Total Productive Maintenance

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

TPM is a company-wide program that aims to improve the reliability and output of equipment. In addition to a structured process to institute teamwork between operators, maintenance, and others throughout the company, there is an intense focus on OEE, a measure of overall equipment effectiveness. The OEE metric calls attention to all kinds of losses involving equipment, including those related to availability, speed, and quality.

TPM has a number of benefits:

	Improved plant productivity and capacity
	Lower operating costs
	Improved equipment lifespan
	Better ability to satisfy customers

Good Candidates for TPM are organizations having one or more of the following conditions:

	Critical production equipment that has limited back-up
	Lost sales or late deliveries due to insufficient capacity
	Work is outsourced due to insufficient capacity
	High labor costs due to poor equipment performance
	Extra shifts to compensate for low equipment throughput
	High maintenance costs, resulting from breakdowns, disorganized maintenance activities, or emergency maintenance needs
	Equipment bottlenecks