TPM : a route to world-class performance / Peter Willmott and Dennis McCarthy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willmott, Peter.

Contributor:

McCarthy, Dennis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Total productive maintenance.

Plant maintenance--Quality control.

Plant maintenance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Total productive maintenance (TPM), a Japanese management protocol developed to alleviate production losses caused by machine breakdowns has moved on.Through TPM, more companies accept the concept of Zero Breakdowns as achievable. From the foundation of zero breakdowns, world class plants are able to run for complete shifts without the need for intervention. TPM is still pushing back the boundaries of what was thought possible. Driven by the proven principles of TPM, the book emphasises the need to build on existing good practices and to win commitment by delivering resul

Contents:

Front Cover; TPM - A Route to World-Class Performance; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary of TPM terms; Chapter 1. Putting TPM into Perspective from Total Productive Maintenance to Total Productive Manufacturing; Chapter 2. Assessing the true costs and benefits of TPM; Chapter 3. The top-down and bottom-up realities of TPM; Chapter 4. Techniques to deliver the TPM principles; Chapter 5. The TPM Improvement plan; Chapter 6. Applying the TPM improvement plan; Chapter 7. Planning and launching the TPM pilot; Chapter 8. Managing the TPM journey

Chapter 9. TPM for equipment designers and suppliersChapter 10. TPM in administration; Chapter 11. Case Studies; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786611019778

9781281019776

1281019771

9780080519487

0080519482

OCLC:

173517813