Objective:

Total Productive Maintenance is a means by which team members work toward eliminating equipment breakdowns, increasing machine performance and creating a satisfactory workplace. Through team efforts, the group learns how to effectively measure equipment efficiency and takes steps to improve the operation.

Goals of this Program:

At the completion of this training program, the participants will be able to understand the impact of chronic equipment failures on company profits. Participants will understand the basics of maintenance reliability and how to implement an effective TPM program.

Program Outline:

1. Introduction to Lean Manufacturing and Forms of Waste.
2. Defining Standardized Work
3. Components of Standardized Work
   1. Introduction to Lean Manufacturing and Forms of Waste.
   2. Maintenance: An Investment or Liability
   3. Preventing Machine Troubles
   4. Problems: Chronic versus Special Causes
   5. Five Causes of Machine Troubles
   6. Small Group Activities
   7. Six Losses of Equipment Performance
   8. TPM Implementation Plan
   9. Overall Equipment Effectiveness
   10. Autonomous Maintenance
   11. Summary