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TPM to work it’s necessary for it to be a complete team effort. There must be
buy-in from everyone. And once everyone sees the benefits and improvements,
those that may have been slow to adopt it, or even resisted it, will likely
stop resisting. Employees are now empowered to care for their own equipment and
take ownership of its upkeep. This can engender a feeling of pride employees
may not have felt before.

Satisfaction. While all the above-mentioned benefits are important, the best
benefit of a total productive maintenance plan would have to be customer satisfaction.

One of the pillars of TPM is Quality

Maintenance. When improvements are made to the production process results are
often seen not only in an increase of production itself but better quality.
Better quality means customer satisfaction.

Employee resistance was an initial concern for the company, but the positive results soon
changed people’s minds. “In fact, the same people that were hesitating in the beginning were
suddenly asking when their machine would be scheduled for a TPM event,” said Greg Folt,
Manager of Continuous Improvement at MRC Bearings.
There are several total productive maintenance tools that have been designed to aid in making
your road to TPM an easier one to follow. Some of these will be tangible tools, some
are simply effective techniques and even some software. All different ways to
help an organization achieve the tasks they’ve set out to achieve:
mentioned the 5S approach above. If and when all five are implemented—Sort, Set in
Order, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain—there is no doubt that the work environment
will be well organized, clean and safe to work in.

Thanks to TPM’s ongoing focus on preventative and proactive maintenance

workplace disorder is a thing of the past while the lifespan of equipment
increases. A workplace that is productive and efficient is often a safer workplace.

Efficiency. A key component of implementing

TPM is measuring Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
A byproduct of achieving a high OEE is efficiency, as a company is working toward
production lines that aren’t hampered by mechanical defects, breakdowns or accidents.