A Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Approach to Improve Production Efficiency and Development of Loss Structure in a Pharmaceutical Industry

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a manufacturing program whose sole purpose is to maximize the effectiveness of equipment throughout its entire life by the participation and motivation of the entire workforce. The three main objectives of TPM are zero defects, zero breakdowns and zero accidents. These goals can be achieved through implementation of activities planned to increase equipment efficiency, the creation of a program of autonomous maintenance, the establishing of a planned maintenance system, the organization of training courses for workers and design of plant management system. This paper addresses the issue of implementing the total productive maintenance (TPM) philosophy in a pharmaceutical industry. In the first phase, the possible losses and the factors contributing to those losses have been…