170 Pages
by Productivity Press

170 Pages
by Productivity Press

TPM involves employees companywide in preventing equipment abnormalities and breakdowns. The first line of defense: equipment operators-the people most familiar with daily operating conditions. In addition to regular cleaning and inspection, team-based improvement activities make effective use of operators' hands-on knowledge. How do you organize TPM teams and keep them vital? TPM Team Guide... Read more

Publisher's Message
Foreword
Chapter 1: TPM and Team Activities
Chapter 2: Tips for Managing TPM
Chapter 3: Managing Team Activities
Chapter 4: Keeping Activities Alive
Chapter 5: Making Effective Presentations
Chapter 6: The Workplace Audit
Chapter 7: Tools for Team Activities
Chapter 8: Questions and Answers
Further Reading on Tools for Teamwork
About the Editor

Biography

Shirose Kunio

"A practical guide to the implementation of team-based TPM. This work fills the need for an easily understandable guide that teams can use to begin and sustain their TPM efforts."

Barry Dellinger, Corporate Training Specialist, Vermont America Corporation 06/01/04


"In my search for a starting point for our company's TPM process, I have read several books and articles. Out of these come a lot of information, facts, and figures, but no clear, straightforward facts as to what, when, and how these teams should function. Within TPM Team Guide I found that straightforward, step-by-step guide to TPM team development and success."

Warren Barry, TPM Facilitator, chromalox Engineering, 06/01/04


"TPM Team Guide is a toolbox of practical advice and techniques for starting TPM and keeping it going. Its sensible approach to TPM makes this book the 'how-to manual' for supervisors and operators. The book's format makes it easy to use as a primer for teams beginning TPM and a handy reference guide for existing teams. There's one good concept/idea per page."

Mark O'Brien, TPM Specialists, Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corp of America 06/01/04


"This landmark book brings a new dimension on how to transmit the powerful concepts of TPM, breaking down a complex system into its elements and presenting it in very understandable language."

Luis F. Castro, Light Gauge Product Specialist, ALCOA 06/01/04