Total Productive Maintenance is a practical and accessible guide designed to help organizations improve equipment reliability, reduce operational losses, and enhance overall productivity through the structured implementation of TPM principles.
This book explains the foundations of Total Productive Maintenance, emphasizing shared responsibility across operations, engineering, and maintenance teams. It explores key maintenance strategies including breakdown maintenance, preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, corrective maintenance, and maintenance prevention, providing clear explanations suitable for both practitioners and learners.
The book details the Eight Pillars of TPM, including Autonomous Maintenance, Focused Improvement, Planned Maintenance, Quality Maintenance, Early Equipment Management, Education and Training, Safety, Health & Environment, and Administration & Office TPM. Each pillar is supported with benefits, objectives, and real-world relevance to manufacturing and industrial environments.
Additional focus is given to loss elimination, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), workplace organization through the 5S methodology, and continuous improvement practices. Written in a structured and visual learning format, this book serves as a valuable reference for engineers, operations managers, maintenance professionals, quality teams, and students of industrial engineering and operations management.
