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Holistic Totally Productive Manufacturing Management by TPM

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is focused on eliminating all types of losses in production, and is a machine and people-oriented system.

About the author Joe Cichon is a retired VP of manufacturing from INX International Ink Co. During his 46-year career at INX, Cichon has spent his last 16 years helping to support TPM activities throughout the company. In 2010, the INX plant in Edwardsville Kansas received the “TPM Excellence award Category A” from the Japanese Institute of Plant Maintenance.    In January of this year, CNBC announced “Toyota dethrones GM to become America’s top-selling automaker in 2021.”1 The Japanese...

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