B.
Panchanatheeswaran - TPM
Consultant
Flow Chart - Autonomous Maintenance
Step 1 Initial Cleaning
Step 2 Countermeasures for Forced Deterioration
& Improving Hard to Access Areas
Step 3 Preparation of Tentative Standards for
Autonomous Maintenance
Step 4 General Inspection
Step 5 Autonomous Inspection
Step 6 Standardization
Step 7 Full Autonomous Management
B. Panchanatheeswaran - TPM Consultant
Flow Chart - Autonomous Maintenance – Step 1
Initial Cleaning
Select the Machine Plan -
Rectify the defects
Pass
Plan - No
Form Team Hard to access
areas as easy to access Yes
Photograph the Remove Unwanted
Machine materials Go to Step
2
Clean the Machine & Establish
Identify the defects Pre Fixed Locations
Identify Hard to
Audit for Step 1
Access Areas
B. Panchanatheeswaran - TPM Consultant
Flow Chart - Autonomous Maintenance – Step 2
Countermeasures for Forced Deterioration & Improving
Hard to Access Areas
Rectify all the Defects found in Step 1
(Removal of Tags)
Convert all Hard to Access
Areas as Easy to access
Audit for Step 2
No Yes Go to Step
Pass
3
B. Panchanatheeswaran - TPM Consultant
Flow Chart - Autonomous Maintenance – Step 3
Preparation of Tentative Standards for AM
Tentative Standards for Audit for Step 3
AM
Prepare Checklists
for the Standards Yes Sustain the
Pass Improvements
Educate and train all the
related No
Staff on the standards
Go to Step 4
Visual Displays
On the machine
B. Panchanatheeswaran - TPM Consultant