided frequently to the
maintenance craft employees at the company, scheduled training programs are given on
maintenance, craftsmen take training to help themselves to do their jobs properly and the
organization have low cost and accessible training facilities respectively. In addition, 22(36.7%)
and 25(41.7%) were agreed on Maintenance craftspeople in the plant are properly skilled to do

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their jobs and the organization have well trained and experienced craftsmen respectively. Also
19(31.7%) and 40(66.7%) were neutral and strongly agreed on their familiar with the installed
equipment of the company and they think the training programs are very important for effective
maintenance respectively.

Table 4.3: Frequency table for training programs within maintenance

Disagree
Disagree
Strongly

Strongly
Neutral
Training Programs within maintenance

Agree

Agree
Training concerning new technologies are Fi 12 24 11 9 4
provided frequently to the operators at your % 20.0 40.0 18.3 15.0 6.7
Company
Scheduled training programs are given on Fi 14 25 10 8 3
maintenance % 23.3 41.7 16.7 13.3 5.0
Maintenance operators in the plant are Fi 4 14 12 22 8
properly skilled to do their jobs. % 6.7 23.3 20.0 36.7 13.3
Operators take training to help themselves Fi 12 21 15 10 2
to do their jobs properly % 20.0 35.0 25.0 16.7 3.3
You are familiar with the installed Fi 1 9 19 17 14
equipment of the company % 1.7 15.0 31.7 28.3 23.3
You think training programs are very Fi 2 4 1 13 40
important for effective maintenance % 3.3 6.7 1.7 21.7 66.7
The organization have low cost and Fi 11 22 12 10 5
accessible training facilities % 18.3 36.7 20.0 16.7 8.3
The organization have well trained and Fi 5 4 13 25 13
experienced craftsmen % 8.3 6.7 21.7 41.7 21.7

Maintenance Planning and Scheduling

This section describes the maintenance planning and scheduling in different department.
Majority of the respondents 25(41.7%), 19(31.7%), 38(63.3%), 24(40%), 26(43.3%), 29(48.3%)
and 23(38.3%) agreed on the total amount of work orders have been delayed due to poor or
incomplete plans, responsibility for planning the preventive work orders relies on maintenance
planner, they set priorities for maintenance job tasks, the equipment are maintained within a
short time when the equipment failed, when the maintenance job is completed, the craftsmen that
performed the job reports the actual working time used material and downtime, they planned
shutdowns for major repairs in advance and they have appropriate spare parts for maintenance

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respectively. At the reverse majorities 20(33.3%) were neutral on the industry have programs to
evaluate the effectiveness of the maintenance that is carried out.

Table 4.4: Frequency table for Maintenance planning and scheduling

Disagree
Disagree
Strongly

Strongly
Neutral
Maintenance planning and scheduling

Agree

Agree
The total amount of work orders have been Fi 5 10 10 25 10
delayed due to poor or incomplete plans % 8.3 16.7 16.7 41.7 16.7
(previous year)
Responsibility for planning the preventive Fi 6 10 17 19 8
work orders relies on maintenance planner % 10.0 16.7 28.3 31.7 13.3
The industry have programs to evaluate the Fi 9 11 20 14 6
effectiveness of the maintenance that is % 15.0 18.3 33.3 23.3 10.0
carried out
Fi 3 6 5 38 8
You set priorities for maintenance job tasks % 5.0 10.0 8.3 63.3 13.3
The equipment are maintained within a short Fi 6 4 14 24 12
time when the equipment failed. % 10.0 6.7 23.3 40.0 20.0
When the maintenance job is completed, the Fi 6 8 9 26 11
craftsmen that performed the job reports the % 10.0 13.3 15.0 43.3 18.3
actual working time, used material, and
downtime.
You planned shutdowns for major repairs in Fi 3 7 9 29 12
advance % 5.0 11.7 15.0 48.3 20.0
You have appropriate spare parts for Fi 4 10 14 23 9
maintenance % 6.7 16.7 23.3 38.3 15.0

Preventive Maintenance

This section describes the preventive maintenance in different department. Majority of the
respondents 25(41.7%), 24(40%), 28(46.7%), 17(28.3%), 26(43.3%), 25(41.7%), 26(43.3%) and
37(61.7%) agreed on the organization use work orders for preventive maintenance activities, The
preventive maintenance program cover critical equipment, the operators help in cleaning
equipment, the operators help in lubricating equipment’s, the operators help in adjusting
equipment’s, the organization has track record how much it costs (Life Cycle Cost) to maintain
equipment, the organization tries to prevent breakdowns and failures from recurring and the
organization have a schedule for periodic preventive maintenance respectively. Majority of the

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respondents 23(38.3%), 21(35%) were disagreed on the maintenance program periodically

review preventive maintenances for accuracy and training needs and the operators help
inspection of equipment’s respectively, 18 (30%) were neutral on the organization have an
evaluation mechanism for the performance of preventive maintenance and 10 (30%) strongly
disagreed on the organization has an inspection team to check the actual condition of equipment.
Table 4.5: Frequency table for Preventive Maintenance

Disagree

Disagree
Strongly

Strongly
Neutral
Preventive Maintenance

Agree

Agree
Fi 3 9 11 25 12
The organization use work orders for
preventive maintenance activities % 5.0 15.0 18.3 41.7 20.0
The preventive maintenance program cover Fi 2 11 16 24 7
critical equipment % 3.3 18.3 26.7 40.0 11.7
The maintenance program periodically Fi 8 23 14 12 3
review preventive maintenances for % 13.3 38.3 23.3 20.0 5.0
accuracy and training needs
Fi 1 3 2 28 26
The operators help in cleaning equipment % 1.7 5.0 3.3 46.7 43.3
The operators help in lubricating Fi 8 12 12 17 11
equipment’s % 13.3 20.0 20.0 28.3 18.3
Fi 2 10 5 26 17
The operators help in adjusting equipment’s % 3.3 16.7 8.3 43.3 28.3
The operators help inspection of Fi 6 21 9 14 10
equipment’s % 10.0 35.0 15.0 23.3 16.7
The organization has track record how Fi 5 10 11 25 9
much it costs (Life Cycle Cost) to maintain % 8.3 16.7 18.3 41.7 15.0
equipment
The organization tries to prevent Fi 3 11 12 26 8
breakdowns and failures from recurring % 5.0 18.3 20.0 43.3 13.3
The organization have an evaluation Fi 5 16 18 17 4
mechanism for the performance of % 8.3 26.7 30.0 28.3 6.7
preventive maintenance
The organization have a schedule for Fi 5 4 8 37 6
periodic preventive maintenance % 8.3 6.7 13.3 61.7 10.0
The organization has an inspection team to Fi 18 10 15 13 4
check the actual condition of equipment. % 30.0 16.7 25.0 21.7 6.7

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Maintenance Inventory and Purchasing

This section describes the maintenance inventory and purchasing in different department.
Majority of the respondents 32(53.3%), 28(46.7%), 25(41.7%) and 32(53.3%) agreed on the
control in the maintenance inventory of spare parts, indicator of maximum and minimum levels
for specified stored materials, a permanent supplier of spare parts and the appropriate
management system for spare parts respectively 28(46.7%) respondent were disagreed on
availability of critical spare parts in the store.

Table 4.6: Frequency table for Maintenance Inventory and Purchasing

Disagree
Disagree
Strongly

Strongly
Neutral
Maintenance Inventory and Purchasing

Agree

Agree
There is an availability of critical spare Fi 3 28 11 7 11
parts in the store % 5.0 47.7 18.3 11.7 18.3
There is a control in the maintenance Fi 2 2 12 32 12
inventory of spare parts % 3.3 3.3 20.0 53.3 20.0
There is an indicator of maximum and Fi 5 5 15 28 7
minimum levels for specified stored % 8.3 8.3 25.0 46.7 11.7
materials
There is a permanent supplier of spare Fi 5 7 13 25 10
parts % 8.3 11.7 21.7 41.7 16.7
There is an appropriate management Fi 3 3 10 32 12
system for spare parts % 5.0 5.0 16.7 53.3 20.0

Reliability Engineering

This section describes the reliability engineering in different department. Majority of the
respondents 17(28.3%), 28(46.7%), 19(31.7%) and 27(45%) agreed on failure analysis
conducted by the use of an analysis tool such as fishbone, tree, five why’s or Pareto, to assure
accuracy and standardization for each analysis, the machines perform their required function for
the specified time, they have a method which increases reliability of machines and The
organization believe that improving maintenance could increase the reliability of production
system respectively. And majorities 21(35%) were disagreed on the overall equipment evaluation
calculated to monitor the condition of critical equipment.

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Table 4.7: Frequency table for Reliability Engineering

Disagree
Disagree
Strongly

Strongly
Neutral
Reliability Engineering

Agree

Agree
There is failure analysis conducted by the use of Fi 13 13 15 17 2
an analysis tool such as fishbone, tree, five % 21.7 21.7 25.0 28.3 3.3
why’s or Pareto, to assure accuracy and
standardization for each analysis
There is overall equipment evaluation Fi 7 21 18 10 4
calculated to monitor the condition of critical % 11.7 35.0 30.0 16.7 6.7
equipment
The machines perform their required function Fi 4 8 13 28 7
for the specified time % 6.7 13.3 21.7 46.7 11.7
You have a method which increases reliability Fi 11 15 12 19 3
of machines % 18.3 25.0 20.0 31.7 5.0
The organization believe that improving Fi 3 5 3 27 22
maintenance could increase the reliability of % 5.0 8.3 5.0 45.0 36.7
production system

Production Efficiency

This section describes the Production Efficiency in different department. Majority of the
respondents 29(48.3%), 29(48.3%), 27(45%) and 25(41.7%) agreed on the production focuses on
maintenance practice, there is frequent machine downtime, machine downtime reduces designed
or planned production capacity and in your brewery company unexpected maintenance cost
happens highly respectively. And majorities of the respondent 38(63.3%) were strongly agreed
on Stoppage of production has a huge impact on the organization.

