Techniques to deliver the TPM principles

This chapter discusses Seiici Nakajima's five principles of total productive maintenance (TPM), together with the measurement, condition, and problem prevention of a TPM improvement plan. Nakajima established five pillars for the application of TPM: (1) adopt improvement activities designed to increase the overall equipment effectiveness by attacking the six losses—breakdowns; idling and minor stops; yield, rework, and scrap; setup changeovers; reduced-speed losses; and startup losses, (2) improve existing planned and predictive maintenance systems, (3) establish a level of self-maintenance and cleaning carried out by highly trained operators, (4) increase the skills and motivation of operators and engineers by individual and group development, and (5) initiate maintenance-prevention techniques, including improved design procurement. In addition to the five pillars, the chapter also lists a few additional pillars that build on the change from reactive to proactive management potential released by achieving zero breakdowns.