Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

Overview

Improve the reliability and overall efficiency of your equipment, reducing wastes with this short course on Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). TPM is a rigorous and disciplined methodology that increases productive processes stability and reliability through the use of different maintenance approaches, such as planned and autonomous maintenance. The objectives are to maximise the operational performance of the machines and equipment of a manufacturing area, encompassing the entire life cycle of the machines and actively integrating production, engineering, and maintenance departments. TPM also promotes the participation of all employees, from senior management to the operational level, hence, being a motivational movement in the form of teamwork.

This short course on TPM provide you with a comprehensive coverage of the main pillars and practices while incorporating principles and techniques from Lean Management. Theory will be put into practice using practical examples and supervised exercises drawn from real life cases from a variety of industries.

Who will benefit from this course?

This course addresses the needs of professionals involved in continuous improvement projects. This also includes professional staff such as:

  • Managers and Directors
  • Maintenance Analysts and Supervisors
  • Process Engineers
  • Production Managers

This course will cover:

  • Introduction to TPM
  • Eight pillars of TPM
  • Implementation of autonomous maintenance
  • Lost time analysis and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)

Course duration and delivery

The course will be delivered consecutively over two (2) half-days by Dr Guilherme Tortorella, Senior Lecturer in Industrial Engineering at the University of Melbourne, under the leadership of A/Prof Artem Polyvyanyy, Chair of the Process Science and Technology group.

Both online and in-person course delivery is available.

Fees

$800 AUD + GST

Price includes online materials, additional readings, comprehensive feedback and a Certificate of Completion from the University of Melbourne.

The course takes approximately 25 participants.

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Sample agenda

Course delivered across two (2) consecutive half-days.

Day 1
  • Types of maintenance and trade-offs
  • Introduction to TPM
  • Why to implement TPM?
  • The eight pillars of TMP
  • Autonomous maintenance
Day 2
  • Lost time analysis
  • Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
  • Practical activity on OEE
  • Discussion, closing remarks and wrap up