WHAT IS TPM? | The Goals of TPM | Benefits of TPM

WHAT IS TPM?

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a comprehensive approach to facility maintenance that aims to achieve perfect production and eliminate unplanned breakdowns. TPM maintains and improves equipment reliability, production output, and product quality. As per TPM everyone in a facility should participate in maintenance, rather than just the maintenance team. It engages all levels and functions in an organization to maximize the overall effectiveness of production equipment.

TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) is a approach to equipment maintenance that strives to achieve perfect production. TPM is focused primarily on keeping machinery functioning optimally and minimizing equipment breakdowns and associated waste by making equipment more efficient, conducting preventative, corrective, and autonomous maintenance, mistake-proofing equipment, and effectively managing safety and environmental issues.

The Goals of TPM:
1. No Breakdowns
2. No Small Stops or Slow Running
3. No Defects
4. No Accidents- a safe working environment:

TPM emphasizes proactive and preventative maintenance to maximize the operational efficiency of equipment. It blurs the distinction between the roles of production and maintenance by placing a strong emphasis on empowering operators to help maintain their equipment.
The implementation of a TPM program creates a shared responsibility for equipment that encourages greater involvement by plant floor workers. In the right environment this can be very effective in improving productivity (increasing up time, reducing cycle times, and eliminating defects).

The 8 TPM pillars are:
1. Focused Improvement
2. Autonomous Maintenance
3. Quality Maintenance
4. Planned Maintenance
5. Early Management
6. Training & Education
7. Safety, Environment & Health (SHE)
8. Administrative TPM With 5S as it's Foundation

Benefits of Total Productive Maintenance:
1. Less unplanned downtime resulting in an increase in OEE
2. Reduction in customer complaints increasing brand image.
3. Reduction in workplace accidents
4. Reduction in manufacturing costs, cutting down losses.
5. Increase in product quality
6. Increase in employee confidence levels
7. Produces a clean, orderly workplace
8. Increase in positive attitudes among employees through a sense of ownership
9. Pollution control measures are followed
10. Cross-departmental shared knowledge and experienced

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