Advancement in technology and greater technological environment has changed the idea of maintenance from necessary evil to profit – generating business element. It has now become important for the companies to adopt best practices in maintenance domain along with other industrial discipline to not only improve their competitive position but also, to ensure sustainable and productive operation of resources. In order to make rapid improvements, companies should examine their maintenance practices from external perspective. For this reason, philosophy of benchmarking is used which is continuously measuring and comparing business processes in search of best practices which when adopted may lead to better performance. This article presents a benchmarking study of maintenance practices carried out within the automotive industries of Pakistan. The high significance in the growth of economy and a leading domain of large scale manufacturing in Pakistan were the enabling factors of selecting the automotive sector for this study. Organization and planning/scheduling of maintenance activities were the main areas evaluated in this research and the results were gathered via questionnaire filling technique. Results obtained for different industries were not only compared with each other but were also compared with prescribed world class benchmarks. Areas where the companies lead and lack are highlighted to make sure that the companies can improve their performance in terms of sustainability and productivity.
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