TPM: Collected Practices and Cases

Equipment downtime can bring a lean manufacturing operation to a complete standstill. Total productive maintenance (TPM) is fundamental to lean implementation as machine failure at any stage of a continuous flow process will halt all the steps before and after it. Strategies aimed at eliminating downtime are essential to any operation in which the processes require the use of complex machinery and equipment. TPM: Collected Practices and Cases provides a variety of case studies taken from articles previously published in the Lean Manufacturer Advisor, a monthly newsletter by Productivity Press.