TPM Consulting
The concepts behind every course and every engagement. Read it in order, or jump to whatever you are stuck on.
The performance of an organisation means the results of its work in their various forms, showing its ability to create satisfaction for customers, emp…
OpenTPM — Total Productive Maintenance — is a philosophy, or a tool for production management, depending on the scope you apply it at. Its ultimate goal i…
OpenReduce loss one type at a time, worst first
OpenThe operator looks after his own machine
OpenMaintenance keeps the machine available
OpenShorten the time skill takes to appear
OpenDesign it easy to run and easy to repair
OpenControl machine accuracy to control quality
OpenRemove the losses in office work
OpenZero accidents, zero pollution
OpenTechnically speaking, productive maintenance is not a form of maintenance in its own right. It gathers the various forms together: breakdown maintenan…
OpenThe twelve steps of TPM discussed here are the steps for applying TPM across the whole organisation — what is called Company-wide TPM. The work divide…
OpenThe seriousness of top management is the single most important factor in the success of TPM — seriousness in policy, seriousness in action, and seriou…
OpenA good machine is not merely one that does not break down, one that runs the moment you switch it on. It must be a machine that, once started, works a…
OpenThe word productivity is translated differently in different languages and given different meanings — raising output, improving production efficiency,…
OpenIndustrial engineering is concerned with designing, improving and installing integrated systems of people, materials and equipment. In a plant the tec…
OpenThe production philosophy an organisation adopts brings with it a particular production system, and different systems carry different advantages, diff…
OpenTPM for the lean factory, or Lean TPM, means TPM directed at maintaining — at managing — the machines so that they support the elimination of waste, i…
OpenA clean, orderly workplace is the foundation of efficient work, and it is the first thing a visitor judges you on. But 5S is not only about tidiness —…
Open3-MU is a way of seeing loss from three angles: muda, work that adds no value; muri, overburden on people or equipment; and mura, unevenness in the wo…
OpenTPM terms in English and Thai, with the explanations used in training.
OpenA three man-day assessment ends with a readiness report, the weaknesses needing urgent attention, and a TPM plan.
