African Industrial Engineering

Advancing Scholarship Across the Continent

Vol. 2004 No. 1 (2004)

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Methodological Assessment of Industrial Machinery Fleet Systems in Ghana: Multilevel Regression Analysis for Yield Improvement Exploration

Kofi Aduku, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-Ghana) Yaw Addo, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ashesi University Baffour Adogwa, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-Ghana)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18794434
Published: May 10, 2004

Abstract

Industrial machinery fleet systems are crucial for industrial productivity in Ghana, yet their performance is not well understood. A multilevel regression model was employed to analyse data from multiple levels including machinery, operators, and enterprise environments. The multilevel regression revealed that operator training significantly improved machinery yield by 15% (95% CI: [8%, 23%]). Our findings suggest a need for targeted training programmes to enhance industrial productivity. Implementing the identified training interventions will lead to higher yields in Ghanaian industrial machinery fleets. multilevel regression, industrial machinery fleet, yield improvement, Ghana The maintenance outcome was modelled as $Y_{it}=\beta_0+\beta_1X_{it}+u_i+\varepsilon_{it}$, with robustness checked using heteroskedasticity-consistent errors.

How to Cite

Kofi Aduku, Yaw Addo, Baffour Adogwa (2004). Methodological Assessment of Industrial Machinery Fleet Systems in Ghana: Multilevel Regression Analysis for Yield Improvement Exploration. African Industrial Engineering, Vol. 2004 No. 1 (2004). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18794434

Keywords

GhanaMultilevel RegressionIndustrial ProductivitySupply Chain AnalysisEconometricsHierarchical ModellingPerformance Measurement

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