Articles: Total Productive Maintenance (Asset Care)

Do Not Be Misled by O.E.E.

Measure of Equipment Effectiveness Often Misused

By Robert M. Williamson, president of Strategic Work Systems

Overall equipment effectiveness (O.E.E.) has been used as one of the more important “maintenance metrics” since Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) came to the U.S. in the late 1980s. O.E.E. is the primary measure used in TPM to identify and quantify the major equipment-related losses and a metric for rating “equipment effectiveness.” O.E.E. has become widely used in many plants with or without the elements of TPM in place since the early years of TPM to quantify equipment effectiveness losses. This usage has also caused some confusion and has led to many misuses of the O.E.E. percentage calculation.

 

 

How can a TPM 1-point lesson help the maintenance effort?

by Keith Rimmer, The Woodhouse Partnership Ltd

1. When considering the condition or performance of an asset we often forget the contribution that our workforce can make. The people who are closest to the human interface with the physical asset often have a wealth of knowledge and information regarding how the asset is performing. But how can we tap into this free and often vital information? One such approach is a "TPM 1-Point Lesson". It requires just two enablers to be in place. You need a motivated and empowered workforce. How important is this to achieving a successful asset Management Company?

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Implementing PDA Inspection Rounds with Asset Basic Care At Barrick Goldstrike Mine

Implementing PDA Inspection Rounds with Asset Basic Care At Barrick Goldstrike Mine by Wayde Esplin, Senior Reliability Supervisor, Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc., Elko, NV, USA and Steve Reilly, Vice President, Design Maintenance Systems Inc., North Vancouver, BC, Canada

Operators as a Maintenance Resource

co-authored by Mahen Das
From 100 Years of Maintenance and Reliability: Practical Lessons from Three Lifetimes at Process Plants
Excerpted by permission of Industrial Press

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
Warren G. Bennis - Management Guru.

The 5S Method of Improvement - Enhancing Safety, Productivity and Culture

by Mike Bresko

Let's face it, we all face tough challenges. Competitive pressures continue unabated. Prices are too low, and costs are too high. Companies strive to reduce costs. Some look to improve technology. Some reduce headcount. Too few have become operationally excellent.

 

Total Productive Maintenance

by - J. Venkatesh

What is Total Productive Maintenance ( TPM ) ?

It can be considered as the medical science of machines. Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a maintenance program which involves a newly defined concept for maintaining plants and equipment. The goal of the TPM program is to markedly increase production while, at the same time, increasing employee morale and job satisfaction.

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