TPM: situation and procedure for a soft introduction in Italian factories

Personalization of products, mix variability and short time to market are the most important factors that have forced companies to a new form of organization during past years. A very common reply to this question is a lean organization based on flexibility of productive lines, reduction of storage and integration among company sections. In this context, quite differently from a traditional system, the maintenance function must work efficiently. Also the maintenance division must contribute to the success of the factory. Aims to introduce a methodology for a soft and tenable application of the principles of total productive maintenance (TPM) in Italian factories. The first step of the study is an explanation of the actual situation, usually based on traditional or on productive maintenance. After a brief introduction, focuses on TPM links with productive maintenance in order to suggest a method for TPM. Concludes with a real application of TPM in a big factory, with a description of a world leader in plant manufacturing for the ceramics industry.

[1]  Seiji Tsuchiya.  Quality Maintenance: Zero Defects Through Equipment Management , 1992 .

[2]  M. Sanderson,et al.  IBM Austin Industrial Business Center total productive maintenance - The beginning , 1993, Proceedings of 15th IEEE/CHMT International Electronic Manufacturing Technology Symposium.

[3]  Hussein Naguib.  A roadmap for the implementation of total productive maintenance (TPM) in semiconductor manufacturing operations , 1993, [1993 Proceedings] IEEE/SEMI International Semiconductor Manufacturing Science Symposium.

[4]  Oscar Hauptman,et al.  Effectiveness of Organizational Responses to Technological Change in the Production Process , 1992 .

[5]  J. Konopka,et al.  Implementation of overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) system at a semiconductor manufacturer , 1997, Twenty First IEEE/CPMT International Electronics Manufacturing Technology Symposium Proceedings 1997 IEMT Symposium.

[6]  G. Chand,et al.  Implementation of TPM in cellular manufacture , 2000 .

[7]  Frank H. Maier,et al.  Implementation and Outcomes of Total Productive Maintenance , 1998 .

[8]  H. Naguib,et al.  The implementation of total quality management (TQM) in a semiconductor manufacturing operation , 1993 .

[9]  D. Hutchins.  Introducing TPM [total productive maintenance] , 1998 .

[10]  R. Schroeder,et al.  Total productive maintenance: a contextual view , 1999 .

[11]  J. Konopka.  A TPM-Inspired Factory Throughput Analysis Tool , 1994, International Symposium on Semiconductor Manufacturing, Extended Abstracts of ISSM.

[12]  G. Ravishankar,et al.  Competitive manufacturing through total productive maintenance , 1992, [1992 Proceedings] IEEE/SEMI International Semiconductor Manufacturing Science Symposium.

[13]  I. Ahuja,et al.  Tpm: Total Productive Maintenance , 1990 .