Abstract
Large organizations such as Power Utilities within South Africa are always striving to improve their strategies in order to be successful in running their businesses. Power Utilities commit to deliver services in time without fail. In order to achieve all that, Power Utilities businesses need to focus more on making sure that all power plants’ systems and components within Power Utilities are always available to provide full services. However this process is sensitive to the ageing of the system and technology improvement. The current study is aiming at identifying the approaches and strategies employed by the Power Utilities to manage obsolescence. The study further examines the relationship between operating strategy and obsolescence management strategy within the Power Utilities. It also identifies the areas of improvement to support the Power Utilities...
M.Phil. (Engineering Management)