TPM

People tend to want to begin a P-M Analysis on whatever they have identified as a problem from examining the routine production data.

A good P-M Analysis satisfies the following three conditions: (1) It follows the correct thought process There must be a logical thread running from the phenomenon via physical analysis through contributing conditions, then 4-M correlations, to the phenomenon’s possible causes. This point requires careful attention because many P-M Analyses include…

The point is that P-M Analysis is not just another improvement tool; it is an entirely new way of examining and interpreting a situation.

The analysis is thus applied to a limited group of possible causes, while others are left out of the picture.