IMPROVED TOTAL PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE USING LEAN PRINCIPLES IN AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING AND MAINTENANCE

Integrative Total Productive Maintenance: Lean Practices

A key aspect of lean manufacturing practices is the implementation of an integrative total productive maintenance (TPM) system. Manufacturers and others implementing lean practices need to understand the importance of employee involvement and support of an integrative TPM approach. The paper summarizes key aspects in the literature associated with team based and union environment that support a...

Implementing Successful Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) in a Manufacturing Plant

This study examines the impact of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) implementation on an organization in terms of productivity and quality levels. The human resource aspect was investigated to assess motivation of operators through training to reduce set up times, change over stoppages, defects rate and resource wastage on the shop floor. Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) implementation case ...

Applying Total Productive Maintenance - Tpm Principles in the Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Learning curve analysis in total productive maintenance

The continuous improvement concepts such as total quality management, just-in-time and total productive maintenance have been widely recognized as a strategic weapon and successfully implemented in many organizations. In this paper, we focus on the application of total productive maintenance (TPM). A random e3ect non-linear regression model called the Time Constant Model was used to formulate a...

Implementing Total Productive Maintenance ( Tpm ) in Malaysian Manufacturing Organisation : an Operational Strategy Study

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) has been recognized as one of the significant operation strategy to regain the production losses due to equipment inefficiency. Many organizations have implemented TPM to improve their equipment efficiency and to obtain the competitive advantage in the global market in terms of cost and quality. In the implementation of TPM in a manufacturing organization, bot...