Abstract
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) relates to managing activities that are productive and implemented by each individual in an organization. The main focus of TPM is to maximize the overall equipment effectiveness of the asset which is utilized to produce the goods and services. TPM was an equipment management strategy that originated in 1951 in Japan. It was designed to support Total Quality Management. Japanese realized a company cannot produce a stable quality product with poorly-maintained equipments. Thus TPM was introduced in the 1950s and mainly focused on the preventive maintenance. When new equipment was installed, implementing the preventive maintenance recommendations by the equipment manufacturer was the main focus. When the equipment operated at designed specifications and had no breakdowns, it was rated high. During the 1960s, TPM shifted its focus on maintenance, productive maintenance, the importance of reliability and economic efficiency in the plant design. Thus a lot of data was collected about the equipment. Then the data was fed back into the design, procurement and equipment management.
