Abstract
This research aims at determining the role of establishing total productive maintenance system on the dimensions of competitive Priority (field study on Hamam al Ali Cement Factory in Mosul). Dimension of competitive priority was represented by cost, quality, delivery, flexibility, and innovation. It is one of the competitive weapons used by the company in the local and international markets. Production facilities, represented by machinery and equipment, have an important role in these successful dimensions. The maintenance of machinery and equipment make them work with high reliability. Also, the best use of such machinery makes the maximum economic profit results from adopting a maintenance system and covers the requirements of these machinery and equipment in a way to ensure the continuity of production with low cost, high quality, delivery speed and reliability. The study sample consists of one company and four factories as study field. Questionnaire is used by the researcher as the main tool for data collection. Hypothetical model is drawn to achieve the study aims and hypothesis. The model illustrates the relation between dependant and independent study variables. According to the description and identification of study, variables, testing correlation and effect relations, conclusions were made, and suggestions were also drawn, in addition to proposing future studies to resume the recent study . .
