Title: Importance and effectiveness of human related issues in implementing total productive maintenance: a study of Indian manufacturing organisations

Authors: Richa Sharma; Jagtar Singh; Vikas Rastogi

Addresses: Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Amity University, Noida-201301, India ' Mechanical Engineering Department, SLIET Longowal-148106, Distt. Sangrur, Punjab, India ' Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Delhi Technological University, Delhi-110042, India

Abstract: Total productive maintenance (TPM) has been recognised as one of the significant operation strategy for the improvement in equipment availability, performance and quality with assuring health and safety of employees and protection of environment. The goal of the TPM programme is to markedly increase production while at the same time increasing employee morale and job satisfaction. During the implementation of TPM in Indian manufacturing organisation, the primary variable that is most difficult to control is human element. The objective of this paper is to discuss the importance of various types of human issues among top management and workers level. The intent of this paper is to determine whether these human issues really play a vital role for the successful implementation of TPM. A secondary objective of this study is to visualise sub-group differences and perceptions in terms of the degree of importance in each of the identified human issues.

Keywords: total productive maintenance; TPM implementation; human factors; customer satisfaction; skills identification; employee empowerment; environmental protection; health and safety practice; India; manufacturing industry.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2016.077694

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2016 Vol.23 No.4, pp.420 - 434

Received: 24 May 2014
Accepted: 11 Oct 2014
Published online: 13 Jul 2016 *

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