Simplified Roadmap

SOURCE: https://www.leanproduction.com/tpm.html

- Identify Pilot Area

For a company with limited TPM experience and/or support (whether through internal staff or

external consultants) the best choice is usually the Easiest to Improve equipment.

For a company with moderate or strong TPM experience and/or support (whether through

internal staff or external consultants) the best choice is almost always the Constraint/Bottleneck

equipment. The key is to minimize potential risk by building temporary stock and otherwise

ensuring that unanticipated stop time can be tolerated.

Teams often gravitate to selecting the Most Problematic equipment. This, however, is rarely the

best choice (unless it happens to also be the Constraint/Bottleneck).

- Restore Equipment to Prime Condition

First, a 5S program should be initiated (including both operators and maintenance

personnel).

Next, an Autonomous Maintenance program should be initiated. Strive to build a consensus

between operators and maintenance personnel on which recurring tasks can be productively
performed by operators. In many cases, light training will be required to bring up the skill
level of operators.
 - Start Measuring OEE

To be continued…