Tpm Concept and Implementation Approach

The present paper deals with the concept, introduction and implementation approach of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) in detail. TPM is a maintenance program which involves a newly defined concept for maintaining plants and equipment This paper will define TPM history, benefits, it’s (TPM) strengths as a maintenance philosophy, its implementation approach, difficulties in it’s implementation and cost of implementing TPM. The paper also deals with the organization structure required for TPM implementation and shows that how the organization structure affects the results of TPM. The paper also discuss about the right ingredients required for successful TPM implementation. TPM is to Maintenance very much as Total Quality is to Production. The goal of the TPM program is to markedly increase production while, at the same time, increasing employee morale and job satisfaction. The results of implementing TPM program in terms of increased plant efficiency and productivity are outstanding. The paper concludes that the implementation of TPM is definitely not an easy task, which is considerably burdened by organizational, behavioral and other barriers, and necessitates the difficult mission to change peoples’ mindsets from a traditional maintenance approach. Author