Importance and challenges of Maintenance Service Logistics

Abstract

Maintenance and service logistics are relevant to capital goods supply such as manufacturing equipment, industrial equipment or primary equipment used for processes of users. The study classifies the significance of maintenance service logistics (MSL) and investigates the challenges the organization faces in maintenance service logistics based on previous research work on the subject. A variable number of opinions have been presented by previous authors showing that maintenance operations in different industries vary according to organizational requirements, which is also a critical task. It has been identified in this study that MSL plays an important role in the overall maintenance management systems since it ensures the availability of resources and timely delivery of finished products throughout the product life cycle. There are limited empirical studies that are relevant to the topic of maintenance services-based logistics, and different studies provide terrible implications about maintenance service requirements in different industries. In future, the research can be broadened with the inclusion of a larger number of research articles or implementation of other methodologies such as primary data analysis methodology.