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ANALYSIS OF MAINTENANCE COST PROFILE IN TANZANIAN INDUSTRIES

Abstract

This paper presents results Of a research conducted in six Tanzanian Industries in their maintenance departments with regard to the cost of maintenance. The main contributors to the maintenance costs were analysed. Research findings show that costs related to the management of the maintenance department (such as inventory cost Of spare parts, cost of preparation of maintenance workorders, etc.), were not taken as the cost of maintenance department in those surveyed industries. Likewise, some of the enterprises did not take into account downtime cost as a cost caused by maintenance. However, it is revealed from the data from few companies, which recorded the dountime costs, that downtime cost is the largest cost block in the maintenance department. For the companies, which did not keep the record of downtime costs, the personnel costs appeared to be the largest cost block.

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University of Dar es Salaam

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