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Table 7.1 Typical TPM pilot project timetable

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Week Content Support activities
NO
1 Initial training and pilot selection OEE definitions
equipment history
2 to 3 OEE evaluation/assessment of 6 TPM activity board
losses
4 to 5 Criticality assessment /condition 5S/CAN DO clear and clean
appraisal activity
6 to 7 Refurbishment plan/asset care Refurbishment plan
Asset care training
8 to 9 Best practice routines/problem Refurbishment action
resolution Trial improvements
Single-point lessons
M/C visual help/aids
10 to 11 Prepare for feedback/presentation Refurbishment action (cont / d)
Trial improvements (cont/d)
Training plan
12 Feedback dry run/presentation

In parallel, and following on from the general awareness sessions, all
shopfloor personnel in the identified geographic improvement zones
(determined largely by the logic of the team leader’s span of control) will be
involved in workplace organization activities, starting with a plant clear and
clean activity. This aims to reinforce the key learning points from the training
in a way which raises existing housekeeping standards and introduces the
concept of shopfloor ownership in a hands-on way, based on the existing
shift-based geographic zone. The activity also includes a very detailed and
structured audit and review of the CAN DO process to target areas for
improvement and to ensure that the gains are held.

Implementation of improvement zone
The pilot provides management with the experience to identify gaps in general
areas of best practice. This results in the generation of management standards
which can be translated into local policy at a shopfloor improvement zone.
See Table 7.2.
The improvement zone implementation progress can then be measured
against these standards, providing a basis for team-based recognition at each
level.
If top-down management job descriptions and personal development plans
are amended to reflect success at each improvement zone level, this effectively
ties in top-down and bottom-up recognition systems.