Table 4.8: Frequency table for Production Efficiency

Disagree
Disagree
Strongly

Strongly
Neutral

Production Efficiency
Agree

Agree

The production focuses on maintenance Fi 3 4 9 29 15

practice % 5.0 6.7 15.0 48.3 25.0
Stoppage of production has a huge impact Fi 3 0 2 17 38
on the organization % 5.0 0 3.3 28.3 63.3
Fi 2 5 8 29 16
There is frequent machine downtime % 3.3 8.3 13.3 48.3 26.7

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Machine downtime reduces designed or Fi 2 1 1 27 29

planned production capacity % 3.3 1.7 1.7 45.0 48.3
In your brewery company unexpected Fi 2 5 10 25 18
maintenance cost happens highly % 3.3 8.3 16.7 41.7 30.0

Summary

From the survey questionnaire result the contribution of the seven variables to the maintenance
problems is as follows. For the questions given in maintenance organization majority of the
respondents give a positive response that the company has a good overall structure of the
maintenance organization but they have negative response about the management support
consider maintenance activities. In the training programs within maintenance most of the
respondents answer that trainings concerning new technologies are not provided frequently to the
maintenance craft employees at the company and there is no scheduled training programs which
are given on maintenance. For the questions given in maintenance planning and scheduling the
response of most of the respondents agree on the responsibility for planning the preventive work
orders relies on maintenance planner, they set priorities for maintenance job tasks and the
equipment are maintained within a short time when the equipment failed. For preventive
maintenance, large amount of the respondents replied that the company has no maintenance
programs which periodically review preventive maintenances for accuracy and training needs,
the operators don’t help inspection of equipment and has no inspection team to check the actual
condition of equipment. In the maintenance inventory and purchasing questions most of the
respondents agreed on the control in the maintenance inventory of spare parts, but they didn’t
agree on prioritized critical components. Majority of the respondents for the questions given in
reliability engineering agreed on almost all of the questions. In production efficiency questions
the respondents answer that there is a frequent machine downtime which reduces designed or
planned production capacity and in the company there is unexpected maintenance cost. From
these results, the company faced with maintenance problems and reduced production efficiency
due to lack of training programs, lack of preventive maintenance, lack of management support
about maintenance activities and frequent machine downtimes.

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4.1.2. Documentation Review

The data below were explained and support to know the existing condition of the company using
documented records from previous years. Quantitative data covered the period from 2014 to
2016 from three departments, about machine down time status on previous years as per recorded
data. Thus, selected necessary data are presented in the appendix part:

Packaging Machine Downtime, 2014

Packaging downtime, 2014

80.0

60.0

40.0

20.0

0.0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total Mechanical Down Times Total Electrical Down Times

Total Operational Down Times Others

Figure 4.1. Downtime analysis on packaging, 2014

Figure 4.1 describes four down time status of packaging section in year 2014, the detail was
explained below.
In each month of the year there are four types of down times with their down time result. From
the chart, of each month down time status, mechanical down time, has scored highest percentage
through the entire year. Other down times, Electrical, operational and others has shown less
percentage compare with mechanical down time. In each month starting from Jan- Dec, down
time for mechanical will keep increased up while down time for other three will go up and down
through the entire year.
So in general on this year 2014, as per the detailed above, and can concluded that, of the four
types of down time during operation time, Mechanical down time has highest percentage per
each month than others throughout the year.

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Packaging Machine Downtime, 2015

Packaging total downtime,2015

70.0
60.0
50.0
40.0
30.0
20.0
10.0
0.0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total Mechanical Down Times Total Electrical Down Times

Total Operational Down Times Others

Figure 4.2.down time analysis on packaging, 2015

It can be observed from Figure 4.2 there are four types of down time status for year 2015 in
packaging section.

Of the indicated down times in each month, mechanical, electrical, others, and operational down
times show consistent increment through the entire year respectively. In each month of the year
when goes through, the increment from month to month presents the same down times result. In
all month of the year mechanical down time has highest percentage than the others. Of all down
times in packaging section, mechanical down time has long waiting down time through the year.
As the figure 4.2 show that, each month starting from Jan down time for mechanical stay highest
while down times for others decreased.

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Packaging Machine Downtime, 2016

Packaging downtime, 2016

80.0

60.0

40.0

20.0

0.0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total Mechanical Down Times Electrical Down Times By Machine

Total Operational Down Times Others

Figure 4.3. Down time analysis on packaging, 2016

The focus for the Figure 4.3 show that on down time analysis in packaging section in year 2016
with the below illustrations.

It can be seen that four of down time types show variety down time status percentage through
each month of the year. However, of all them mechanical down time performs highest
percentage through the entire. And electrical down time comes next to mechanical down time.
The increment from month to month keep the trend with upward mechanical down time,
electrical down time, operational down time, and others respectively.

And can concluded that in year 2016 the status for down times look like highest in mechanical
down time, lowest in others and higher in electrical down times throughout the year. This
indicates that reason for low productivity in this section is due to frequent mechanical down
time. Even though other down times are available, mechanical down time keep continue high
through each month.

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Brew house Machine Downtime, 2014

Brewhouse downtime, 2014

120.0
100.0
80.0
60.0
40.0
20.0
0.0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Mechanical Down Times Electrical Down Times

Total Operational Down Times Others

Figure 4.4. Downtime analysis on brew house, 2016

Brew house Machine Downtime, 2015

Brewhouse downtime, 2015

120.0
100.0
80.0
60.0
40.0
20.0
0.0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Mechanical Down Times Electrical Down Times

Total Operational Down Times Others

Figure 4.5. Downtime analysis on brew house, 2015

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Brew house Machine Downtime, 2016

Brewhouse downtime, 2016

120.0
100.0
80.0
60.0
40.0
20.0
0.0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Mechanical Down Times Electrical Down Times

Total Operational Down Times Others

Figure 4.6. Downtime analysis on brew house, 2016

According to Figures 4.6 show that the recorded data the year from 2014-2016 included machine
downtimes due to mechanical maintenance problems, electrical maintenance problems, operation
problems such as enough bright beer, beer change, cooling problem, Filter bag change etc. and
other problems such as power fluctuation, cleaning purpose and so on.
The result from Microsoft Excel for brew house section the total machine downtime due to
maintenance problems shows that:
i. Mechanical down time problems, for total electrical machine downtimes,
operational down time and others for the annual year 2014 is 16.05 %, 7.9 %, 0%,
76.7%, respectively.
ii. Mechanical down time problems, for total electrical machine downtimes,
operational down time and others for the annual year 2015 is 4.42 %, 10.1 %, 0%,
70.3%, respectively.
iii. Mechanical down time problems, for total electrical machine downtimes,
operational down time and others for the annual year 2016 is 5.81 %, 7.3 %, 0%,
87.1%, respectively.

Based on the above results the problems are due to others such as power fluctuation, cleaning
purpose accounts higher percentage of machine downtimes. From this it can be concluded that

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machine downtimes due to this problems in brewing section reduces the production capacity of
the industry.
Utility downtimes, 2014

Utility downtime,2014
100.0

80.0

60.0

40.0

20.0

0.0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Mechanical Down Times Electrical Down Times

Operational Down Times

Figure 4.7. Down time analysis on utility, 2014

Utility down time, 2015

Utility downtime,2015
120.0
100.0
80.0
60.0
40.0
20.0
0.0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Mechanical Down Times Electrical Down Times

Operational Down Times

Figure 4.8. Downtime analysis on utility, 2015

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Utility down time, 2016

Utility downtime,2016
120.0
100.0
80.0
60.0
40.0
20.0
0.0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Mechanical Down Times Electrical Down Times

Operational Down Times

Figure 4.9. Downtime analysis on utility, 2016

Seeing as utility is one of the sections in the company provides air,𝐶𝑂2, water and steam for the
others sections recorded data for machine downtimes due to mechanical maintenance problems,
electrical maintenance problems, operational problems such as Lack of air, shortage of water,
shortage of steam and lack of 𝐶𝑂2 for three consecutive years (from 2014 to 2016) which is
given in the Figure 4.7, 4.8, 4.9.

The result for utility section about mechanical downtime, electrical downtime and operational
down time for:

i. Annual year 2014 is 13.4 %, 22.4 % and 64 %, respectively.

ii. Annual year 2015 is 7.8 %, 7.5 % and 84.3 %, respectively.
iii. Annual year 2016 is 7.5 %, 13.2 % and 85.7 %, respectively.

So according to the above results the problems are due to operational problem accounts higher
percentage of machine downtimes. From this it can be concluded that machine downtimes due to
operational problems in this section reduces the production capacity of the industry.

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4.1.3. Packaging Machine Downtime Status

The packaging section is one of the many sections found in the Factory and it is the main and the
biggest section in the production process. As the name implies in this section the action of many
operating machine is applied on the bottles, means from the entry of empty bottle at the inlet up
to the outlets of beer filled bottle as a final product. But according to the above analysis in this
section there is the down time it is caused by maintenance rather than other sections the year
from 2014-2016. So in this paper the bottleneck machine in the packaging section and its root
causes is determined based on the below tables:

Table 4.9. Packaging section three years average machine down time status (2014-2016)

2014 2015 2016 Average

Average Average
Cause of Average Average Average Average Average Average mechanical Electrical
downtime mechanical Electrical mechanical Electrical down mechanical Electrical downtime down time
downtime % down time % down time % time % downtime % down time % % %

Machine 31.2 9.9 16.1 6.1 19.4 4 22.2 6.7

Labeler 18.5 9.8 16.4 3.2 8 6.7 14.3 6.6
EBI 0.5 7.7 0.9 12.9 3.2 13.1 1.5 11.2
Pasteurizer 6.8 7.4 6.1 5.8 8.8 5.7 7.2 6.3
Caser 9.3 5.4 7 2.9 2.9 8.3 6.4 5.5
Uncaser 4.1 7.2 6 2.8 5.3 3.4 5.1 4.5
Bottle Washer 15.6 6.6 18 2.8 15.7 2.4 16.4 3.9
Crate Washer 1 0 1.1 0.2 1.8 0.4 1.3 0.2
Empty Bottle Conveyors
0 0.7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2
Full Bottle Conveyors
0.2 0 0.2 0 0.3 1.6 0.2 0.5

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Machine downtime status (2014-2016)

25.0 22.2

20.0
16.4
14.3
15.0
11.2
10.0 7.26.3
6.7 6.6 6.45.5
5.14.5
3.9
5.0
1.5 1.3
0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.5
0.0
Filler Labeler EBI Pasteurizer Caser Uncaser Bottle Crate Empty Full Bottle
Washer Washer Bottle Conveyors
Conveyors

Average mechanical downtime % Average Electrical down time %

Figure 4.10 Packaging section three years machine down time 2014-2016

The bar chart illustrates machine down time status for consecutive three years starting from
2014-2016.

It can be seen that the status for machine down time in consecutive three years shows similar
result through the year. Basically the status presents average mechanical and electrical machine
down time of packaging section through three years. If we see status one by one, we can have
clear image by seeing their average down time. Of the results that we have seen, filler machine
has higher mechanical down time (22 %) than others. In terms mechanical and electrical down
time, all the status in this section results in high mechanical down time. Thus, of the number of
machines in the section most of them loss their production time due to mechanical down time.

In regards to electrical down time, comparing with mechanical downtime has less down time
than mechanical. However, mechanical down time keep increased per machine and electrical
downtime decreased since electrical downtime goes up and down from machine to machine.

Over all, the chart show that a clear upward trend in high mechanical downtime when goes
through each year machine to machine, while electrical downtime seems less.

