Implementing Total Productive Maintenance in Machine shop of
Manufacturing Industry–A Case Study
Author (s):
- Meghraj, Chhatrapati Shivaji Institute of Technology, Durg, meghraj.chandra@gmail.com
Abstract:
To evaluate the contributions of total productive maintenance (TPM) initiatives to improve manufacturing performance in the machine shop. Due to frequent failures and breakdowns occurred in machine, require more investment on maintenance due to
which increased in maintenance cost and this results into different losses at work place which cause low availability, poor
performance and low quality of the output ultimately cause low OEE of the machine. The correlations between various TPM
implementation factors and manufacturing performance improvements have been evaluated and validated by employing overall
equipment effectiveness (OEE) in machine shop. OEE of a machine plays an important role in present scenario because it
provides the information about the effectiveness of the equipment.Results obtained through the detailed study reveals the varying
trends in the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and Total Productivity of the machines taken up for the study. The average
values of OEE were found to lay between the ranges of 49% to 61%against world class standards of 85%. The results highlight
the major causes resulting in the downtime and decrease in the productivity. In this paper, a comparative study between World
Class industries where TPM has been implemented and industry which do not follow TPM identifies the various problems
leading to decrease in the overall efficiency of the industry and provides valuable suggestions for the improvement and
methodology for implementing TPM pillars in industry.