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An Alternative Structure for Total Productive Maintenance

Christoph Roser — Tue, 04 May 2021 11:00:25 +0000

Maintenance is good. Maintenance is useful. But like all other tools, the wrong type of maintenance can cause more problems than it wants to solve. Hence, in this post I would like to point out some of the flaws of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). Don’t get me wrong. TPM is useful and has its strengths, ... Read more

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How to Do Reactive Maintenance

Christoph Roser — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 11:00:52 +0000

In this post I will finally go into more details on reactive maintenance. I already explained in my last post that I am missing the reactive maintenance in the eight pillars of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), as well as preventive maintenance being often the better approach. The goal of reactive maintenance is to resolve breakdowns ... Read more

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The Pillars of TPM – The Missing Pillar Reactive Maintenance?

Christoph Roser — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:00:32 +0000

In the last few posts I went in detail through the eight pillars of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). However, looking at this framework of eight pillars, besides having a few pillars too many, I am sorely missing one very important pillar: Reactive Maintenance! How do you fix stuff after it breaks? If I create a ... Read more

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The Pillars of TPM – Quality, Training, Administration, and Safety

Christoph Roser — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:00:52 +0000

This post continues the series on the pillars of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). Here we look at the last four pillars: quality, training, administrative, and safety. However, I find those pillars weaker than the first four. While the topics are important, in my view they should not be separate pillars. I think these topics are ... Read more

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The Pillars of TPM – Early Equipment Management

Christoph Roser — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 11:00:36 +0000

The next pillar of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is Early Equipment management. This includes topics like design for maintenance. It is also a valid tool, although it is hard to estimate how much early equipment management is right for your company. Nevertheless, it may give you inspiration to improve your shop floor. For a quick ... Read more

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The Pillars of TPM – Planned Maintenance

Christoph Roser — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 11:00:42 +0000

The next pillar in this series on Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is planned maintenance. The idea is instead of fixing issues after the machine breaks, you do maintenance so it doesn’t break in the first place. Like autonomous maintenance, this is one of the pillars where TPM really shines and adds value to manufacturing. Let’s ... Read more

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The Pillars of TPM – Autonomous Maintenance

Christoph Roser — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:00:11 +0000

This small series on Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) looks at the pillars of the TPM framework. This particular post focuses on the topic of autonomous maintenance, which I think is a valid and useful pillar of TPM. It is one of the pillars of the framework where TPM really shines and adds a lot of ... Read more

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The Pillars of TPM – Focused Improvement

Christoph Roser — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:00:49 +0000

In this and subsequent posts I will have a deeper look at the different pillars of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). This first post looks at the pillar of focused improvement, which is practically identical with continuous improvement. However, it can be argued if this should be its own pillar or if it should be part ... Read more

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