Strategic Implementation of Total Productive Maintenance in an Indian Manufacturing Organization:A Case Study

Competitive pressures and changing production management paradigms, in recent years, have increased the importance of reliable and consistent production equipment. Equipment management has received significant attention during the recent years in the manufacturing industry because of the industry's dynamic characteristics and the increasing cost of capital equipment. The recent conipetitive trends have been pushing manufacturing executives to reconsider the impact and importance of increasing equipment availability and utilization, maintenance productivity, resource utilization, and enhancing quality and responsiveness of maintenance services. One approach to improve the performance of maintenance activities is to implement Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) initiatives. TPM has emerged as an indispensable strategy for manufacturing organizations across the globe to meet customer's demands on price, quality and lead times. In the last one and a half decades, leading Indian manufacturing entrepreneurs have taken proactive steps and initiatives to imbibe state of the art maintenance improvement initiatives and philosophies in the organizations to realize enhanced manufacturing performance. The study highlights the contributions made by holistic TPM implementation in an Indian manufacturing organization.