TPM Checklist

1. Policy and objectives

 How is equipment management integrated into company policy?

 Are equipment management policy and objectives set and prioritized
correctly?
 Are the management guidelines and evaluation criteria stipulated?
 Are long-term and annual plans integrated?
 Are policy and objectives thoroughly understood and implemented?
 Are accurate checks done to make sure objectives are being met?
 Are the year’s results considered in formulating goals, objectives and
plans for the next year?
2. Organization and operation

 Are the organization and personnel assignments right for

managing the equipment?
 Is a good organization in place for promoting TPM?
 Is the TPM promotion organization in close contact with
production lines?
 Are all the necessary departments participating fully in TPM?
 Is effective co-ordination being done between the head office
and the factories?
 Are there any impediments to the exchange and use of
information?
 Are relations good with any subcontractors responsible for
equipment, dies, tools and maintenance work?
3. Small-group activities and autonomous
maintenance

 Is the organization of the small groups right?

 How are small-group activity objectives set?
 Do the groups meet frequently and are their meetings lively?
 Are there lots of good suggestions, and are they handled
properly?
 How is goal attainment ascertained?
 Do operators take the initiative in maintaining their equipment?
 4. Training

 Do the different departments understand TPM?

 Are the training programmes broad enough and their curricula
right?
 Do the training programs follow the curricula?
 How many people have technical or expert certifications?
 How knowledgeable and skilled are people in maintenance
techniques?
 How is skill assessment done?
 Is there any way to make sure the training is having an effect?
5. Equipment maintenance

 Are the 5-S being implemented?

- Is the machinery clean and free of dust, filings, oil and other
waste material?
- Have policies been instituted to deal with dirt, places that
cause soiling and places that are difficult to clean, inspect and
lubricate?
- Are lubrication labels, gauge limitations, bolt tighten-to-her
marks and other visible indicators used?
- Are all of the tools, materials, gauges and other things stored
neatly and kept clean?
6. Equipment maintenance

 Are equipment diagnosis techniques used in these cases?

- Cracking, corrosion and loosening?
- Abnormal vibration, heating and noise?
- Water, oil, gas and air leakage?
 Are power lines, water lines, hydraulic lines and other lines
neatly and properly handled?
 Are oils properly selected and properly replaced or filtered at the
appropriate intervals?
7. Planning management

 Are the appropriate efforts being made to improve maintenance

techniques and efficiently?
 Are the equipment standards properly set and enforced in a
planned manner?
 Are monthly and annual maintenance plans drawn up and
implemented properly?
 Are the purchasing plans for spare parts and other maintenance
equipment properly drawn up (e.g.. How much of what to buy
from where) and are such things cared for?
 Are equipment blueprints well cared for?
 Are the dies, tools and gauges properly cared for?
Planning management...

 Are good records being kept on equipment wear and equipment

failures that mandate stoppages or other maintenance efforts?
 Are maintenance records used to improve processes?
 Are the right maintenance techniques properly applied?
8. Equipment investment plans and maintenance
planning

 Is equipment investment co-ordinated with the

development of new products and new processes?
 Is equipment investment cost-effective?
 How is the plant investment budget drawn up and
controlled?
 Are maintenance planning suggestions duly reflected in
equipment investment standards?
 Are reliability and maintenance duly considered in
selecting, designing and placing equipment?
Equipment investment plans and maintenance
planning...

 Is equipment closely monitored in the start up stages

 Is the company good at developing its own dies, tools and
equipment?
 Are pollicies promptly instituted to keep major problems from
recurring?
 Are plant assets properly managed?
9. Production volume, scheduling, quality and cost

 Is the equipment control closely integrated with production

volume and scheduling?
 Is equipment control closely integrated with quality control?
 Are maintenance budgets drawn up and managed properly?
 Is the energy and other resource conservation practiced?
10. Safety, sanitation and environmental
conservation

 Are sound policies in place for safety, sanitation and

environmental conservation?
 Are the right organizations in place for safety, sanitation and
environmental conservation?
 Are safety, sanitation and environmental conservation methods
known and practiced?
 Is the equipment investment integrated with safety, sanitation
and environmental conservation considerations?
 Are safety and sanitation policies paying off?
 Do environmental pollicies meet all of the legal requirements?
 11. Results and assessments

 Are results properly measured?

 Are policies being implemented and objectives met?
 Is maintenance paying off in terms of enhanced productivity
and other management aims?
 Does the company make an effort to publicize its activities
and its successes?
 Does the company know where the problems are?
 Have plans been drawn up for future progress?