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Features of the beer production process

In an increasingly competitive market place amongst the beverage industries, bottle filling
industries in particular, show a clear and distinct need to improve their operations (Hanssen,
2002) .
The packaging process of the product has faced many challenges which could be alleviated
through focused process improvement. Pareto analysis can be used as tool to identify key areas
in the process and select the critical component that could benefit from a focus improvement
initiative, thereby benefiting the overall company.
A generic beer production process involves eight manufacturing stages: (i) Malting, (ii) Malt
Milling, (iii) Mashing, (iv) Cooking, (v) Cooling and Clarification, (vi) Fermentation, (vii)
Maturation, and (viii) Packaging. The amount and type of raw material to be processed in each
stage depends of beer type to be produced.
Packaging Line
This work is focused on the packaging step. In a packaging line, the beer drawn from a holding
tank is filled into bottles, which are then capped and labeled. A flowchart of a common beer
packaging process is depicted in Figure 4.11.

Lebler Pasteurizer Filling

Crate
Palletizer Packer Washer

Depalletizer 100%
Unpacker Bottle
control EBI
Washer
Control

Figure 4.11: Beer bottling process

The first operation in a packaging line is the depalletizing stage, where the empty bottles are
removed from the original pallet packaging. Then, an inspection operation named 100% control

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is performed manually by an operator so that defective items or bottles that could harm machines
on the line are removed. After that, bottles and drawers are separated and then sent to washer
machines in different lines.

The bottles must be rinsed with filtered water or air before being refilled. This physical and
biological cleaning is performed to remove dirt, labels, adhesive, and foil from the glass bottles.
The bottle enters then to a container inspector which controls that all cleaning agents used in a
previous stage have been removed. Next, a filling machine is used so that the beer drawn from a
holding tank is filled into the clean bottles. After that, a cap is applied to each bottle to seal it. To
ensure the quality of product, the filled and capped bottles are then sent to a pasteurization stage,
where they are kept until “minimum durability date”. Once the bottles reach this date, they enter
to a labeling machine where a label is applied to each one. Then, a level-cap inspection is
performed to reject bottles that do not satisfy required characteristics as filling level, internal
pressure, and missing labels and caps. Finally, the product is located into drawers, which are
packed into pallets and warehoused, ready for sale.

But this process is interrupted frequently due to the failure of components found on each
machine; in order to identify the key components which causes higher down time, Pareto chart
can be display categories of problems graphically so they can be properly prioritized. It indicates
which problem to tackle first by showing the proportion of the total problem that each of the
smaller problems comprise. This is based on the Pareto principle: 20% of the sources cause 80%
of the problem.

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Pareto chart for components

97.6% 100.0%
500 94.2% 90.0%
90.1%
85.0%
77.8% 80.0%
Downtime /hr

400 69.4% 70.0%

60.0%
300 51.5% 50.0%
200 177 40.0%
32.0% 30.0%
108 99
100 46 20.0%
40 28 23 19 13 10.0%
0 0.0%

Components

Figure 4.12 Pareto chart for components

It can be observed from the pareto chart in figure 4.12 filling valve comprising approximately
32% and it is the main reason for frequent failure of filler machine. Hence to improve the
capacity of filler machine down time problems the first step that should be taken is give prioritize
to the filling valve by using RCM.

4.1.4. OEE Calculation

The OEE as mentioned in the literature consists of three components, where the first is the
machine availability (A). This component of the OEE measure is concerned with the total
stoppage time resulting from unscheduled down time, process setup and change over and other
unplanned stoppages. The second component of the OEE calculation is the performance
efficiency (PE) and the actual amount of production is measured. This component is affected by
the speed of the production line and from minor stoppages. The third component of the OEE
calculation is the quality rate (QR), which is the proportion of good production to the total
production volume. The QR is related immediately to the defective production of the line.

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In order to start the OEE measurement process, operational performance data collection of the
three OEE variables has been collected during a period of 12 months.
A= (Loading time – Downtime)/Loading time
PE= (Processed amount * Actual cycle time)/Operating time
QR= (Processed amount - Defect amount)/ Processed amount
OEE= Availability* Productivity efficiency* Quality rate= A * PE * QR

Table 4.10.Actual OEE values calculated for each month and for the entire period of operation

Month Process Defect Operation Actual Loading Downtime Q PE A OEE

Amount Amount Time, in Time, Time, in , in hrs (%) (%) (%) (%)
,in hrs ,in hrs hrs in hrs hrs
1 593,521 6217 712,725 847.84 1,170 311.11 0.99 0.83 0.72 59.72
2 650,959 3751 712,725 929.94 1,170 240.06 0.99 0.91 0.79 72.19
3 593,913 10953 712,725 848.45 1,170 321.55 0.98 0.83 0.73 59.31
4 633,247 5287 712,725 904.04 1,170 265.36 0.99 0.89 0.77 68.12
5 615,797 6797 712,725 879.71 1,170 290.29 0.99 0.86 0.75 64.25
6 565,279 5791 712,725 807.54 1,170 362.46 0.99 0.79 0.69 54.18
7 567,508 4396 712,725 810.73 1,170 359.27 0.99 0.8 0.69 54.75
8 457,376 5216 712,725 653.39 1,170 516.61 0.99 0.64 0.71 45.04
9 477,993 3593 712,725 627.70 1,170 544.3 0.99 0.61 0.69 42.65
10 558,808 7480 712,725 790.30 1,170 371.7 0.99 0.78 0.68 52.78
11 494,698 3850 712,725 706.71 1,170 463.29 0.99 0.72 0.75 53.58
12 530,137 6529 712,725 759.34 1,170 412.66 0.99 0.74 0.76 55.83
Ave. 0.99 0.79 0.73 56.82

The actual availability, performance efficiency and quality rate measures together with the
complete OEE for each month are shown in the above table and the actual OEE values calculated
with the three components (A, PE & QR) for each month and for the entire period of operation,
therefore the following observation can be made:

The actual QR (0.99) exactly meet the target (99%) (Levitt, 1996), the availability of the line is
73% which withhold enough from the target (90) and the actual PE is & 79 % also withhold
enough from the target 95%. The OEE performance of the line is low 56.82 % considering the
target of 85% (Hanssen, 2002), the main causes are speed losses and high down time.

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4.2. Total cost of production in DBSC

Profitability increase, as the most important business objectives, can be achieved through various
savings. Many studies indicated that savings in maintenance always have the largest and direct
value in all savings (Al- Najjar & Alsyouf, 2004). To monitor and to control maintenance cost,
elements of maintenance cost have to be defined and linked to the corresponding maintenance
operation.
To produce beer in bottle there are costs for the industry are direct cost, indirect cost, overhead
cost. The amount of total cost of each type for 2016 is taken the annual report of the company as
follow:

Table 4.11 Total costs of the company for 2016

Types of costs Cost in birr

Production cost 572,612,819.21
Operation cost 153,657,251.1
Maintenance cost 13,287,975.21
Total cost 739,558,045.5

With this total production cost, the company makes the net profit 473,346,460.8 birr in the year.
4.2.1. Maintenance cost of packaging section
Since this study is focused in maintenance, the maintenance cost of the company is recorded in
the annual report as shown below.
Table 4.12 Maintenance cost of the company in 2016
Maintenance Costs Maintenance Cost in birr Maintenance Cost in %
Employee wage 6,860,426.07 51.62
Spare parts 4,969,940.14 37.4
Over time 851,694 6.4
Other 605,915 4.55
Total cost 13,287,975.21

The current equipment and machinery maintenance activity of the company consists of both
preventive and corrective. But as could see in the analysis part the corrective maintenance
activity highly dominated the preventive activity so this leads the company to high down time
and faced with high maintenance cost.

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Maintenance cost comparison

Employee wage Spare parts cost from Over time cost Other cost

5%
6%

37% 52%

Figure.4.13 Maintenance cost comparison of the company in 2016

As it is shown in the diagram, the high maintenance cost is the wage of labor and spare part cost.
But the objective of this paper is decrease the maintenance cost so if the proper maintenance
system is applied and operations are aware about their own machine, the costs incorporated with
spare parts decrease dramatically.

Over time cost is always should be avoided, thus the number of break down jobs decrease the
amounts of the overtime will decrease. How to decrease these breakdowns is the main objective
of the study and will be discussed in the next chapter.

4.2.2. Downtime cost analysis

In DBSC the machines are arranged series arrangement, the breakdown of one machine affects
the whole production process especially for bottleneck machine. Under this title the status of
bottleneck machine is analyzed to know how much it costs if failed.

Packaging section maintenance cost analysis

The capacity of filler machine in average is 31,000 bottles/hr, thus in the packaging house the
capacity of machines with the associated cost/hr is calculated in the Table 4.13. The failure of
machine results to decrease the output that the machine can produce, therefore the cost lost in
each hour due to the breakdown is calculated using the net profit on the final product.

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In the budget year 2016 the company produce 242,741,000 bottles, the total cost of production is
115,562,647 birr and administration cost is 123,344,951, the revenue in the year is birr
777,369,135 and the tax that the company paid is 188,461,538 thus the average net profit of one
bottle can be calculated as:
𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑒 −𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡−𝑡𝑎𝑥𝑠
The average net profit per bottle =
𝐵𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑑
777,369,135−238,907,598−188,461,538
=
184,210,525

= 1.90 birr/bottle

Therefore having the net profit from one bottle, the total amount of birr lost due to failure of
machine is summarized as follow, the amount of birr lost per hour is calculated as:

Amount lost birr per hour = actual capacity *net per each bottle piece

Table 4.13 Summary of actual capacity and downtime loss

Type of machine Actual capacity (bottle/hr) Downtime loss (Birr/hr)
Filler 31,000 58,900

After calculating the down time cost per hr for each machine, the total amount of money that the
company lost due to unavailable of processing machine. Thus the bottleneck machine for beer
processing machine are selected and shown in Figure 4.10. The down time cost for bottleneck
machine (filler machine) and its down time per year is on average 1144 hr/year, then the total
loss of the company due to the unavailability of processing machine. The Table 4.26 displays the
total loss for beer processing machines.

Table 4.14 The actual hourly capacity and the downtime loss
Down time Down time Total downtime
Mechanical Down Times By Machine (hr/yr) cost (birr/hr) cost (Birr/yr)
Filler 1144 58,900 67,381,600

The total down time loss due to breakdown of packaging section is 67,381,600 birr. And the net
profit in the year is 349,999,999 birr. Thus the company’s loss in the year 2016 due to
breakdown is:

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67,381,600
* 100= 19.3 % of the profit
349,999,999
In conclusion the ultimate profit that the company could earned through efficient maintenance
management can be estimating by adding the net profit with in the year and the cost associated
with down time. Here the amount of spare part cost is not included since the portion of the cost
that caused due to improper breakdown is not clear known. So the amount of money lost in the
year 2016 due to machine breakdown cost is: 67,381,600 + 13,287,975.21= 80,669,575.21 birr

80,669,575.21
* 100= 23.04 %
349,999,999

Therefore 23.04 % of the additional profit could have been found if the company implement
RCM and use the frame work.

