Total Productive Maintenance

Overview/Description
How do you ensure that the maintenance requirements of physical assets are met as cheaply and effectively as possible? The goal is to reduce downtime and minimize maintenance costs. Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a systematic approach to eliminating waste associated with production equipment and machinery. It is an approach that seeks to engage all levels and functions in an organization to maximize the overall effectiveness of production equipment. This course examines how TPM emphasizes the importance of production and maintenance staff members working together. It also describes how TPM seeks continuous improvement of production equipment effectiveness through periodic evaluations. In addition, the requirements to successfully implementing TPM are covered.

Target Audience


Candidates for Black Belt certification; managers/executives overseeing personnel involved in the implementation of Six Sigma in their organization; consultants involved in implementing a Six Sigma proposal; and organizations implementing a Six Sigma project

Expected Duration


2.5 hours

Objectives :

Lesson Overview

  • recognize the benefits of Total Productive Maintenance

    • The Five Pillars of TPM

  • match each main pillar of TPM to its function
  • recognize how the maintenance mind-sets evolved over time

    • The Six Major Losses

  • recognize examples of the six major losses associated with TPM
  • match examples of the six major losses to the TPM time concepts

    • Overall Equipment Effectiveness

  • recognize the correct usage of the OEE formula in a given scenario
  • identify the benefits of using overall equipment effectiveness

    • Lesson Overview

  • recognize the benefits of implementing TPM with teams

    • Successful TPM Implementation

  • recognize examples of the implementation of each TPM step

    • The TPM Action Team

  • recognize the role of action teams in TPM

    • Applying TPM

  • apply the steps for putting TPM into practice


    • Course Number: oper_01_a04_bs_enus