Author: Tokutaro Suzuki (ed.)
Our most comprehensive book on TPM. What's the big deal? TPM - no three letters have ever had a more remarkable impact on profitability and equipment management. We're talking about a system so effective it can reduce equipment breakdowns to almost zero and increase worker productivity to 150%. TPM is a plantwide, equipment-focused, team-based activity aimed at dramatically improving quality, manufacturing cost, and delivery time; involving everyone directly in equipment management issues. In this book, nine authors give you all the details you need to implement TPM, as well as specific applications and examples from chemical, food, textile and other process industries. This book takes you beyond the theory to actually help you plan and prepare the environment and select the right equipment. Any manager facing low operator/machine ratio, managing large equipment, or conducting extensive improvement activities will want to read this book. Selected Contents: Origin and Development of TPM. Overall Plant Effectiveness. What is Focused Improvement? Developing an Autonomous Maintenance Program. Equipment Management in Process Industries. Quality Maintenance. Education and Training in TPM. TPM in Administrative Support Departments. TPM and Safety and Environment Management. Zero accidents and Zero Pollution. TPM Small Group Activities. Measuring TPM Effectiveness. The PM Prize. (Also available in Spanish - call for details)
