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How to prevent loss

11/16/2015

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The next phase in our LEAN journey brings us to Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). It's a fancy term for maintenance for preventing downtime, defects, and slow running time. The goal here is for operators to proactively prevent these three types of loss by using maintenance, inspection, and cleaning checklists. 

The process
Under TPM, operators:
  1. Monitor equipment.
  2. Document key data on areas requiring maintenance.
  3. Prioritize preventative steps and improvements, including replacement times for press components based on collected data. 
  4. Create and follow maintenance checklists and schedules. 
  5. Continuously improve.

Down the road
Ultimately, managers can predict when a machine will break down using two metrics:
  1. Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) shows how well equipment performs compared to its capacity.
  2. Total Effective Equipment Performance (TEEP) "measures OEE against calendar hours."
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Source: "What Is Total Productive Maintenance?"
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Donahue Industries, Inc. is a full service international metal stamping manufacturer in Massachusetts specializing in parts for the grinding wheel and wire rope industries. 

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Shrewsbury, MA  01545-5835

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