Total Productive Maintenance by Agustiady, Tina; Cudney, Elizabeth A.;

Short description:

Leading the industries in a particular market requires predicting processes before they fail. Understanding the art of Total Productive Maintenance, in a sense of predicting, correcting and communicating, ensures positive results. The art of effective communication in order to see positive results of TPM and continuous improvement requires the r

Long description:

A systematic approach to improving production and quality systems, total productive maintenance (TPM) involves all employees through a moderate investment in maintenance. Therefore, a successful TPM implementation requires support of all employees from C-level on down. Total Productive Maintenance: Strategies and Implementation Guide highlights the importance of effective communication on all levels to successful TPM implementation. It also discusses the role of the right set of tools from the right perspective?and demonstrates how to obtain a healthy balance of both.

Authors Tina Agustiady and Elizabeth Cudney recognized a need for better understanding of how to apply and integrate the TPM philosophy and its associated tools and techniques. In this book they build a framework of problem-solving methods and tools from the TPM toolkit that help you understand the problems, develop process improvements, and develop a plan to implement change. They also provide an overview and introduction to the TPM methodology, detailed information on TPM implementation, and in-depth case studies.

A major highlight of the book is the inclusion of case studies and applications of TPM that have shown significant improvement in meeting customer requirements and reducing downtime of processes. These in-depth descriptions demonstrate how to successfully apply TPM based on real-world projects from a wide variety of processes. They provide hands-on experience?an invaluable resource when instructing the use of methods and tools in training or in a classroom. And, these case studies give you detailed step-by-step approaches to TPM integration with clear direction from project infancy to completion.

"? a ?must buy? ? this book should find a place on the shelves of the many students, teachers and practitioners who are tasked with maintaining the ever increasing technological contexts of manufacturing and services."
?Brian Peacock, Professor, School of Science and Technology, SIM University, Singapore

"?provides detailed coverage of tools and techniques related to TPM for both novices and veterans in the field. This book provides a comprehensive roadmap and toolkit to aid readers in implementation of TPM and is written in a clear and concise way.
?Matthew Franchetti, The University of Toledo

Table of Contents:

Methodology. Introduction. Overview. Types of maintenance. Overall equipment effectiveness. Four-phase approach. Implementation. Introducing and institutionalizing TPM. Preparatory stage. Introduction stage. Implementation. Institutionalizing stage. TPM Pillars. Case Studies.