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TOTAL PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE
1. Improves reliability and maintainability of equipment thereby increasing
productivity and improving quality
2. Develops knowledgeable operators – most of the activities of TPM are
carried out by the operators themselves
3. Helps in building ease in manufacturing and quality assurance at the
product design stage itself
4. Increases value added per employee and promotes automation
5. Helps to establish safe, environment friendly workplace and product,
and favourable workplace by way of education and total employee
involvement
TPM was born on the shop floor of Japanese manufacturers and has been
making progress since then. Many American MNCs like Motorola have
subscribed to the philosophies of TPM and have implemented in their factories.
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