Rising costs, domestic and international competition, more demanding customers, increasingly complex machines require safe, uninterrupted operation, consistent quality, competitive pricing and timely deliveries. Most effective operation and maintenance of machines and equipment assumes far greater importance in this situation. While it is true that no one, including various levels of management and workers, want conflict, loss of time due to breakdowns, poor quality and accidents, these continue to occur. Top Management sometimes takes some initiatives like inviting consultants or getting people trained in specified areas. However, by and large the situation remains the same. The reason, therefore, is not lack of desire to do well. The fundamental malice is in the system of management. It is this aspect that this book tries to address while also discussing some basic principles of maintenance. It focuses on need and measures for enhancing effectiveness of the organization by evolving and implementing fundamental changes in managerial philosophy and practices. Choice of the title of the book is very deliberate. The whole approach discussed in the book is directed towards building a system and climate that would enable ensuring most effective operation and maintenance of capital equipment while also developing a collaborative and co-ordinated functioning of various wings and levels in the organization. Far too often, people concerned want and try to achieve results like no breakdowns, no rejects and no accidents quickly. This book attempts to convey to them that quick fixes and quick results are not possible and that concentrated and committed effort is required over a long period of time to create conditions and environment for results. It is in this context that while the book discusses various approaches to maintenance and describes some elementary techniques for planning, it lays emphasis on the need for a change in management thinking and on involvement of all from top to the lowest for achieving desired results.

This book present the state of the art in Total Productive Maintainance (TPM) and its benefits. The authors present a survey applied to 368 manufacturing industries in order to determine their level of execution of TPM. Then a series of causal models are presented. For each model, the authors present a measure of the dependency between the critical success factors and the benefits obtained, allowing industry managers to differentiate between essential and non-essential activities. The content also allows students and academics to obtain a theoretical and empirical basis on the importance of TPM as a lean manufacturing tool in the context of industry 4.0.

This new edition emphasizes new techniques and strategies to Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) through the use of innovation and management after the pandemic to show effective communication and implementation of TPM techniques. Total Productive Maintenance: Strategies and Implementation Guide, Second Edition, presents step-by-step approaches to TPM integration with a clear direction from project infancy to completion. It discusses innovation and management through the use of TPM and offers empowerment and encouragement to associates so they feel more comfortable using TPM in everyday settings. The book is completely updated specifically with new case studies of implementing TPM after the pandemic, cultural change, and what that entails. The book is written for manufacturing engineers, reliability engineers, industrial engineers, operations managers, factory managers, project managers, supply chain managers, logistics, and can also be used as additional reading in the classroom.

A systematic approach to improving production and quality systems, total productive maintenance (TPM) involves all employees through a moderate investment in maintenance. Therefore, a successful TPM implementation requires support of all employees from C-level on down. Total Productive Maintenance: Strategies and Implementation Guide highlights the

The financial approach to Total Production Maintenance.

One of the most important issues in developing sustainable management strategies and incorporating ecodesigns in production, manufacturing and operations management is the assessment of the sustainability of business operations and organizations’ overall environmental performance. The book presents the results of recent studies on sustainability assessment. It provides a solid reference for researchers in academia and industrial practitioners on the state-of-the-art in sustainability appraisal including the development and application of sustainability indices, quantitative methods, models and frameworks for the evaluation of current and future welfare outcomes, recommendations on data collection and processing for the evaluation of organizations’ environmental performance, and eco-efficiency approaches leading to business process re-engineering.

This text book on Reliability and Maintenance Engineering has been prepared considering the syllabuses of all technical universities for their BE and ME courses. This book also fulfill the requirement of the University and College Teachers; Engineers, Technical Supervisors and Staff who are directly engaged in the industry. This book covers: • Traditional and modern concept, importance, function of Maintenance Engineering, • Organizational Setup and Record Keeping in maintenance, • Corrosions, • Safety in Maintenance, • Various hazards and Fault Tree Analysis, • House Keeping Practice in Maintenance, • Incentive Payments for Maintenance Workers, • Reliability and Availability of Engineering Systems, • Computerized Maintenance Information Systems, • Total Productive Maintenance, • Maintenance Aspect: Lubrications, • Inspection and Testing in Maintenance Engineering, • Assets Management; Lean Maintenance and Application of Different Techniques in Maintenance, • Manpower Planning and Training, • Fault Diagnosis and Condition Monitoring, • Spare Parts Management and Quality Control in Maintenance, • Budgets and Cost Aspect of Maintenance, • Maintenance Effectiveness; Performance Evolution and Audit, • Maintenance of Mechanical, Electrical, Process and Service Equipments, • Machine Failure; Development of Preventive Maintenance Schedule; Breakdown Time Distribution and Trouble Shooting. With all these above mentioned features the author is quite confident with feeling that the book will fulfill the demands and needs of maintenance engineers and students.

Contemporary fastidious companies are required to eliminate wastes and offer value-added products and services to the customers, which requirement is fulfilled by adopting the paradigm called ‘lean manufacturing’. On the other side, futuristic companies surge towards reaching the twenty-first century mission by reacting quickly in accordance with the dynamic demands of the modern customers, for which researchers have been developing a paradigm called ‘agile manufacturing’. Although various techniques and tools are applied, cohesive procedures are yet to be evolved to implement these paradigms systematically and successfully in companies. In this context, this book is evolved to address students, academics, practitioners and researchers for gaining theoretical, practical and research futuristic knowledge on lean and agile manufacturing paradigms. Organised in 18 chapters, the text opens with a historical overview of lean and agile manufacturing paradigms. It then discusses the lean manufacturing principles with their application procedures. The book comprehensively analyses the methods of implementation of lean manufacturing paradigm in both traditional and moderate organisations. It also gives an equal treatment to the implementation of agile manufacturing paradigm under four drivers such as management driver, technology driver, manufacturing strategy driver and competition driver through the adoption of appropriate agile manufacturing criteria. The book concludes with a discussion of lean and agile manufacturing paradigms from the perspectives of academia, researchers and practitioners. The text is well supported by a large number of self-test questions with their answers. A unique feature of the book is the inclusion of research avenues at the end of each chapter, which enable the readers to carry out researches on these paradigms. This book is intended for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of industrial, manufacturing, production and mechanical engineering.

BPP Learning Media provides the widest range of study materials of any CIMA publisher. Our comprehensive printed materials highlight the areas to focus on for your exams, and our e-Learning products complement the syllabus to improve your understanding.