The driving force behind this work is the desire of the Libyan cement industry to improve
its productivity and profitability. The outcomes of the statistical analysis, field surveys,
questionnaires and interviews all agree on the fact that there are many drawbacks in the
current situation in the factory in terms of productivity, maintenance, health and safety,
and environmental issues. From the statistical analysis, it has been found that the four
factories have much less production than the designed capacity, given that there is high
need in the market for cement and Libya is currently importing cement from abroad.
Moreover, there are high levels of fluctuation in the production of the factories over the
years. The main findings of the questionnaire is the lack of training (operational and
maintenance), lack of incentives for improvements, the lack of personal development
system. In general, health and safety response is found to be better than other areas within
the factory. The interviews have confirmed some of the major issues in relation to
training, financial incentives, pollution measurements and lack of social activities.