..., conclusions, limitations of the study and some ideas for future research. First, it is interesting to review how modern maintenance paradigms address the recovery of OEs. Perhaps, the most prevalent modern maintenance framework is that of TPM, the brainchild of Seiichi Nakajima, former Chair...

... in different contexts, covering not only TQM but also other QM systems such as ISO 9001, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Lean Manufacturing, Theory of Constraints (TOC), and Six Sigma Continuous Improvement projects. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach Based...

... of electric cable shovels. Therefore, maintainability analysis is imperative for any successful total productive maintenance (TPM) program (Ahuja and Khamba, 2008). Undoubtedly, any competitive total quality management (TQM) initiative may not survive without a meticulously implemented TPM program (Seth...

...Abhishek Jain; Rajbir S. Bhatti; Harwinder Singh Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce mobile maintenance a new concept of total productive maintenance (TPM) implementation practice, especially in small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs). This study tries to introduce this new...

...Prasanth S. Poduval; V. R. Pramod; Jagathy Raj V. P. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the application of Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) to analyze the barriers in implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). TPM is explained in brief with emphasis...