Planned Maintenance
The Five Main Factors that Cause Equipment to Fail
Goals of Effective Maintenance = (Equipment performs its functions whenever required / At minimal cost)= (Maximize goals / Minimize means of attaining goals)
Read More »The Three Main Reasons Why Equipment Fails
Weaknesses built into the equipment from the start, owing to mistakes or lack of technical expertise at the design, fabrication or installation stages.
Read More »Planned Maintenance Indicators
(1) Failure Frequency “Failure frequency” denotes the incidence of failure as a percentage of loading time (the time during which the equipment is supposed to be operating). The “frequency” part of this term was borrowed from the discipline of safety management. The following formula expresses this index: (2) MTBF (Mean…
Read More »TPM 3 Levels – path to World-Class Manufacturing
5S Autonomous Maintenance Blog Change Management Early Equipment Management Early Product Management Education and Training Focused Improvement Instructor Training Manufacturing Support Planned Maintenance Quality Safety, Health and Environment TPM TPM Introduction World Class Manufacturing
Getting to Level 3 of Total Productive Maintenance will require a LOT OF hard work, but it’s doable. Listed below is a 20-Step process on how to get there, steps 1-12 are part of Level 1 (Excellent Factory), steps 13-17 – Level 2 (Excellent Supply Chain) and finally, steps 18-20…
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4M Analysis Process: Root Cause Guide for Manufacturing
Learn how to use 4M Analysis to find manufacturing root causes across People, Machine, Method, and Material with diagrams, examples, and checklist.
