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Applying the TPM

improvement plan

6.1 Training context
The following example is based on a TPM improvement plan training exercise
as part of a four-day TPM facilitator training course. Approximately 70 per
cent of the course content is putting the theory of TPM into practice on a live
TPM pilot piece of equipment. This practical focus is so that the facilitators
are experiencing over four days what they will be coaching their own TPM
teams over the twelve to twenty weeks of a typical TPM pilot project, the
process of which is described in Chapter 7.
The output of this particular exercise is based on a one-hour feedback
presentation which the five budding TPM facilitators made after spending
two and a half days assimilating and using the nine-step TPM improvement
plan. The following sections 6.2 to 6.16 inclusive are the content of their
presentation.

6.2 Team brief

A core team is undertaking a pilot TPM project. The team is made up of
0 Three production personnel (one per shift)
0 Two maintenance personnel (one electrical, one mechanical)

The company - Merlin Gun Technology - is planning to introduce TPM
across the site (200 personnel).
The pilot aims to develop a practical, model example of equipment operating
under TPM. This will support the roll-out of TPM. It will also highlight those
issues which need to be overcome to achieve a successful implementation.
Specifically, the team will:
assess the critical elements of the equipment;
identify what refurbishment is required to put the equipment into good
condition;
0 develop a practical, model example of equipment in good condition;
develop an asset care and history recording process;
0 identify the main problem areas and develop solutions;
establish the current level of overall equipment effectiveness and set
targets for improvement;