4.3. Finding and Discussion

The evidence presented from the survey and secondary data the level of implementation of
proper maintenance system is very low. This could have a direct effect on the firms’
productivity. Thus production becomes very costly and less reliable.

Machine downtime is one of the main issues for maintenance performance unlike operational
activities. According to the above data from the 2014-2016, there is down time in the packaging
section which is caused by maintenance problems than other sections. Therefore, the filler
machine is the bottleneck which has high down time and the critical component of the machine is
filling valve. So, it can be concluded that improved maintenance system in packaging section has
a bigger role to decrease downtime to increase production capacity of the company.

From the survey questionnaire result as shown in as the problems for high machine downtime
and reduced machine capacity is mainly due to not giving priority to critical components and
lack of training concerning maintenance activities are provided to the maintenance operators at
the company. Training should be mandatory for maintenance personnel as it is one of the ways to
increase productivity. Training, that the operators require, is interpersonal skills, the ability to
function within teams, problem solving, decision-making, job management performance analysis
and improvement, and technical skills, and this problem is due to the centralized management,

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which cannot easily meet the condition that makes the running production system as efficient as
possible (Levitt, 1996). So, this issue has a negative impact on DBSC, consequently, training
programs are very important for improving their skills and enables them doing their job
effectively.

The other root cause of machine downtime is due to lack of awareness by the management about
maintenance activities and insufficient support of maintenance technician and production
operators to work together on problems. The main implication for managers that has emerged
from the study is that managers in manufacturing companies should place emphasis on assessing
and monitoring the impact of maintenance on company’s business (Maletic, Maletic, Al-Nejjar,
& Gomiscek, 2012). Therefore, managers could identify the potential benefits of maintenance
policy in terms of productivity, quality and profitability.

Recent surveys have shown that approximately 70% (David, 2014) of food and drink industry
still operates a breakdown maintenance system and that the available technologies are not being
used as effectively as they should be. Organizations claiming to have a “planned” maintenance
program rarely meet their targets, usually because of unexpected breakdowns. While some
organizations have successfully implemented some of the available tools and technologies, they
are not in common use, and methods need to be devised to assist with the process of
implementation. One of the major problem in DBSC is the management of spare parts is
executed insufficiently, critical spare parts that are required on a frequent basis are not available
in the store and poor or incomplete plans and the company employees are not fully aware of the
concept and benefits of preventive maintenance and this problems at all parts of technical
department. Designing and implementing a correct maintenance strategy is essential for a
company’s competitiveness. So increase the availability of the machines can be achieved by
focusing on preventive maintenance.

A considerable amount of literature has been published in relation to the definition of OEE and
its various applications. (Muthiah et al. , 2008) (Hanssen, 2002) reported that the overall
equipment effectiveness (OEE) metric is a powerful tool that can be used to measure
performance and also perform diagnostics at the equipment level and the OEE should be higher
to 90%, whereas for continuous on stream processes industries should have OEE values of 95%

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or better. But in this company the OEE result is low which 56.82 %, therefore this indicates that
there should be an improvement in the current maintenance system. The operation of the Dashen
production line is not as expected, therefore the components PE and A should be improved
immediately, because according to (Khan & Darrab, 2010) a good maintenance policy and
strategy leads towards improving equipment reliability and maintainability, maximizing overall
equipment effectiveness (OEE) and acts as contributor to quality and to higher productivity. In
addition, to avoid the inconvenient impact of the failures on the production process, it is strongly
recommended to upgrade the operation management prioritize for critical components, parts
replacement decisions, training programs for technicians/operators, spare parts requirement etc.

In many study’s (Al- Najjar & Alsyouf, 2004) (Muthiah et al., 2008) authors have emphasized
the role of maintenance in improving performance and profitability of manufacturing processes.
This suggests that maintenance is no longer a cost center, but could be profit-generating. In
general, improvements in the performance of a maintenance policy aim to reduce production cost
and increase company’s profit and competitiveness through enhancing process availability,
performance efficiency and quality rate.

While empirical finding provide interesting insight in maintenance in relation to company’s

capacity, this can be also discussed in the view of the current state of the maintenance activities
in the company.

So this study seeks to investigate the barriers down times problems which hinder the success of
the maintenance system applied in DBSC and explore RCM as a strategy to help to ensure the
operating continuity of production system at high efficiency and thus continued productivity.

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CHAPTER FIVE

RCM MODEL IMPLEMENTATION

The result from data analysis shows that the causes of machine downtimes for each section, i.e.
packaging, brew house and utility. The result indicates that machine downtime in packaging
section is identified as the major one based on the results of prioritizing the critical components,
lack of training on maintenance activities, lack of awareness by the management, insufficient
spare parts, poor or incomplete maintenance plans. Since this section covers the largest portion
of the production, where most of the activities are accomplished, as a result, frequent machine
breakdowns have occurred because of the above listed problems. This shows maintenance
practice for each machine is poor and result in less productivity. Thus, the main intention of this
chapter is to focus on improvement of productivity through reliability centered maintenance that
was focus on the root cause of maintenance problems.

5.1. Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)

The need to improve the reliability of production system and promote uptime and availability has
become one of the most important factors in the improvement of maintenance. RCM is a
technique to develop preventive maintenance and could make very significant savings in
maintenance cost and ensure the availability of production system. According (Moubray, 1997),
if RCM is correctly applied, it can reduce the amount of routine maintenance work by 40–70%.
The benefits of RCM can usually be traced back to two broad categories: risk reductions and cost
savings (Johnston, 2002) and to minimize equipment life-cycle costs (LCC) and maximize
overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) by maintaining/ increasing the probability that an asset or
system will function satisfactorily if it is used according to the set desired specifications. It is
accomplished by identifying the failure modes and effects of each part or component (Geert &
Liliane, 2002) .

This research attemted to understand the current implementation strategy in DBSC and to
explore how to adopt an effective maintenance stratery like RCM. It is used to minimize the
problems that mentioned the above, decrease maintenance cost and enhance the productivity of
the company.

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Due to these reasons, the study needs to find ways through improved maintenance that ensures
the reliability of production systems. Then, the factors that are affecting the success of
maintenance were addressed through implementation of RCM strategy. This was done along
with studying the circumstances that should be addressed to ensure the success of implementing
RCM.
RCM uses a Logic Tree to Screen Maintenance tasks; this provides a consistent approach to the
maintenance of all kinds of equipment.

Figure 5.1: RCM Logic Tree (Devaraj Naik & Pradeep , 2016)

5.2. Elements of RCM frameworks

This section represents the elements and their sequence in different existing RCM frameworks in
literatures. RCM and a structured implementation process can be one of the success factors for
the RCM program in an organization. The structured implementation process is usually

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represented in the form of a particular framework and a framework can act as a guide and it
provides a structured way to achieve its objectives. And there are different frameworks at RCM
have been studied, (Fonseca & Knapp, 2000) developed a new framework for RCM
implementation in the chemical process industry, (Penrose, 2005) applied RCM techniques on
electric motors, (Dehghanian & Aminifar, 2013) proposed a method to adopt the principles of
RCM in power distribution system in the form of a practical RCM framework, (Gang & Michael,
2009) presented CBM framework with RCM, (Chen & Zhang, 2012) described the
implementation of RCM in China’s nuclear energy field, (Deepak & Jagathy, 2013) developed a
new RCM framework in Indian refineries oil industry. Among these frameworks only few
frameworks can use for processing industries, like Brewery industries.

RCM Framework

Figure 5.2. A proposed industrial equipment reliability management environment (Fonseca &
Knapp, 2000)

This research was oriented to the development of a new computerized RCM framework to be
employed as the basis of the preliminary design for production processes on chemical industry.
But in paper Fonseca used Fuzzy reasoning algorithms to evaluate and assess the likelihood of
equipment failure mode precipitation and aggravation. Because RCM is measured by FMEA, it
is used to prioritize the critical equipment and identify the failure mode and effect. And also this
frame work does not include performance measurement of actions.

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RCM Model

The maintenance response to the need for preventing failures has been to have a Predictive
Maintenance program that has both condition-based tasks and time-driven tasks. Condition-
based tasks are derived mainly from Vibration analysis. Time-driven tasks typically arise out of
equipment manufacturer recommendations and are conventionally referred to as PM Tasks or
PM Plans. In addition to the PM Plans and the PdM plans, most organizations employ a Root
Cause Failure Analysis program (RCFA). In the case of Indian refineries the Oil Industry Safety
Directorate (OISD) has through its standards specified the type of maintenance strategies to be
adopted by these refineries. Considering these facts the present model of maintenance and
reliability assurance practiced in general in Indian refineries is displayed in the figure.

Figure 5.3. RCM Model (Deepak & Jagathy, 2013)

Since Brewery Company is a process industry, it is possible to use Prabhakae and Raj model
developed for petroleum industry, but the model has determined the criticality of the component
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before analysis, the criticality of the component should be determine by using Failure mode and
effect analysis (FMEA), the existing model does not include the performance measurement of
preventive and predictive action, this is used to continuous improvement.

Reliable and Risk Centered Maintenance Framework

This study is one of the first to investigate the reliability of preventive maintenance planning by
consideration of Reliable Centered Maintenance (RCM) and Reliability and Risk Centered
Maintenance (RRCM) in offshore wind farm projects.

Figure 5.4. Reliable and Risk Centered Maintenance Framework (Manouchehrabadi, 2011)

The above framework include both reliability centered maintenance (RCM) and risk reliability
centered maintenance (RRCM) focused on uncertainty evaluation and reliability, this framework
deals only on preventive maintenance strategy that doesn’t include the other maintenance system
,such as predictive maintenance, corrective maintenance and others, because, it is not possible to
protect all the failures using preventive maintenance.

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FMEA approach for RCM improvement

This framework is developed to provide a cost effective and satisfactory maintenance schedule
for improvement of the RCM procedure based on the failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) is
developed on Oil and Petroleum industry.

Figure 5.5.The schematic structure of the proposed FMEA approach for RCM improvement
(Ebrahimipour, Bavar, & Azadeh, 2009)

The above framework developed for RCM and FMEA based on the knowledge acquisition from
manufacturer pump trouble shooting, field expert maintenance personal and pump hand book for
specific centrifugal pumps, it is one way forward loop, it has no feedback system.

