EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringManufacturing EngineeringLean ManufacturingProduction EngineeringTotal Quality ManagementEquipment MaintenanceLean ManagementLean ProductionProductivity MeasurementTotal Productive MaintenanceLeanManufacturingTotal Productive Maintenance Performance
Total productive maintenance (TPM) improves bottom‑line performance, embodies total quality principles, empowers workers, and is a key pillar of lean, just‑in‑time manufacturing. The study outlines TPM implementation procedures designed to produce equipment that operates flawlessly, requires minimal maintenance, and delivers reliable, low‑cost, high‑quality performance.
The benefits of total productive maintenance (TPM) are quantifiable as a direct contributor to improved bottom‐line performance. Describes the procedures for implementing TPM. Overall TPM aims to result in equipment that is easy to operate flawlessly, requires minimum maintenance effort and is capable of reliable, low‐cost, high‐quality operation. TPM is a practical application of total quality and empowerment of the workforce. It is an indispensable contribution to lean production through just‐in‐time manufacturing and is an essential pillar to those seeking world‐class manufacturing status.