Measuring manufacturing performance with the implementation of TPM: an exploratory study
by Manjinder Singh; Anish Sachdeva; Arvind Bhardwaj
International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management (IJPQM), Vol. 9, No. 4, 2012

Abstract: The role of maintenance in modern manufacturing is becoming ever more important, with companies adopting maintenance as a profit-generating business element. The failure of equipments or machines to produce products on time as required can reflect the inefficiency in operations. The objective of total productive maintenance (TPM) is to create a relationship between production and maintenance functions, for continuous improvement of product quality and operational efficiency. Though it has been well established that total quality management, just-in-time and employee involvement have strongly contributed to the manufacturing performances (MPs) of the organisations, but there is limited evidence of the role that TPM plays in improving the MP of the organisations. In this paper, we investigated the relationship between TPM and organisational performance through multi-attribute decision model using analytical hierarchy process. In the findings, it was observed that TPM has a positive and significant relationship with the performance level of the organisations.

Online publication date: Fri, 31-Oct-2014

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