Table 6.

Validation of hypotheses

Hypothesis	Relation	β	p-value	Conclusion
H1	TPM → QS	0.725	< 0.001	Accept
H2	TPM → OEE	0.428	< 0.001	Accept
H3	QS → OEE	0.407	< 0.001	Accept
H4	OEE → OPF	0.545	< 0.001	Accept
H5	QS → OPF	0.336	< 0.001	Accept
H6	OEE → ESU	0.496	< 0.001	Accept
H7	OPF → ESU	0.173	= 0.008	Accept