Total Productive Maintenance: An American Approach

by Terry Wireman

Book Overview

Shows how TPM can be implemented by modifying many of the standard techniques and programs currently used in the United States. Helps organizations optimize the effective use of corporate assets in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0831130369
• ISBN13: 9780831130367
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Industrial Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Excellent introduction to maintenance and TPM

"Total Productive Maintenance: An American Approach" provides the reader with a good introduction to both TPM and maintenance in general. The author recognizes that most U.S. companies do not have the prerequisites for TPM - a work order system, preventive maintenance schedules, CMMS, inventory controls, etc. - adequately implemented and wisely chooses to cover these topics in some detail before discussing TPM implementation. In doing so, he provides the reader with a wonderful introduction to maintenance management.Typical of Terry Wireman, the book is written in no-nonsense language that gets straight to the point. He resists the temptation to include unnecessary topics and details, and thus is able to adequately cover TPM and many of the maintenance basics in only 186 pages - a true achievement. In addition, Wireman includes several useful tools, such as a maintenance organization maturity grid, a list of typical metrics with benchmarks, and a business case template.This book is a worthwhile read for anybody involved in maintenance.tpmJuly 10, 2002