5.3. Proposed RCM model

RCM is an important tool for continuous reliability improvement. Since Brewery Company is a
process industry, it is possible to use Prabhakae and Raj model developed for petroleum industry,
by adjusting and making major changes. However, there is a need management commitment for
implementation of the model, to decrease the root causes of improper maintenance and to

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improve the productivity of the company. RCM helps to achieve a sufficient preventive
maintenance plan, which is reduces the cost of maintenance and at the same time it enhance
reliability and safety: reliability is the focused of Reliability Centered Maintenance. Objectives
of this model are to provides immediate improvement in reliability and minimize the cost to
increase the productivity of the company. The model prioritize the aggregates and components of
the system using Failure mode and effect critical analysis (FMECA) and Root cause failure
analysis (RCFA). Then the correct decision will be made after analysis.

Production
Failures
system
equipments

FMECA RCFA
Criticality of
subsystem,
aggregate,
component

Improvement
Action

Preventive Predictive
Modification
Action Action

Performance
Measurement

Fig.5.6 Proposed RCM model for DBSC

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Identification of Critical Components

As it is mentioned before, the first step of the RCM process is identification of critical components.
The following question could lead us to a good point to identify the critical components (Nilsson,
2009).
1. What are the functions and performances required?
2. In what ways can each function fail?
3. What causes each functional failure?
4. What are the effects of each failure?
5. What are the consequences of each failure?
6. How can each failure be prevented?
7. How does one proceed if no preventive activity is possible?

5.3.1. Determination of Preventive Maintenance

Based on the Failure Mode, Effect and Critically Analysis FMECA results, Preventive
Maintenance (PM) tasks are determined by application of Reliable Centered Maintenance RCM
logic. It consists of communication between management and the project group about how the
maintenance should be practiced. Quality assurance also helps in this phase to identify some
issues which were overlooked or ignored in Failure Mode, Effect and Critically Analysis
FMECA phase.

5.3.2. Maintenance performance indicator

Maintenance and plant managers need performance information to monitor and control
maintenance processes and results and provide indication towards improvement. Performance
measures support the building of actions necessary to attain equipments performance as required
by the strategic goals. It is in the interest of managers to measures the efficiency and
effectiveness of maintenance process, establishes the relationship between maintenance inputs
and outputs, and therefore justifies investments in maintenance. The maintenance measurement
indicators such as, OEE, MTBF, MTTR have been widely recognized as vital for the
management of maintenance operations. Therefore DBSC will have the information and known
about the performance of equipments when used the maintenance measurement indicators.

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5.3.3. Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) for Filler Machine
Failure Mode, Effect and Critical Analysis (FMECA) can be used in reliability analysis to
identify critical components. It could help to determine the connection between possible failure
and the failure effects. The main purpose of that is to find all ways that the component can fail. It
helps to identify critical components. To gather enough data some questions should be answered
like what failure could appear? What are the effects of the failures? What are the causes of the
failures? Next step after finding the answers to the mentioned question is time of clarification of
frequency of each failure which should be done base on experience (Nilsson, 2009).

This RCM seven Question process helps to determine the causes of system failures and develop
activities targeted to prevent and priories them. The questions are designed to focus on
maintaining the required functions of the system and help to conclude best maintenance strategy.
In table 5.1 the answers of questions are recorded which are related to functional failure, causes
and effects, are recorded in RCM information sheet. Decision worksheet is recorded with the
help of answering question in RCM decision diagram related to preventive tasks and default
actions.
Filling machine may include: filling valve, centering bell, infeed starweel, Lift cylinder,
Intermediate starweel, Stopper Discharge starweel, crowners, and Turner gear.
Filling equipment and operation and monitoring functions may be directly controlled or involve
the use of a process control system.

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Item Identification Function Functional Failure mode Effect Preventive tasks Default actions
failure
1 Stopper To avoid damage occurring Unable to Wear and tear Bottle Broken Conveyor and Change
at the bottle infeed stop the worm gear
bottle adjustment,
2 Infeed Picks up the bottle from the Unable to Wear Bottle Broken Conveyor and Change
starwheel infeed worm and transfer it picks up worm gear
to below the filling valve the bottle adjustment,
3 Centering Centers the bottle below the Unable to Bendiness Bottle not Inspection Service (replace)
bell filling valve centering straightness
4 Filling valve The product valve opens Unable to O-ring rubber Over/Under fill Cleaning (weekly) Replace with new
automatically as soon as the meet wear,
bottle has been slightly filled standards looseness
5 Lift cylinder Raises the bottle and press in Unable to Broken Not straightness Lubrication, Service
onto the filling valve press the Inspection
bottle
6 Intermediate Picks up the bottle and Unable to Wear Bottle Broken Conveyor and Change
starwheel centers it below the sealing picks up worm gear
head the bottle adjustment,
7 Crowner The neck guide holds the Unable to Nut Missing crowns, Lubrication change
bottle at the correct position close the Looseness, rework cost
underneath the sealing head bottle crowning
closes the bottle pistons
8 Discharge Discharge the conveyor after Unable to Wear Bottle Broken Conveyor and Change
starwheel the bottle has been closed discharge worm gear
the adjustment,
conveyor
9 Turner gear Drives the main gear and Unable to Motor failure Machine stoppage Lubrication Service (replace)
acts as a machine brake rotate at (oil/grease)
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Once the maintenance objectives and strategy are defined, there are a large number of
quantitative and qualitative techniques which attempt to provide a systematic basis for deciding
what assets should have priority within a maintenance system, a decision that should be taken in
accordance with the existing maintenance strategy.

Therefore, the FMECA on table 5.1 in the process of filler machine a device which performs an
important role is identified as a critical component, which is filling valve. Losses are defined as
loss of product from the stated liquid tank agreed volume and the volume of product exiting the
filler less all rejects. The only way to control liquid product loss is to identify the main problem
areas in order to effectively work towards minimizing the losses. Liquid tank to filler loss is
product lost prior to the filler valve monitor on the actual filler machine. These losses include
incorrect declared and agreed volumes of the liquid tank. So FMEA prioritize the critical
component i.e, filler valve by recognizing based on the failure mode, effect and critically
analysis (FMECA) results of the component to reduce down time of the filler machine.
So FMECA prioritize the critical component by recognizing based on the failure mode, effect
and critically analysis (FMECA) results of the component to reduce down time of the filler
machine.
In the filler machine unscheduled breakdown of critical components like filling valve can cause
production and other consequential losses. One of the identified critical components is filling
valve, in which may cause other defects like wear, over or under filling etc. The problem of
under filling reduces the total production capacity, i.e 744,000 bottles /day, of the filling machine
and the planned loss due to under filling of the product per day is 0.2% of the total production,
i.e 1,488 bottles, but now the loss due to under filling is 1.5% of the total production, i.e 11, 160
bottles. Therefore, RCM can solve this under filling problem by understanding the filling valve
function, failure mode, effect analysis and enables to get maximum efficiency of the filling valve
and improve the productivity of the filler machine.
RCM can be defined as a mix of more than one maintenance strategies in an optimized manner
in order to reduce the system risk. For a successful RCM plan, the degree of risk of each fault
should be identified in order to define the optimum maintenance actions (Ebrahimipour, Bavar,
& Azadeh, 2009). The main items in the implementation of RCM according to FMEA are the
prioritization of the failure modes according to their consequences on the system and

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modeling the probability of failure.

The implementation of RCM was thus considered for DBSC to minimize profits losses while
improving plant availability performance. In implementing RCM is optimally integrated to
increase the probability that the equipment will function as required over its design life-cycle
with a minimum amount of downtime and maintenance. By so doing, the respective strengths of
all strategies are utilized to maximize the reliability and availability of equipment though
minimizing life-cycle costs. The RCM process produces effective maintenance decision to be
supported by sound technical and economic justification.

The model can be applied for all brewery companies in Ethiopia. Because it consists of basic
duties that must be performed to minimize the breakdown of machines as well as the
maintenance cost. But the difference in Ethiopian brewery companies is the capacity, which
comes from the number of machines each company has.
In DBSC the productivity and profitability is decreased due to mechanical down times with
different root causes as mentioned before, since the designed production capacity of the industry
is 48,000 bottles /hr and its actual production capacity is 31000 bottles/ hr and the industry
produce 64.5 % of its designed production capacity. But if the industry implements the proposed
solution which alleviates the problems whose contributes to the down times of the machines and
the industry can almost meet its planned production capacity, i.e. 42,000 bottles/ hr, which
means the industry produces 87.5% of its designed production capacity.

In terms of money from cost analysis the industry loses 13,287,975.21birr annually due to
maintenance cost and 67,381,600 birr annually due to machine down times and this cost accounts
23.04 % of the total profit of the industry, i.e. 349,999,999. And the company can reduce this
loss of money due to maintenance and downtime costs and increases its profit by 23.04 % and
improve productivity by implementing RCM.

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CHAPTER SIX

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

6.1. Conclusion

In this thesis, a detailed investigation of causes of maintenance problems of Dashen Brewery

Share Company has been conducted and enhancement of productivity through improved
maintenance system is given.

Machine down time is one of the main problems for maintenance in the company in the three
sections and the down time in the packaging section is higher in percentage than the other
sections. The result obtained from the analysis part shows that the filler machine is the bottleneck
for production which has high down time that the other machines and filling valve is the critical
component. From the survey questionnaire result the problems for high machine down time and
reduced machine capacity is didn’t give prioritized the critical components and analyzed using
FMEA lack of training on new technology which is provided for the maintenance craft
employees, since this has a negative impact on DBSC. Therefore, training programs are very
important for improving their skills and enables them doing their job effectively. Lack of
awareness by the management about maintenance activities, insufficient support of maintenance
technician and production operators to work together on problems, inadequate spare parts, which
is critical spare parts that are required on a frequent basis are not available in the store, poor or
incomplete maintenance plans and the company employees are not fully aware of the concept
and benefits of preventive maintenance at the company, so increase the availability of the
machines can be achieved by focusing on preventive maintenance.

The OEE of the line is low i.e. 56.82 %. The result of the study shows that the main factors lie
behind the lack of proper maintenance involves and how important it is.

Therefore, it can be concluded that improved maintenance system in packaging section has a
bigger role to decrease down time to increase production capacity. Among the maintenance
tools, RCM is a strategy by which production system can be taken to the higher level of
reliability to ensure continuous productivity in DBSC. RCM as an approach is based on the

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identification of components whose failure can cause undesirable consequences and directly
affect the continuity of production in the company.

To preserve equipment function, RCM seven question analyses performed in case study and
predictive maintenance selected on basis of RCM analysis instead of preventive maintenance to
identify causes of pending damage. So, it benefits in two ways by repairing equipment before
failure and increase reliability by eliminating root causes. In this way, RCM helps to plan
scheduled maintenance when required and scarce economic resources on critical equipment
having high risk of failure. The paper reveals that the company can achieve enhanced
productivity leading to competitive advantage with successful RCM implementation through
selecting appropriate maintenance strategy.

