Implementation of Total Productive Maintenance TPM For Improvement of Overall Equipment Effectiveness OEE In Manufacturing Industries

Abstract

Providing high quality products and services on schedule is essential for manufacturers in today s economically competitive market. Good maintenance methods are essential for maximizing machine uptime, decreasing production costs, and keeping product quality up to parity with industry requirements. newlineMaintenance efficiency can be improved with the use of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). The ultimate objective is for all employees to coordinate their efforts so that all resources are fully utilized. Unfortunately most industries in manufacturing are not well-equipped to reap the benefits of TPM techniques. newlineThe goal of the research is to investigate how widely TPM is used and known among the targeted SMEs (Appendix-1). Fifty SMEs from the engineering, ancillary and manufacturing industries will be the focus of the survey research. Primarily 24 well-crafted questions were identified and formulated about how TPM has been implemented to create a structured questionnaire. CEOs, directors, managers, engineers and supervisors are all involved into the mix as participants. There will be a 5-point Likert scale to rate the responses. newlineSimple charts and tables are used to break down the data and interpretations are made based on the responses. Twenty Six out of Fifty Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) have implemented TPM while the remaining Twenty Four have not done so. The analysis provides insight into the TPM adoption rates of SMEs and the barriers that prevent some from adopting the methodology. newlineLarge corporations have been the ones to adopt management strategies like Just-in-time (JIT), Total Quality Management (TQM) and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). These methods are however accessible to SMEs in developing countries like India. newlineSMEs account for around 75 percent of India s total industrial population (Jutla et al., 2002). These SMEs provide vital support to their large competitors by supplying them with a wide range of goods and services. newline