The research outcomes indicate that total productive maintenance considerably impacts a manufacturing firm’s economic, environmental and social performance.
Authors
Ashutosh Samadhiya, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Business School, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
Rajat Agrawal, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India.
Summary
Sustainability performances (SPs) are the most crucial performances for an organisation in today’s world, and they can be measured by economic, social, and environmental metrics. Previous research has not been clear on the role of total productive maintenance (TPM) in the context of sustainability, which motivates the authors to investigate the relationship between TPM and various SPs of the manufacturing firm. Therefore, current research investigates the relationship between TPM and the overall sustainability of the manufacturing firm from the perspective of resource-based view (RBV) theory.
Methodology
The current study proposed, tested and validated a conceptual framework using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). A total of 326 responses were received to validate the conceptual framework in smartsPLS 3.0 software.
Findings
The research outcomes indicate that TPM considerably impacts a manufacturing firm’s economic, environmental and social performance.
Research Implications
This research demonstrates that outstanding shop floor behaviour, such as TPM, can become an important asset to offer competitive advantages in a manufacturing firm. Similarly, TPM might serve as a roadmap for leveraging overall sustainability for manufacturing companies. The study indicates the establishment of a sustainability-oriented training protocol while practising TPM.
Originality
No past investigation indicates that a shop floor activity like TPM could be used as an input to offer sustainability in a single index for a manufacturing firm from the perception of RBV theory.
Published in: Benchmarking: An International Journal
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