1.2.1 Maintenance practices
Maintenance activities are defined as the set of activities aimed at improving the overall reli-ability and availability of an equipment (Kamran, 2003). Maintenance practices are defined as the set of activities that enhance the equipment reliability and availability at the minimum cost of production to achieve market competitiveness (Alsyouf, 2007). Maintenance practices are defined as activities which are concerned with preventing or responding to failure and opti-mization of the activities to reduce the cost of production per unit while improving the equipment availability (Alsyouf, 2007). According to (Jih-AN Chen, 2012) maintenance is the activity that lengthens the equipment life and reduces its rate of failure. …show more content…
Technically operation efficiency of a machine is defined as a measure of how well an input in the machine e.g. electrical power is converted into an output. Efficiency is measured as the ratio of physical output to physical input (Topp et al, 2008). The operation efficiency of the machine is measured along with the following dimensions; the company has a budget for servicing equipment, operation staff are involved in doing minor maintenance staff, staff are regularly trained, the company invest in new technology, there is an existing policy that guide maintenance of equipment, operation staff are sufficiently trained to carry out maintenance and each equipment has a service schedule. Dependent variable of electricity network performance is operationalized with the following variables, the availability of equipment, system reliability and revenue collection. Based on the discussion above network performance is increased if the efficiency of the machine is increased. Thus, it’s expected that this construct will have a positive and significant relationship with the network …show more content…
external environmental is defined by several authors as a firm’s aggregate of external factors that have impacts on its functioning (Pearce et al, 2012; Hitt et al, 2011; Machuki and Aosa, 2011). It is also defined as the source of constraints, contingencies, problems and opportunities that affect the terms on which firms transacts its business (Duncan, 1972a;Khandwalla, 1977; Bourgeois, 1980). External factors are measured along dimensions of economic factors and regulations factors; interest rates have been favorable; inflation rates have been favorable and exchange rates have been favorable. Network performance as dependent variable is operationalized with the following variables as availability of the equipment, system reliability and revenue collection. Basing on the discussion above if the organization continuously monitors its external environment it will automatically improve its network performance because it will easily detect the factors that will impact its organization much earlier. It is predicted that this construct will have a positive and significant effect on the network
Maintenance activities are defined as the set of activities aimed at improving the overall reli-ability and availability of an equipment (Kamran, 2003). Maintenance practices are defined as the set of activities that enhance the equipment reliability and availability at the minimum cost of production to achieve market competitiveness (Alsyouf, 2007). Maintenance practices are defined as activities which are concerned with preventing or responding to failure and opti-mization of the activities to reduce the cost of production per unit while improving the equipment availability (Alsyouf, 2007). According to (Jih-AN Chen, 2012) maintenance is the activity that lengthens the equipment life and reduces its rate of failure. …show more content…
Technically operation efficiency of a machine is defined as a measure of how well an input in the machine e.g. electrical power is converted into an output. Efficiency is measured as the ratio of physical output to physical input (Topp et al, 2008). The operation efficiency of the machine is measured along with the following dimensions; the company has a budget for servicing equipment, operation staff are involved in doing minor maintenance staff, staff are regularly trained, the company invest in new technology, there is an existing policy that guide maintenance of equipment, operation staff are sufficiently trained to carry out maintenance and each equipment has a service schedule. Dependent variable of electricity network performance is operationalized with the following variables, the availability of equipment, system reliability and revenue collection. Based on the discussion above network performance is increased if the efficiency of the machine is increased. Thus, it’s expected that this construct will have a positive and significant relationship with the network …show more content…
external environmental is defined by several authors as a firm’s aggregate of external factors that have impacts on its functioning (Pearce et al, 2012; Hitt et al, 2011; Machuki and Aosa, 2011). It is also defined as the source of constraints, contingencies, problems and opportunities that affect the terms on which firms transacts its business (Duncan, 1972a;Khandwalla, 1977; Bourgeois, 1980). External factors are measured along dimensions of economic factors and regulations factors; interest rates have been favorable; inflation rates have been favorable and exchange rates have been favorable. Network performance as dependent variable is operationalized with the following variables as availability of the equipment, system reliability and revenue collection. Basing on the discussion above if the organization continuously monitors its external environment it will automatically improve its network performance because it will easily detect the factors that will impact its organization much earlier. It is predicted that this construct will have a positive and significant effect on the network