TOTAL PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE AS A REQUIREMENT OF WORLD CLASS MANUFACTURING

Abstract

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is one of the approaches to World Class Manufacturing which is the application of TQM philosophy and tools in the fields of production, quality assurance and maintenance. TPM aims at eliminating the wastes due to machine downtime and product quality - By maximizing equipment effectiveness and productivity and eliminating machine losses; - By creating team ownership and involvement: - By promoting continuous improvement through problem solving activities involving people from production, quality assurance and maintenance. After outlining a possible approach to Total Productive Maintenance, the author examines how the contradiction of productive management strategies aiming at maximum availability with minimum costs can be resolved.