Title: Exploring the impact of effectiveness of total productive maintenance strategies in manufacturing enterprise

Authors: Inderpreet Singh Ahuja

Addresses: University College of Engineering, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002, Punjab, India

Abstract: In today's dynamic environment, a reliable production system has been envisioned as a critical factor for competitiveness, thus maintenance has become a strategic issue for the manufacturers. The recent competitive trends have been pushing manufacturing managers to reconsider the significance of increasing equipment availability and utilisation, increasing maintenance productivity, resource utilisation, and increasing quality and responsiveness of maintenance services in achieving world-class status to meet global competition. In the highly dynamic and challenging environment, the quest for reliable production equipment has necessitated manufacturing organisations to accept equipment maintenance as an indispensable function for ensuring sustained profitability of enterprises. The implications of total productive maintenance (TPM) implementation initiatives in the Indian manufacturing enterprise have been highlighted in this study. This study demonstrates the strong potential of TPM implementation initiatives in affecting significant organisational performance improvements.

Keywords: TPM; total productive maintenance; India; manufacturing organisations; manufacturing performance; production systems; critical factors; competitiveness; strategic issues; manufacturers; competitive trends; manufacturing managers; equipment availability; equipment utilisation; maintenance productivity; resource utilisation; responsiveness; maintenance services; world-class status; global competition; reliability; reliable equipment; equipment maintenance; sustained profitability; implementation initiatives; organisational performance; performance improvement; quality management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2012.047194

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, 2012 Vol.9 No.4, pp.486 - 501

Published online: 31 Oct 2014 *

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