Implementation of proposed model in the company can meet the planned capacity, i.e. 42,000
bottles/ hr, which is the company produces 87.5% of its designed capacity and the loss of money
due to maintenance and downtime costs and the company increases the profit by 23.04 % and
can improve the productivity. The results show the importance of the development of
maintenance strategies through the implementation of RCM in this factory and depending on the
problems the model is developed. The purpose of it would be to overcome the problems that
could secure the reliability of the production systems.

6.2. Recommendations

The framework which is given as a proposed solution to improve maintenance problems that are
discovered throughout the study should be implemented by Dashen Brewery Share Company, so as
to reduce machine downtimes, improve productivity, avoid loss of money and increase profitability.
The following recommendations are proposed for the company based on the outcome of the
thesis.

a. The company should make use of an advanced computerized maintenance

management system. So proper use of the CMMS provides the employees with more
structure in their work, it provides organized data for maintenance and production,
which are important for decision making.
b. The company should give an emphasis on providing regular trainings on maintenance
to upgrade the technical and problem solving ability of technicians because when

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machines faced with maintenance problems the technicians can maintain the
equipments within a short period of time and bring back to work.
c. Technical workers should create an awareness and commitment for the top
management and explain for them the money lost due to machine down times and
maintenance problems.
d. Preventive maintenance activities should be practiced in the company, as it is the
better solution to increase the availability of equipments; the production department
staffs also should understand preventive maintenance activities and should provide
the equipment whenever needed.
e. The company should give priority for critical spare parts at the time of purchasing and
should avail the spare parts in the store to use whenever needed because delay in
spare part is one of the main causes of down time.

That being said, having a maintenance organization should be considered in the plant to
further outline the significance of maintenance and its role in the production profitability of
the company. Thus, the implementation of improved maintenance system in the plant is
expected as this study have shown that maintenance is a core function and essential in
today’s production system in order to reduce production losses, product defect and machine
downtime, at the same time increasing production capacity and product quality to maximize
company’s profitability.

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Appendix A – The Brewery Process

In Dashen is a brewery company which the raw materials required for beer production is barley,
hops (Gesho), water &yeast. The quality of these raw materials have a big influence on the
quality of final product i.e. beer. Knowing the properties of the raw material, their effects on the
process & product provides the basis for their handling and processing with such knowledge it is
possible to control the whole process. The summary of the work flow (production process) has
been shown in below diagram:

Filtration
tanks

Filler and EBI Bottle washer

packer

Pasteurizer Uncaser
Crate washer

Labeler Depalletization

FBI Date Caser Palletization

printer

End
users

Figure A.1 Block diagram of production processes

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Appendix B - Overall Organization of the Company

The organizational structure of Dashen Brewery Company looks as shown in figure

Figure B.1 Organizational structure of the maintenance department of DBSC

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Appendix C – Questionnaires
The purpose of this questionnaire is to collect data related with the purpose of research in titled
“Enhancing productivity through improved maintenance system’’ by taking Dashen Brewery S.C
as a center of attention for continuous productivity improvement through maintenance. The study
focuses on assessing the existing maintenance system, identification of the root causes,
prioritizing and proposes the solution for the maintenance problems.
Instructions
a. No need of writing your name
b. For Likert scale type statements and multiple choice questions indicate your answers with a check
mark (√) in the appropriate block.
Section 1: Personal Information
1. Gender
A) Male B) Female
2. Age ____________
3. Marital Status
A) Single B) Married C) Divorced D) Other_______
4. Educational Level background
A) 10+1 D 10+4 G) Others (Specify)………………….
B) 10+2 E) Degree
C) 10+3 F) Masters
5. How many years of working experience do you have? _____________.
Section 2: Maintenance Department
After you read each of the statements, evaluate them in relation to your organization, and
then put a tick mark (√) under the choices you prefer your priority.
Where, 5 = strongly agree, 4 = agree, 3 = undecided, 2 = disagree and 1= strongly disagree.
S.N Maintenance Organization 5 4 3 2 1
The overall structure of the maintenance organization seem to be
1 logical to accomplish the work in Dashen brewery S.C
The management encourage maintenance to meet the needs of
2 Production.
The management support maintenance technicians and Production
3 operators to work together on problems.

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Maintenance technicians follow safety policies and procedures

4 when they do their tasks
5 The industry support to continuous improvement efforts

S.N Training Programs within Maintenance 5 4 3 2 1

Training concerning new technologies are provided frequently to
1 the maintenance craft employees at your Company
2 Scheduled training programs are given on maintenance

3 Maintenance craftspeople in the plant are properly skilled to do

their jobs.

4 Craftsmen take training to help themselves to do their jobs

properly
5 You are familiar with the installed equipment of the company

You think training programs are very important for effective

Maintenance
6
7 The organization have low cost and accessible training facilities
8 The organization have well trained and experienced craftsmen

S.N Maintenance Planning and Scheduling 5 4 3 2 1

1 The total amount of work orders have been delayed due to poor or
incomplete plans (previous year)
2 Responsibility for planning the preventive work orders relies on
maintenance planner
3 The industry have programs to evaluate the effectiveness of the
maintenance that is carried out
4 You set priorities for maintenance job tasks
5 The equipments are maintained within a short time when the
equipments failed.
6 When the maintenance job is completed, the craftsmen that
performed the job reports the actual working time, used material,
and downtime.
7 You planned shutdowns for major repairs in advance
8 You have appropriate spare parts for maintenance

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S.N Preventive Maintenance 5 4 3 2 1

1 The organization use work orders for preventive maintenance
activities
2 The preventive maintenance program cover critical equipment
3 The maintenance program periodically review preventive
maintenances for accuracy and training needs
4 The operators help in cleaning equipments

5 The operators help in lubricating equipments

6 The operators help in adjusting equipments

7 The operators help inspection of equipments

8 The organization has track record how much it costs (Life Cycle
Cost) to maintain equipment
9 The organization tries to prevent breakdowns and failures from
recurring
10 The organization have an evaluation mechanism for the
performance of preventive maintenance
11 The organization have a schedule for periodic preventive
maintenance
12 The organization has an inspection team to check the actual
condition of equipment.

S.N Maintenance Inventory and Purchasing 5 4 3 2 1

1 There is an availability of critical spare parts in the store

2 There is a control in the maintenance inventory of spare
parts
3 There is an indicator of maximum and minimum levels for
specified stored materials
4 There is a permanent supplier of spare parts
5 There is an appropriate management system for spare parts

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S.N Reliability Engineering 5 4 3 2 1

1 There is failure analysis conducted by the use of an
analysis tool such as fishbone, tree, five why’s or Pareto, to
assure accuracy and standardization for each analysis
2 There is overall equipment evaluation calculated to
monitor the condition of critical equipment
3 The machines perform their required function for the
specified time
4 You have a method which increases reliability of machines
5 The organization believe that improving maintenance
could increase the reliability of production system

S.N Production Efficiency 5 4 3 2 1

1 The production focuses on maintenance practice
2 Stoppage of production has a huge impact on the
organization
3 There is frequent machine downtime
4 Machine downtime reduces designed or planned
production capacity
5 The level of machine downtime affects total production time
6 In your brewery company unexpected maintenance cost
happens highly

1. In the time of downtime which methods used to enhance production capacity?

_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
2. How you measure your maintenance capacity and performance?
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

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አዲስ አበባ የቴክኖሎጅ ኢንስትቲዩት
የሜካኒካል እና ኢንደስትሪያል ምህንድስና ት/ቤት
ኢንደስትሪያል ምህንድስና ድህረ ምረቃ ት/ክፍል

ተመራማሪ：ማህሌት ምንተስኖት
አድራሻ：mahiletme@gmail.com
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መጠይቅ
ውድ መላሾች የዚህ መጠይቅ ዋና አላማ በዳሽን ቢራ ፋብሪካ ዉስጥ በተሻሻለ ጥገና ዘዴ
ምርታማነትን ለማሳደግ መረጃ ለመሰብሰብ ነዉ::ጥናቱ ትኩረት የሚያደርገዉ አሁን ያለዉን
የጥገና ዘዴ ማጥናት߹ ዋና መንስኤውን መለየት߹ ለጥገና ችግሮችን ቅድሚያ መስጠት እና
መፍታት ነዉ:: ስለሆነም ትክክለኛ ምላሽ በመስጠት እንድትተባበሩኝ እንጠይቃለሁ:: መልስዎ
በሚስጥር እንደሚያዝ አረጋግጥልዎታለሁ::

ማሳሰቢያ
 በመጠይቁ ላይ ስም መፃፍ አያስፈልግም::
 መልስዎትን በሳጥኑ ውስጥ የእርማት ምልክት (√) ያስቀምጡ::

ክፍል 1: የግል መረጃ

1. ፆታ ሀ. ሴት ለ. ወንድ
2. እድሜ _______
3. የጋብቻ ሁኔታዎ ሀ. ያላገባ ለ. ያገባ ሐ. የፈታ መ. ሌላ_________
4. የትምህርት ደረጃዎ
ሀ. 10+1 ሠ. ዲፕሎማ
ለ. 10+2 ረ. ዲግሪ
ሐ. 10+3 ሰ. ማስተርስ
መ. 10+4 ሸ. ሌላ_______

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5. የስራ ልምድዎ ______________

ክፍል 2: የጥገና ክፍል

ከዚህ በታች የተዘረዘሩትን መለኪያዎች ካነበባችሁ በኋላ ከእርስዎ ድርጅት ጋር በማያያዝ
ከተዘረዘሩት ችግሮች የእርስዎን የስራ ዘርፍ ላይ ይበልጥ ተፅእኖ የሚያሳድሩትን በደረጃ
ያመላክቱ፡፡ ለእያንዳንዱ ጥያቄ ከአማራጮቹ ላይ አንድ ጊዜ ብቻ የ(√) ምልክት በማድረግ ምላሽ
ይስጡ፡፡
5 = በጣም እስማማለሁ 3 = ለመወሰን እቸገራለሁ 1 = በጣም አልስማማም
4 = እስማማለሁ 2 = አልስማማም

MO 1 2 3 4 5
የዳሽን ቢራ ፋብሪካ አጠቃላይ የጥገና ክፍል መዋቅር ስራዎችን
1 ለማከናዎን የተስተካከለ ነዉ
አስተዳደሩ የሚፈልገዉን የምርት መጠን ለማግኘት ጥገናን
2 ያበረታታል
አስተዳደሩ የጥገና ባለሙያዎችንና የምርት ሰራተኞችን ችግሮች ላይ
እንዲሰሩ ይደግፋል
3

