... production system. Farman A. Moayed can be contacted at: fmoayed@indstate.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Lean production Maintenance Productive maintenance The lean production system is not new, but is useful enough that many companies are still adapting it in order...

...I.P.S. Ahuja; Pankaj Kumar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the contributions of successful total productive maintenance (TPM) initiatives to competitive manufacturing. It also seeks to critically examine the implications of strategic TPM implementation initiatives in an Indian...

...Rambabu Kodali; Rajesh Prasad Mishra; G. Anand Purpose In recent times, many organizations implementing total productive maintenance (TPM) have been failing in their attempts. Researchers attribute these failures to the shortcomings of TPM and of the implementing organizations. This paper aims...

... Publishing Limited 2008 Productive maintenance India Manufacturing Competitive strategy The manufacturing industry has undergone a significant change over the last two decades. The intense competition has been witnessed in terms of low costs, improved quality and diverse products...

...Andrew Thomas; Richard Barton; Paul Byard Purpose Both total productive maintenance (TPM) and Six Sigma are key business process strategies, which are employed by companies to enhance their manufacturing performance. The purpose of this paper, therefore, will be to develop and implement...

... be contacted at: sbatam@yahoo.com.hk; allen.tam@silcar.com.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Maintenance Production management Return on investment Productive maintenance We propose that maintenance is a business function such as any other in a business; it has to prioritise...

...I.P.S. Ahuja; J.S. Khamba Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the challenges before Indian manufacturing organizations for adapting to proactive total productive maintenance (TPM) initiatives. The aim of this research is to critically examine the factors influencing the implementation...

...I.P.S. Ahuja; J.S. Khamba Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify maintenance‐related losses for ascertaining and addressing the performance losses, and affecting improvements in the manufacturing performance in an organization through strategic total productive maintenance (TPM...

...Panagiotis Tsarouhas Purpose The purpose of this paper is to adopt the total productive maintenance (TPM) in the food industry and especially in bakery products. The paper aims to develop a methodology for increasing production rate, improving the quality of the products and providing a healthier...

...V.R. Pramod; S.R. Devadasan; S. Muthu; V.P. Jagathyraj; G. Dhakshina Moorthy Purpose To provide maintenance engineering community with a model named “Maintenance quality function deployment” (MQFD) for nourishing the synergy of quality function deployment (QFD) and total productive maintenance...

...Ohwoon Kwon; Hongchul Lee This paper presents a new calculating methodology for estimating the quantitative monetary managerial effects as a result of total productive maintenance (TPM) activities. The suggested methodology is to calculate the total saving monetary amount composed of contribution...