FACTORS HINDERING TOTAL PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE (TPM) PRACTICE AND IMPORTANCE OF SKILL APPLICATION.

  • Parthasarathi.N, Dr.N.Kumaraswamy, Dr.S.Umamaheswari
Keywords: TPM; factors; skill; OEE; availability; performance; quality; involvement; safety; process capability indices.

Abstract

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a structured equipment-centric continual improvement process that strives to optimize production efficacy by recognizing and abolishing the hindering factors attributing to the equipment and process, through active team-based involvement of skilled employees across all levels of operational hierarchy.  To measure the effectiveness of skill thus serves as an important part of quality control as the skill factor alone or as a part of other factors can impact the final outcome. Hence the paper evaluates the effect of skill on factors affecting TPM by measuring the skill levels using a pre-and post-training analyses model using a TPM training module. This study is deciphered with the significance of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) in the injection molding process. Furthermore, the study was utilized to assess the availability, performance, quality, involvement, and safety factors as a prerogative of the numerical measures in process capability/ skill to obtain the desired manufacturing specifications. The study also elucidates the applications and interpretations of capability indices.

Published
2021-07-08
How to Cite
Dr.S.Umamaheswari, P. D. (2021). FACTORS HINDERING TOTAL PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE (TPM) PRACTICE AND IMPORTANCE OF SKILL APPLICATION. Design Engineering, 2287- 2307. Retrieved from http://thedesignengineering.com/index.php/DE/article/view/2597
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