TPM implementation in an auto transmission company

In 1993 the new manufacturing manager of Land-Rover Transmissions (LRT) re-launched a total productivity maintenance (TPM) initiative and appointed a TPM champion. As the TPM education programme was developed, the champion taught all production and maintenance managers about the benefits and steps of TPM implementation. Training teams (TT's) were set up to train and guide the implementation teams (IT's). Goals of availability and mean time between failures (MTBF) in short to medium term were the...

BPIR Categories

5.5.4 Schedule & perform maintenance
11.6.3 Manage facilities
9.4.5 Develop functional/process competencies