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About the Workshop
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a method of
increasing the effectiveness of production machinery and reliability of
production processes, while simultaneously involving production workers
in the care of the machines they operate and more effectively utilizing
the expertise of maintenance personnel. The TPM approach strives to
minimize so called reactive maintenance in moving toward an environment
of preventive and ultimately predictive maintenance. The TPM concept
grew from the broader “continuous improvement” philosophy, which has
recently been exemplified in lean manufacturing. TPM is often the first
place to begin in the journey of continuous improvement because it
creates a manufacturing infrastructure of stability, reliability, and
capability. A stable infrastructure is a critical foundation that must
be built before more advanced lean improvement technologies can be
successfully introduced and sustained.
The Goals of TPM include:
- Reducing unnecessary downtime due to breakdowns, minor stoppages
and quality problems.
- Developing a sense of ownership among machine operators.
- Systematically learning from machinery related problems so that
root causes can be identified and addressed.
- Fostering productive dialogue between production managers,
employees and maintenance staff.
This one-day workshop will introduce key TPM concepts, machinery
audit protocols, root cause analysis and tips for successful
implementation of TPM.
Registration
Registration is available online at:
http://www.cpe.vt.edu/reg/vfpa/
Who Should Attend
This introductory course is designed for shop floor production
personnel, maintenance supervisors, and managers interested in
implementing TPM.
Topics Covered
- Principles of Total Productive Maintenance - Participants
will learn the key elements of TPM and how it fits into a broader lean
manufacturing implementation plan.
- Machinery Auditing - A standard protocol for auditing the
condition of machinery and sub-systems will be discussed.
- Overall Equipment Effectiveness - The components of OEE,
measurement of the OEE metric and how it can be used to improve
equipment effectiveness will be presented.
- Root Cause Analysis - Participants will learn to identify
the root cause of machinery problems using tools such as cause-effect
and other visual diagrams.
- Employee Driven Preventative Maintenance - The workshop
will include participative methods for engaging production personnel
in the routine maintenance of equipment.
- Predictive Maintenance - Methods of predicting time
between equipment failures will be discussed.
- Application of TPM in the forest products industry - case
studies and examples of how TPM has been applied to improve
profitability of forest products related businesses
Workshop Agenda
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| Time |
Activity |
| 8:30 |
Introductions |
| 8:45 |
Introduction to TPM - What is it and how it relates to standard
maintenance, lean manufacturing, six sigma and otder production
improvement philosophies |
| 9:45 |
Metrics and measurements - What to measure, how to measure and
why |
| 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:45 |
Beginning a TPM Implementation Plan - Initial machinery audits,
equipment effectiveness and analysis, setting benchmarks for
improvement, training, visual workplace, housekeeping, where
technology helps (or gets in tde way) |
| 12:00 |
Break for lunch |
| 1:00 |
Preventative/predictive maintenance and sustaining TPM gains -
Creating a culture of PM and an effective communication between
maintenance and production personnel |
| 1:45 |
Case studies and cost savings realized in logging, sawmilling,
drying, and planer mill operations. |
| 3:00 |
Summary, where to go from here and wrap-up |
| 3:30 |
Adjourn |
For more information contact:
Mike Washko, Exposition Manager
EXPO RICHMOND 2008
PO Box 160, Sandston, VA 23150-0160
Telephone: (804) 737-5625, Fax: (804) 737-9437
info@exporichmond.com
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