Introducing TPM [total productive maintenance]

Total productive maintenance (TPM) challenges the view that maintenance is no more than a function that operates in the background and only appears when needed. The objective of TPM is to engender a sense of joint responsibility between supervision, operators and maintenance workers, not simply to keep machines running smoothly, but also to extend and optimise their performance overall. The results are proving to be effective. The goals of TPM are measured using an overall equipment effectiveness ratio