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1. Origins of TPM
TPM was introduced in the 1970s by Nippon Denso, with the help of JMA (Japan Management Association) in Japan.
This approach focused on improving equipment operation by improving machine reliability and availability, hence its "maintenance" connotation. As the approach spread to Japan and the rest of the industrialized world, success helped to broaden the concept, and today TPM is seen as a high-performance management approach that some refer to as "terotechnology".
terotechnology: term used by Denis Parker (maintenance engineering expert) to describe a synthetic technology encompassing management, finance, operational techniques and methods, in order to optimize the management of "material" assets.
The original TPM was publicized by Seïchi Nakajima (director of...
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Bibliography
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Standardization
French Standards Association (AFNOR)
- Terminologie relative à la fiabilité. Maintenabilité. Disponibilité. - X 60-500 - 10-1988
Comité de Normalisation des Moyens de Production (CNOMO) (Committee for Standardization of Means of Production)
- Moyens de production. Agrément. Fiabilité. Maintenabilité. Disponibilité. Temps d'état d'un moyen. Définitions. - E 41.50.520.N - 11-1987
Organization
AFIM (Association française des ingénieurs et responsables de maintenance) http://www.afim.asso.fr
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