. Warehouse facilities management issues
Maintenance and reliability of manufacturing plant equipment are important factors
that can considerably influence an organisation’s ability to compete effectively (Madu,
2000). Yet, despite the emergence of total productive maintenance initiatives to optimise
reliability and efficient management of plant assets for continuous improvement of
business performance (Ahuja and Khamba, 2008),
the issues specifically related to the
Warehouse
maintenance
costs
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maintenance cost of the building components of industrial facilities are struggling to be
fully integrated into the business strategy of industrial organisations.
Some theoretical frameworks developed for this purpose are available in the research
literature, although very few specifically apply to the strategic design of cost-effective
models for warehouse FM. Following is a review of some of the available frameworks
and models.