Time to add TPM to your glossary. (Total Productive Maintenance)

Food Processing, January, 1994 by Sperber, Bob

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) can be thought of as Total Quality Management customized for maintenance operations. The book 'Introduction to TPM,' by Seiichi Nakajima, introduced TPM to the US. TPM's 12 developmental steps are listed, and Coors Brewing's and Ambrosia Chocolate's implementation of preventive maintenance efforts are discussed.

So you've built a new plant. Or just finished an expansion. Or added a production line. In any case, you're going to have to rethink your maintenance department structure to accommodate new equipment. Worst of all, top management is committed to one of those paradigm things.

You know, Total Quality Management... Continuous Quality Improvement ... teamwork... empowerment. Take heart, plant engineers, now there's an...

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