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PM Element 1. Indicators The measurement of the maintenance department is essential because this will help operators and tradesmen to visualize problems in the equipment, prioritize activities, and control the progress. At the beginning of TPM, these Indicators are necessary. Breakdown Breakdown means any unexpected stoppage equals 10 minutes or…

PM Element 2. Zero Breakdown Activities The biggest challenge during the TPM implementation is to change the tradesmen’s mindset from the reactive approach (firefighters) to a proactive approach (machine physicians). The first step is to explain that a repair does not finish when they fix the machine, but it ends…

The strategy development process includes six steps and answers six critical questions: Step 1: Mission of the BusinessKey Questions: What is the mission of the business? Step 2: Business AnalysisKey Questions: What are our unique strengths and weakness? Step 3: Industry AnalysisKey Questions: What are opportunities and threats? Step 4:…

Randomly scheduled audits for compliance are essential to sustain a 5S environment. Frequency of audit dependent on “traffic”, “risk”, demonstrated compliance (sustaining efforts, past audits), etc.