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Total Productive Maintenance Case Study
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INTRODUCTION
In 1996 MRC Bearings, a unionized aerospace industry supplier, recognized that following problems are faced by the company :-
1) They are not able to meet the demand of their respective customers .
2) More lead time and cost .
3) Eighty percent of their maintenance hours were dedicated to emergency work orders.
Following method is implemented by company in order to overcome the above mentioned problems :
1) They started with a small area that was critical to their process . but was experiencing chronic problems.
2) They started with a week-long TPM event.
3) They had implemented a TOTAL PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE concept, beginning with cleaning, inspecting, lubricating, and performing corrective work on a piece of machinery.