TPM in Process Industries

By Tokutaro Suzuki

Book Overview

Process industries have a particularly urgent need for collaborative equipment management systems, but until now have lacked for programs directed toward their specific needs. TPM in Process... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563270366
• ISBN13: 9781563270369
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.2" x 11.7"

Customer Reviews

TPM- review

Currently I'm working as Consultant in Lean-Six Sigma. This is an Excellent book to implement TPM in Manufacturing or process Plants. Thanks David M

An excellent book on TPM

Although the book has been intended to focus on the TPM for the process industries, yet I found the book equally valuable for discrete manufacturing. The book explains in detail the TPM pillars and can be used as a guidebook for direct implementation.

Simply the BIBLE of TPM

Three years ago I used to work for a corporation that used absorbed the TPM (Total Prodictive Maintenance) methodology and made it its own with certain in-house touches. When we were at the beginning stages of implementing TPM, the officer (that's the name of the role) in charge of the rollout made sure all of management had a good grasp on the ideas captured by this book, and a few even had a chance to meet Mr. Suzuki, to ask him questions about it, only to receive a very concise "Read the book!" as the answer. The truth is that almost all you need to know to kick off TPM in your industry is hereby contained, however there's one BIG issue I should make you aware of: the book lays down the principles, all of which need to be internalized at all levels within your culture. If that is not achieved (the "zero-loss mentality", for example) you will feel frustrated, and might even be tempted to drop the program altogether. DON'T! If you need to, get consultants, try again, try harder: it's a proven model, and it works, you just have to be (you and your people) very disciplined about it.

TPM in Process Industries

I have worked widely using TPM as a practitioner and a consultant. For me this work represents the "bible" that I use to base my work from. The tools apply equally well to high speed lines as well as to process equipment.

TPM for all industries

This book is the best I have read on the subject of TPM. Although it is titled for process industries it is relevant for production industries also, showing the differences betwwen the two. It is packed with ideas and shows how to start and run TPM within your industry. I showed it around at work and three of my collegues went out and bought it.