Implementation of Total Productive Maintenance in Food Industry: TPM in a Milk Plant - Softcover

Bajwa, Gurvinder Singh; Belokar, Rajendra Madhukar

 
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Synopsis

To improve the operational status of a company, there are required strategies that aim to eliminate waste, ensure quality and reduce costs. The approach to Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) leads to the development of methods and management tools that promote organizational change, especially at human resources level. TPM philosophy supports a culture in which the operator develops a sense of belonging towards the equipment that he handles, getting to know them better, ensures a climate of continuing efforts towards the targets of belonging, developing skills and competencies, to continually stimulate the operators action improvement. Development of one of TPM pillars, autonomous maintenance, is at the root of these changes. In this case, through the sense of belonging, it is promoted the interest of operators for their work and performance, providing organizational advantages at all levels. TPM implementation not only improves availability and confidence in the equipment, but also provides progress and increasing in production, in product quality development and develops a team spirit culture, while it also increases work capacity among individuals.

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About the Author

Gurvinder Singh Bajwa holds Ph.D in the field of Electronics from Monad Univ., Hapur, 2013. M-Tech Total Quality Engineering and Management from PEC Univ. Chandigarh. M-Tech Electronics and Telecommunication from J.R.N.R.V Univ. Udaipur with specialization in Instrumentation and Control, 2007. B-Tech (Electronics & Instr.) from Punjab Tech. Univ.

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