“Implementation of TPM in Manufacturing Organizations, A Case Study of A Paper Mill, Measuring Performance Through OEE.”

Abstract

In the contemporary manufacturing sector, equipment effectiveness and efficiency are key factors in determining how successfully an organisation performs its production function and how successful it is overall. The industrial sector has been developing at an excellent rate for over ten years, drawing significant foreign capital investments to this nation. The producers now have a significant competitive edge in the worldwide market, particularly with regard to price and quality, thanks to their outstanding performances. But as time has gone on and highly sophisticated and automated machinery has been used more and more widely in the industry, the importance of equipment efficiency has grown. Thus, the upkeep of these intricate machinery and equipment. For manufacturers, maintaining these intricate machines and equipment became extremely important and expensive. Many organisations started to understand that a solid foundation of effective and efficient equipment was necessary to sustain this high level of performance. Thus, putting Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) into practice in the manufacturing sector has become a crucial operational approach to combat output losses brought on by inefficient equipment.

TPM is a technique that adds value to an organisation by assisting with the maintenance and improvement of the production system through the use of employees, machines, and processes.  This paper discusses the so-called "big six losses" in any sector, along with the calculation of the overall equipment effectiveness in a paper manufacturing company (quality, availability and speed). The primary goal of a case study conducted in the paper mill is to examine the current TPM implementation and its effects on the manufacturing process, as well as to pinpoint any process flaws. Employee involvement, management commitment, etc., and identifies areas for improvement to reach world-class standards by maximising OEE and eliminating all losses.