Total Productive Maintenance

Book Information

Full Description:

The successful introduction of TQM and lean enterprise rests heavily upon the requirement to introduce Total Productive Maintenance concepts into the organisation. This book is the result of a five year study of companies operating TPM around the world, including many Japanese, European and American, which are used as examples of best practice. It book contains practical examples and illustrates how the TPM philosophy can be adapted and implemented as part of a lean enterprise strategy and details the tools and techniques for its everyday operation. The text uses diagrams to illustrate key points, together with management check lists and many practical examples.
The book is written for both practitioners and academics in Business and Management Schools. The groups who would be potentially interested include: Managing Directors, Production and Operations Directors, Chief Engineers, and Works Managers, Maintenance Technicians, Team Leaders, Production Teams and Engineering Staff, students of manufacturing and lean enterprise.

Table of Contents:

Competing Against Ignorance
The Modern Industrial Environment
Understanding Total Quality Management
Understanding the Manufacturing Enterprise
Lean Thinking and the Lean Enterprise
Introduction to Maintenance Management
Introduction to Total Productive Maintenance
Defining a Meaningful TPM Strategy and Setting
the Direction for Change
Creating the Management Structure for Company-Wide
TPM Promotion
Creating the Bedrock of TPM: Shopfloor Team
Working and Empowerment
Measuring the Efficiency of the TPM Change
Management Process
Defining the TPM Master Plan
The Tools for Team-Based Problem Solving
Establishing Discipline in the Workplace and the
Visually Superior Factory
Developing Autonomous Maintenance: The Clean,
Lubricate and Inspect Cycle
Advancing the Maintenance Effort
Auditing the Key Features of a TPM System
Conclusions and Appendices

Author Information:

Nick Rich is a member of the Lean Enterprise Unit at Cardiff Business School. He is an expert on lean enterprise concepts and has travelled throughout the world studying the principles and advising companies on its introduction. He has recently undertaken a tour of some of the leading Japanese companies currently at the forefront of lean thinking.