Performance indicators, practices and maintenance costs in tires management of a transport company

Authors

  • Marcos Dario Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba (UNIMEP), Mestrado Profissional e Doutorado em Administração, Piracicaba, SP
  • Eliciane Maria da Silva Fundação Getúlio Vargas Escola de Administração e Economia de São Paulo
  • Mário Sacomano Neto Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba (UNIMEP), Mestrado Profissional e Doutorado em Administração, Piracicaba, SP
  • Silvio Roberto Ignácio Pires Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba (UNIMEP), Mestrado Profissional e Doutorado em Administração, Piracicaba, SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14488/1676-1901.v14i4.1450

Keywords:

Logistic Service Provider (LSP). Maintenance. Tire management. Operational performance.

Abstract

There are three operational costs that are more expressive for PSL: vehicle maintenance, tires and fuel. In studies of maintenance has been little researched the concept of tire management, technical maintenance and performance together. In this context, this study aims at identifying the practices and performance indicators in the area of maintenance and tire management also analyze the influence of costs applied to the tires on the total cost of maintenance. We conducted a case study of exploratory and descriptive. The main instruments of data collection were on-site observation, unstructured interviews, document analysis and reports results indicators. Data were analyzed by correlation analysis and multiple regression. It was revealed that among the performance indicators in the management of tire maintenance costs applied to the tires have a higher correlation with the total cost of maintenance. The ANOVA indicated that tire maintenance costs influence in 54% of the variations in the total cost of maintenance. We clarified the concepts of maintenance techniques specific tire management, and identify performance indicators in the area of tire managent.

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Published

2014-12-15

How to Cite

Dario, M., Silva, E. M. da, Sacomano Neto, M., & Pires, S. R. I. (2014). Performance indicators, practices and maintenance costs in tires management of a transport company. Revista Produção Online, 14(4), 1235–1269. https://doi.org/10.14488/1676-1901.v14i4.1450

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 4 (2014)

Section

Papers

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