Course Name : TPM Pillar Head

Duration : 2 three-day modules spread over 6-8 months (the actual gap depends on the progress on the shop floor)

Audience : All Depts. Heads of the Organization

Media: Classroom & Shop floor

Prerequisite: None

Objective : To give clear understanding of the fundamental concepts of TPM

To overview 8 pillars of TPM

To focus on 16 types of wastes in a industry

To give a hands-on training on Autonomous Maintenance

To highlight actions to be taken as Pillar Heads & Team leaders  

Description: TPM Pillar Head is a hands-on program focusing on the basic

concepts of TPM and the role to be played by the Pillar Heads in

achieving the TPM goals of Zero accident, Zero Breakdown &

Zero defects

Contents: Phase 1:

•  Introduction to TPM

•  Overview of 8 pillars

•  Understanding losses

Details of the four pillars:

•  Autonomous maintenance (steps 1-3)

•  Planned Maintenance (steps 0-1)

•  Training & Education (step 1-2)

•  Focused Improvement (step 1-4)

Phase 2:

•  This phase will cover the balance steps of these pillars

•  Will also cover the other pillars such as Safety, Office TPM, Quality Maintenance and Initial Flow Control

Linkage to ANAND

Performance flywheel: ABLP Criteria 6.0: Process Management

This is mandatory for all plants that want to launch TPM in a

structured manner

Remarks : In Wave 1, 125 persons from 11 Plants across the Group have been

trained