የጥገና ባለሙያዎች ስራቸዉን ሲሰሩ የደህንነት ህጎችንና

4 መመሪያዎች ይከተላሉ
5 ድርጅቱ ቀጣይነት ላለዉ እድገት ድጋፍ ያደርጋል

TPM 5 4 3 2 1
1 የጥገና ሰራተኞች አዳዲስ ቴክኖሎጅዎችን ለመተግበር የክህሎት
ስልጠና ይሰጣል
2 ጥገና ላይ የስልጠና ፕሮግራሞች በእቅድ ይሰጣሉ

3 በፋብሪካዉ ዉስጥ የጥገና ባለሙያዎች ስራቸዉን ለማከናዎን

በትክክል ብቁ ናቸዉ

4 የጥገና ባለሙያዎች ስራቸዉን ለማከናዎን እዲረዳቸዉ ስልጠና

ይዎስዳሉ
5 በፋብሪካዉ ዉስጥ የተተከሉትን መሳሪያዎች በደምብ ያዉቁታል

የስልጠና ፕሮግራሞች ለዉጤታማ ጥገና አስፈላጊ ነዉ ብለዉ

ያምናሉ
6

7 ፋብሪካዉ ዝቅተኛ ዋጋና ተደራሽ የሆኑ የስልጠና መሳሪያዎች አሉት

8 ፋብሪካዉ በደምብ የሰለጠኑና ልምድ ያላቸዉ ባለሙያዎች አሉት

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MPS 5 4 3 2 1
1 አጠቃላይ የስራ ትዕዛዝ ላለፉት ዓመታት በደካማ ወይም ባልተሟላ
እቅድ ምክንያት ዘግይቷል
2 የቅድመ ትዕዛዝ ሀላፊነት በጥገና እቅድ አዉጭዉ የተመረኮዘ ነዉ
3 ፋብሪካዉ የተሰሩ ጥገናዎችን ዉጤታማነት መመዘኛ ፕሮግራም
አለዉ

4 ለጥገና ስራዎች ቅድሚያ መስጠት ላለባቸዉ ጥገናዎች ቅድሚያ

ትሰጣላችሁ
5 ማሽኖች ብልሽት በሚገጥማቸው ወቅት ባጭር ጊዜ ተጠግነው
አገልግሎት ላይ ይውላሉ

6 የጥገና ስራ ሲጠናቀቅ ባለሙያዉ የተሰራበትን ሰዓት߹ የተጠቀመዉን

እቃ እና ስራ ያቆመበትን ሰዓት ሪፖርት ያደርጋል
7 ለትላልቅ ጥገናዎች ቅድሚያ ለመዝጋት እቅድ አላችሁ
8 ለጥገና በቂ የሆነ የመለዋወጫ አቅርቦት አለ

PM 5 4 3 2 1
1 ድርጅቱ ለቅድመ ጥገና ስራዎች የስራ ትዕዛዝ ይጠቀማል
2 የቅድመ ጥገና ፕሮግራሙ ዋና መሳሪያዎችን ያካትታሉ
3 የጥገና ፕሮግራሙ በየጊዜዉ የቅድመ ጥገናዉን ትክክለኛነትና
የስልጠና አስፈላጊነትን ይቃኛል

4 የምርት ሰራተኞች የማሽን ፅዳትን ይረዳሉ

5 የምርት ሰራተኞች የማሽን ዘይት መቀባትን ይረዳሉ

6 የምርት ሰራተኞች ማሽኖችን በማስተካከል ይረዳሉ

7 የምርት ሰራተኞች ማሽኖች ላይ ፍተሻ ያደርጋሉ

8 ፋብሪካዉ ለ ማሽን ጥገና የሚወጣዉን ወጭ መመዝገቢያ ዘዴ አለዉ

9 ፋብሪካዉ የማሽን ስብራትንና ብልሽትን አስቀድሞ ለመከላከል

ይሞክራል

10 ፋብሪካዉ ለቅድመ ጥገና ብቃት የምዘና አሰራር ዘዴ አለዉ

11 ፋብሪካዉ በተወሰነ ጊዜ የሚደረግ የቅድመ ጥገና እቅድ አለዉ

12 ፋብሪካዉ ማሽኖች ያሉበትን ሁኔታ የሚያረጋግጥና የሚፈትሽ
ቡድን አለዉ

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MIP 5 4 3 2 1
1 በቂ የሆነ የዋነኛ መለዋወጫ ዕቃዎች አቅርቦት በክምችት ክፍሉ
አለ
2 በጥገና መለዋወጫ ክምችት ክፍል ዉስጥ ቁጥጥር አለ
3 ተመርጠው ክምችት ክፍል ዉስጥ ለተቀመጡ ዕቃዎች ከፍተኛ
እና ዝቅተኛ ደረጃ መለያ ዘዴ አለ
4 ቋሚ የሆነ የመለዋወጫ ዕቃዎች አቅራቢ አለ
5 ተገቢ የሆነ የመለዋወጫ ዕቃዎች አያያዝ ዘዴ አለ

RE 5 4 3 2 1
1 የማሽን ብልሽት ጥናት ለማድረግ የጥናት መሳሪያዎችን（
fishbone, tree, five why’s or Pareto）ይጠቀማሉ
2 የዋነኛ ዕቃዎችን ሁኔታ ለመቆጣጠር የማሽኖች ምዘና አለ
3 ማሽኖች የሚፈለገዉን ዓላማ ለተወሰነ ጊዜ ያከናዉናሉ
4 ማሽኖች ያለብልሽት እንዲሰሩ የሚያደርግ ዘዴ አላችሁ
5 ድርጅቱ በተሻሻለ የጥገና ዘዴ ምርታማነትን በመጨመር
ያምናል

PE 5 4 3 2 1
1 ምርታማነታችሁ ጥገና ላይ ትኩረት ያደረገ ነዉ
2 የምርት ማቆም በድርጅቱ ላይ ከፍተኛ ተፅዕኖ አለዉ
3 ማሽኖች በተደጋጋሚ ይቆማሉ
4 የማሽኖች ብልሽት አጠቃላይ የምርት ጊዜዉን ይጎዳዋል
5 የማሽኖች ብልሽት የታቀደዉን የምርት መጠን ይቀንሳል
6 በድርጅቱ ዉስጥ ያልታሰበ የጥገና ወጭ በከፍተኛ ደረጃ
ይከሰታል

1. ማሽኖች በሚበላሹበት ጊዜ የምርት መጠንን ከፍ ለማድረግ የምትጠቀሙት ዘዴ ምንድን ነዉ

？

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2. የጥገና አቅማችሁን እና ብቃታችሁን እንዴት ነዉ የምትለኩት？

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Appendix D – Down Time Data

Table D.1: Downtime on packaging, 2014
Causes of DT Percent % to the Total Downtime
Mechanical DT Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ave.
Filler 34.8 91.0 56.1 20.2 19.1 11.9 20.5 21.3 39.5 23.7 12.1 24.5 31.2
Labeler 18.7 16.4 34.2 28.4 19.9 8.3 15.3 21.9 19.3 19.2 11.5 8.9 18.5
EBI 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.5 1.2 0.2 0.5
Pasteurizer 8.4 3.1 9.3 3.2 7.5 3.7 13.5 6.6 7.4 12.0 4.9 1.7 6.8
Caser 6.5 20.2 15.4 8.6 13.3 5.6 5.9 7.1 5.9 9.9 9.7 3.1 9.3
Uncaser 0.8 2.8 12.0 7.3 6.7 3.2 0.0 1.9 4.4 2.0 3.3 5.1 4.1
Bottle Washer 5.7 39.1 44.4 31.3 9.9 5.2 6.1 27.8 2.8 5.1 2.2 7.9 15.6
Crate Washer 0.1 0.4 4.3 2.1 0.7 0.2 0.3 1.5 0.4 0.6 0.3 1.3 1.0
Empty BC 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Full BC 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
Total Mech. DT 37.0 31.5 54.2 58.7 47.0 56.1 46.4 45.2 41.5 47.0 31.8 52.6 45.7
Electrical DT 0.0
Filler 4.4 12.7 15.7 2.8 1.9 33.4 6.3 11.3 9.2 6.2 8.8 5.9 9.9
Labeler 10.5 15.7 13.2 2.8 22.5 4.2 11.9 8.7 5.8 10.2 8.8 3.1 9.8
EBI 2.6 6.8 19.8 8.1 5.7 3.0 10.8 1.7 18.2 8.5 3.7 3.5 7.7
Pasteurizer 1.1 37.4 10.2 4.2 4.7 7.4 9.3 4.1 2.0 4.6 2.6 1.7 7.4
Caser 1.2 16.9 7.5 2.8 11.8 3.5 9.7 1.7 1.4 3.1 4.7 0.2 5.4
Uncaser 0.6 9.8 0.6 3.2 4.2 3.2 51.7 1.9 3.9 3.9 2.2 1.2 7.2
Bottle Washer 4.8 0.7 33.0 17.9 0.9 1.3 0.2 2.0 9.8 1.8 0.3 6.6 6.6
Crate Washer 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
Empty BC 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.6 0.0 3.2 0.1 0.7
Full BC 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0
Total Elec. DT 7.1 26.7 18.6 30.3 22.6 38.1 40.3 25.8 37.0 23.9 23.7 22.3 26.4
Total Operational
DT 11.8 21.0 0.8 1.5 0.8 0.0 5.0 13.0 8.0 9.3 26.8 4.5 8.5
Others 44.1 20.8 26.40 10.0 29.6 5.80 8.3 16.3 13.5 19.8 17.7 20.6 18.0

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Table D.2: Downtime on packaging, 2015

Causes of DT Percent % to the Total Downtime

Mechanical DT Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ave.
Filler 32.0 9.0 12.8 15.0 15.0 12.0 10.0 40.0 20.0 11.0 8.0 8.0 16.1
Labeler 14.0 24.0 23.7 15.0 17.0 16.0 17.0 19.0 37.0 8.0 9.0 9.0 17.4
EBI 0.0 1.0 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9
Pasteurizer 4.0 9.0 3.7 3.0 5.0 5.0 9.0 11.0 7.0 3.0 8.0 5.0 6.1
Caser 2.0 4.0 3.1 8.0 8.0 8.0 4.0 11.0 14.0 6.0 9.0 7.0 7.0
Uncaser 5.0 5.0 3.3 5.0 9.0 7.0 11.0 8.0 10.0 2.0 4.0 3.0 6.0
Bottle Washer 49.0 4.0 2.6 28.0 11.0 16.0 12.0 11.0 11.0 25.0 42.0 5.0 18.0
Crate Washer 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 4.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 1.1
Empty BC 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Full BC 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total Mech. DT 51.0 56.0 48.0 51.0 51.0 64.0 59.0 63.6 61.0 38.2 44.2 40.1 52.3
Electrical DT
Filler 7.0 4.0 8.0 5.0 15.0 3.0 5.0 8.0 11.0 1.8 1.9 3.8 6.1
Labeler 10.0 10.0 9.0 9.0 7.0 11.0 10.0 45.0 29.0 3.2 6.8 7.8 13.2
EBI 11.0 22.0 9.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 10.0 21.0 22.0 11.5 6.1 12.1 12.9
Pasteurizer 7.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 11.0 18.0 2.4 3.2 4.7 5.8
Caser 2.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 5.0 16.0 1.7 2.9 0.7 2.9
Uncaser 3.0 2.0 1.0 14.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 5.0 3.0 0.5 0.2 1.3 2.8
Bottle Washer 1.0 0.0 9.0 7.0 1.0 6.0 7.0 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.2 0.2 2.8
Crate Washer 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2
Empty BC 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Full BC 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total Elec. DT 32.0 29.0 41.0 41.0 39.0 36.0 39.0 36.6 28.0 21.9 21.4 32.6 33.1
Total Operational
DT 2.0 3.0 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 11.0 4.4 4.5 2.5
Others 15.0 12.0 9.00 6.5 9.0 0.00 2.0 0.0 10.0 27.9 30.0 22.8 12.0

