Strategies for Industrial Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering

From TPM for Supervisors by Kunio Shirose:

1. It aims at getting the most efficient use of equipment (i.e. overall efficiency)
2. It establishes a total (companywide) PM system encompassing maintenance prevention, preventive maintenance, and improvement-related maintenance.
3. It requires the cooperation of equipment designers and engineers, equipment operators, and maintenance workers.
4. It involves every employee in the company.
5. It promotes and implements PM through small-group or team activities.

Related posts:

1. The Five Pillars of TPM
2. Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices by Ramesh Gulati
3. Preventive Maintenance (Maintenance Strategy Series Volume 1)
4. Downward Innovation