TPM

 TPM DEFINITION

• TPM is a productive maintenance involving total participation.
• TPM  is a productive maintenance implemented by all employees in an organization.
• TPM covers everyone from operators to senior management in equipment improvementTPM is a productive maintenance implemented by all employees in an organization.

TPM IN THREE WORD

T- TOTAL - All individual in an organization Working together

P- PRODUCTIVE - Production of goods that meet or exceed customer's expectation

M- MAINTENANCE - keeping equipment and plant in good condition all time

HISTORY OF TPM

• It is an innovative Japanese concept.
• Developed in 1951.
• Nippondenso was the first company to implement TPM in 1960.
• Based on these developments, Nippondenso was awarded the prestigious Plant Award by the Japanese Institute of Plant Engineers (JIPE) for developing and implementing TPM.
• Nippondenso becomes 1 company to obtain TPM certificate

GOALS OF TPM

• Increase in production quality.
• Increase job satisfaction.
• Using teams for continuous improvement.
• Improvement in maintenance conditions.
• Empower employees.

WHY TPM

• Avoid wastage in a rapidly changing economic environment.
• Reduce the cost of production.
• Produce lower batch quantities in the initial time.
• Goods shipped to customer must be non-defective

Within TPM there are five developmental activities

1. Use small group activities to improve equipment effectiveness by eliminating major equipment related losses.
2.  Involve operators in daily maintenance activities to maintain basic equipment condition (daily cleaning, lubrication, inspection, tightening)
3. Increasing the efficiency and cost effectiveness of maintenance work through better scheduling and management.
4. Training to improve the skills of all involved (operators, maintenance mechanics, supervisors, management etc.).
5. An initial equipment management program to prevent start up and / or ongoing problems with new equipment (adopting a total life cycle cost approach to equipment management)