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Table D.3: Down time on packaging, 2016

Causes of DT Percent % to the Total Downtime
Ave
Mechanical DT Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec .
Filler 13.0 9.0 23.0 16.0 19.0 19.0 12.7 26.0 16.0 14.0 8.0 21.0 16.4
Labeler 17.0 11.0 9.0 12.0 5.6 5.0 1.3 12.0 9.0 1.0 4.5 8.0 8.0
EBI 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.0 0.5 4.0 1.0 5.0 3.0 0.9 7.0 13.0 3.2
Pasteurizer 8.0 1.0 2.0 4.0 3.2 16.0 1.6 5.0 21.0 1.6 20.0 22.0 8.8
Caser 4.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 3.6 0.0 1.6 4.0 7.0 0.5 1.5 4.0 2.9
Uncaser 4.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.3 0.0 4.8 19.0 9.0 0.4 15.0 3.0 5.3
Bottle Washer 27.0 16.0 15.0 35.0 30.9 8.0 12.3 12.0 9.0 1.1 17.0 5.0 15.7
Crate Washer 2.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.6 3.0 1.4 1.0 2.0 0.2 1.0 9.0 1.8
Empty BC 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Full BC 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 0.0 1.0 0.3
Total Mech. DT 42.0 31.0 54.0 58.0 56.3 27.3 48.5 54.0 25.0 15.0 48.0 35.0 41.2
Electrical DT 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Filler 2.0 4.0 2.0 1.0 1.9 6.0 1.8 11.0 15.0 0.8 1.4 1.0 4.0
Labeler 8.0 7.0 5.0 4.0 4.6 5.0 6.7 6.0 16.0 0.3 9.0 9.0 6.7
EBI 15.0 10.0 18.0 13.0 13.5 20.0 7.7 21.0 17.0 2.1 8.2 12.0 13.1
Pasteurizer 5.0 5.0 2.0 4.0 3.3 0.0 2.4 19.0 23.0 0.2 1.2 3.0 5.7
Caser 1.0 28.0 3.0 1.0 3.7 8.0 15.8 5.0 25.0 0.5 3.0 5.0 8.3
Uncaser 1.0 3.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 5.4 8.0 4.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 3.4
Bottle Washer 1.0 0.0 3.0 1.0 11.2 3.0 1.9 1.0 2.0 0.1 3.0 2.0 2.4
Crate Washer 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.4
Empty BC 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Full BC 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.6
Total Elec. DT 28.0 48.0 34.0 24.0 41.7 33.3 26.9 36.0 53.0 5.0 23.0 23.0 31.3
Total Operational
DT 9.0 6.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 20.3 11.6 0.0 12.0 40.0 9.0 19.0 11.1
Others 21.0 15.0 11.00 12.0 0.0 18.00 13.1 10.0 10.0 40.0 21.0 3.0 14.5

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Table D.4: Downtime on brew house, 2014

Jan Feb Mar Apr May

Total Total Total Total Total

Causes of Down Time % % % % %
Mechanical Down Times 2,370 25.4 30 0.9 0 0.0 4,480 74.0 2,183 28.8
Electrical Down Times 1,049 11.2 190 6.0 2,070 18.9 510 8.4 490 6.6
Total Operational Down
Times 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Others 5925 63.6 2960 93.8 8900 81.13 1061 17.8 4887 64.58
Total down time 9344 100 3180 100 10970 100 6051 100 7567 100

Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total Total Total Total Total Total Total

% % % % % % %
50 3.0 135 1.1 0 0.0 1,340 25.9 290 6.8 0 0.0 945 26.8
505 30.6 35 0.3 325 6.2 0 0.0 90 2.1 185 4.6 0 0.0
0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
1090 66.26 11750 98.57 7165 93.82 4220 81.6 3909 91.14 3849 95.41 2585 73.23
1645 100 11921 100 8490 100 5174 100 4289 100 4034 100 3530 100

Table D.5: Downtime on brew house, 2015

Causes of Down Time Jan Feb Mar Apr May

%
Causes of Down Total Total Total Total Total
Time % % % %
Mechanical DT 793 9.2 47 2.0 60 1.3 590 4.9 365 3.4
Electrical DT 1,727 20.1 163 7.1 890 19.9 300 2.5 1,655 15.5
Total Operational DT 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Others 6061 70.6 2085 90.5 3523 78.96 11110 92.6 8620 81.01
Total Down Time 8581 100 2295 100 10970 100 12000 100 10640 100

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Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total Total Total Total Total Total Total

% % % % % % %
210 2.5 240 4.4 275 3.3 315 6.1 160 4.2 510 11.5 25 0.3
1,375 16.1 115 2.1 535 6.5 650 12.3 50 1.3 795 17.9 0 0.0
0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
6169 72.24 3644 66.27 5255 25.12 1290 25.1 2736 72.36 3115 70.48 4455 99.44
8539 100 5499 100 6065 100 5135 100 3776 100 4420 100 4480 100

Table D.6: Downtime on brew house, 2016

Causes of Down Time Jan Feb Mar Apr May

%
Total Total Total Total Total
Causes of Down Time % % % %
Mechanical DT 265 7.4 1,482 11.5 937 5.8 270 3.5 269 3.3
Electrical DT 65 1.8 195 1.5 1,507 9.4 0 0.0 1,325 16.1
Total Operational DT 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Others 3223 90.7 11211 87 13604 84.77 2380 96.4 6632 80.6
Total down time 3560 100 12838 100 16048 100 7650 100 8226 100

Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total Total Total Total Total Total Total

% % % % % % %
262 3.9 290 7.3 250 4.4 345 6.7 150 4.9 125 3.5 315 7.6
1,281 19.2 175 4.4 522 9.1 540 8.9 62 2.6 180 5.1 518 10.4
0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
5125 76.85 3500 88.23 4950 88.5 5170 85.4 2800 92.96 3220 91.34 4125 83.19
6668 100 3965 100 5722 100 6055 100 3012 100 3525 100 4956 100

Table D.7: Downtime on utility, 2014

Jan Feb Mar Apr May

%
Total Total Total Total Total
Causes of Down Time % % % %
Mechanical Down Times 24 6.1 32 4.4 75 20.6 62 30.1 8 8.8
Electrical Down Times 98 25.3 65 9.7 61 16.7 25 12.1 22 24.4
Total Operational DT
(Luck of air, shortage of
water, shortage of steam,
luck of 𝑪𝑶𝟐 ) 266 69 619 86.4 228 62.6 118 57.5 60 66.6
Total Down Time 388 100 716 100 364 100 205 100 90 100

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Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total Total Total Total Total Total Total

% % % % % % %
58 19.0 18 15.7 73 12.1 21 15.4 7 11.4 62 5.8 62 11.9
63 20.6 59 51.7 52 8.6 57 41.9 29 47.5 17 1.5 51 9.7
184 60.3 37 32.4 475 79.1 58 42.6 25 40.9 989 92.6 408 78.3
305 100 114 100 600 100 156 100 61 100 1068 100 521 100

Table D.8: Down time on utility, 2015

Jan Feb Mar Apr May

%
Total Total Total Total Total
Causes of Down Time % % % %
Mechanical DT 72 6.6 57 16.2 49 8.7 51 2.7 105 6.5
Electrical DT 87 8.0 21 6.0 71 12.6 78 4.2 71 4.4
Total Operational DT
(Luck of air, shortage of
water, shortage of steam,
luck of co2) 925 85 271 77.4 440 78.4 1708 93.0 1,434 89.6
Total Down Time 1084 100 350 100 561 100 1836 100 1610 100

Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total Total Total Total Total Total Total

% % % % % % %
58 12.9 55 2.3 102 16.4 107 9.8 106 7.6 52 2.8 27 1.2
97 21.7 181 7.6 52 8.4 87 8.2 77 5.5 75 4.1 0 0.0
292 65.3 2,142 90.1 465 73.1 888 81.9 1,203 86.7 1,714 93.2 2,287 98.8
447 100 2376 100 619 100 1084 100 1386 100 1839 100 2334 100

Table D.9: Downtime on utility, 2016

Jan Feb Mar Apr May

%
Total Total Total Total Total
Causes of Down Time % % % %
Mechanical DT 51 17.4 51 4.5 39 3.2 135 4.5 29 7.4
Electrical DT 29 9.9 78 6.9 0 0.0 29 0.9 0 0.0
Total Operational DT
Luck of air, shortage of
water, shortage of steam,
luck of co2 212 73 994 88.5 1,143 96.7 2810 94.4 362 92.5
Total Down Time 292 100 1123 100 1182 100 2974 100 391 100

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Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Total Total Total Total Total Total Total

% % % % % % %
18 13.2 75 2.6 29 3.5 58 2.3 29 4.3 105 6.9 53 20.5
25 18.3 0 0.0 85 10.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 53 3.5 78 30.2
93 68.3 2,799 97.3 703 86.0 2,417 97.6 634 95.6 1,335 89.5 127 49.2
136 100 2874 100 817 100 2475 100 663 100 1491 100 258 100

Table D.10: component down time, 2016

Month

no Component Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total DT/hr

1 Filling valve 16 20 23 21 - 16 23 7 9 8 19 25 177

2 Stopper - 5 - 4 - 11 6 7 - 6 7 - 46

3 Turning gear 9 22 - - 1 9 8 7 2 16 9 7 99

4 Crowner - 18 17 4 - 8 19 12 7 - 8 15 108

5 Infeed starwheel - - 2 - 6 5 - - 7 - 3 - 23

6 Intermediate star. 3 - - - 5 - - 2 - 7 - 1 18

7 Discharge star. - - - 5 - 2 - 3 4 - - - 13

8 Centering bell 3 9 - - 4 - 7 2 7 3 - 5 40

9 Lift cylinder 3 - 5 - 2 - 8 - 2 - 7 1 28

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