1.1 The introduction
The topic
More than a hundred years ago, the Ford Model T started an industrial revolution. It was not so much the car itself that triggered it, but the way it was produced. To give as many people as possible the opportunity to own their car, the entrepreneur of the time, Henry Ford, came up with a production system that was as cost-saving as possible – modern assembly line production was created.
Then as now, it is primarily the automotive industry that promotes innovations and technologies along the assembly line. Whereas a hundred years ago people still carried out the individual steps along the production line manually, in modern factories it is mostly robots that are automated and work tirelessly.
The tasks of assembly line production are predominantly the following: to produce as much as possible in as short a time as possible – or other words: maximum efficiency with as little downtime as possible. Because in technologically increasingly complex production lines with sensitive profit margins, it is critical for success that the “plant runs”.
In this unit, you will learn which methods are used in the automotive industry today to ensure and improve efficiency along production lines. After completing the module “Principles of Total Productive Maintenance” you will know and be able to:
- the basics around maintenance
- describe maintenance strategies
- the economic importance of maintenance
- describe typical weak points
- the most important basics of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
- the 8 pillars concept of TPM
- goals of TPM
- the 5S method
- the most important basics of people management under TPM
- the concept of autonomous maintenance
- how to introduce the concept of TPM to employees
- how to delegate tasks
- the concept of autonomous maintenance
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