measures to ensure the basic cleaning and inspection, lubricating, bolting etc
were taken seriously through continuous training and education. The result
showed that work place management, which emphasized on 5S activities
managed to maintain very conducive working environment. For instance, the
work place was designed in order to make sure housekeeping activities and
materials movements were easy to be conducted. Operators were trained to
do light maintenance jobs accordingly. Technicians were monitored
periodically and focus more on improvements of equipments performance.
Generally, total breakdowns (for press machines, metal cutting machine and
injection moulding machine) in this company were 4.22% on average for 2003-
2006. However, compared to the target set by the top management, it showed
that only for the year 2003 it exceeded the targeted value. Figure 1 depicts the
downtime for the stipulated year.