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TPM
Reloaded
Total Productive
Maintenance
Joel Levitt
Industrial Press Inc.
New York
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Levitt, Joel, 1952-
TPM Total Productive Maintenance / by Joel Levitt.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-8311-3426-6 (hardcover)
1. maintenance—Management. I. Title.
TS192.L467 2010
658.2’02—dc22
2010000453
Industrial Press, Inc.
989 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10018
Sponsoring Editor: John Carleo
Developmental Editor: Robert Weinstein
Interior Text and Cover Design: Janet Romano
Copyright © 2010 by Industrial Press Inc., New York. Printed in the
United States of America. All rights reserved. This book, or any parts thereof,
may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted
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I want to dedicate this book to the power people have when they wake up, get excited and motivated. The story of TPM is the story of a firm without other advantages than its own people’s ideas and motivations, becoming the dominant player in its industry.
Times are tough for manufacturers and doubly tough for manufacturers not fully using their greatest asset. Many companies parrot the idea that their people are their greatest asset, but few act in a way that is consistent with that ideal. That is now the past.
The window of opportunity to change the paradigm of the worker and the manager won’t be open indefinitely. It’s possible that the greatest enemy is not labor or management but rather the marketplace and the tough realities of manufacturing. Terrible financial woes have made a quantum change not only possible but essential. The companies that wake themselves up and fully use the people at their disposal will be the ones that dominate the next business cycle.
On a more personal note, I dedicate this book to Nancy Boxer. Her love for reading and writing has been a motivator to me. I am lucky she has come into my life. I learn something from her every day.
Thank you, and I hope you enjoy this book
Joel Levitt
March 2010
Since 1980 Joel Levitt has been the President of Springfield Resources, maintenance consultants in a wide variety of industries including pharmaceuticals, oil, airports, hospitals, high tech manufacturing, school systems, government, etc. He has worked in both highly regulated (such as FDA, DOT) and unregulated environments, and in both union and non-union environments.
Mr. Levitt is a leading maintenance trainer throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. He has trained over 15,000 maintenance professionals from 20 countries in more than 500 classes and workshops, including TPM seminars and projects for the U.S. Mint, MPI (precision stamping), and others. Surveys of his students show that 98 percent rated the training very good or excellent.
Previously, Mr. Levitt was a senior consultant at Computer Cost Control Corp, where he designed and implemented computerized maintenance management systems for organizations such as FedEx, United Airlines, JFK Airport, and BFI. He designed, installed, and serviced a complete automation system with rack control, accounting, and inventory control for BP North America’s 30,000-barrel/day-oil terminal. He designed the railroad fuel security and accounting system that was adopted by the American Railroad Association as their recommended standard.
Mr. Levitt has written seven books on maintenance management and contributed chapters to two other books. He has written over six dozen articles for trade publications on maintenance topics.
Table of Contents
Why the Results from TPM Are Urgent Today
TPS, (Toyota Production System)the Parent of TPM
