Manufacturing Productivity Improvement Is Important Term Paper

Aiquang (2007) conducted a review of Bosch Group, the global supplier of automotive, building and industrial technology as well as consumer goods. Before implanting TPM they spent several hours in solving machine/equipment problems, while the operators and line leaders did not know how to assist them.

Gurinder Singh (2006) conducted a review of Total Productive Maintenance and found that faced with an economy in recession, increasing competition, an installed capacity greater than demand, and sales price and raw material cost dictated by the market, total productive maintenance (TPM) may be the only thing that stands between success and total failure for some companies. The TPM program shifts responsibility for routine equipment maintenance from the maintenance department to process owners and production employees. It merges the best features of productive and predictive maintenance with innovative management strategies and total employee involvement.

Sun, Yam and Wai-Keung (2003) reviewed a pilot implementation and evaluation of Total Productivity Maintenance (TPM) in the advanced manufacturing environment of a Hong Kong Manufacturing company.The pilot project turned out to be very successful in improving overall productivity. They found the experiences good and thought that they would be very useful for the company to apply to all aspects of their manufacturing.

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Sun, Hongyi, Yam, Richard and Wai-Keung, Ng. (2003). The implementation and evaluation of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) -- an action case study in a Hong Kong manufacturing company. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.

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