What is Preventive Maintenance Preventative or preventive maintenance is a simple method to ensure that you get reliable and efficient performance from you plant and equipment within your organization. It is important to ensure that machinery does not break down…
What is Predictive Maintenance Predictive maintenance uses a number of tools and techniques to monitor the condition of your machines and equipment to predict when problems are going to occur by identifying the symptoms of wear and other failures. Also…
Development of TPM Total productive maintenance (TPM) is one of the foundation blocks of any lean manufacturing implementation; after all it is not possible to improve our processes if we cannot rely on our equipment and machines. Combined with 5S;…
What is Autonomous Maintenance Autonomous maintenance is “independent” maintenance carried out by the operators of the machines rather than by dedicated maintenance technicians. This is core concept of TPM or Total productive maintenance, much like TQM (total quality management), TPM…
What is TPM Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a lean manufacturing tool that seeks to improve the reliability and efficiencies of our equipment and machines by utilizing everyone in the organization to tackle what are known as the six big…
Why you need 5S Training If your company has a lean initiative and is looking to implement a 5S program then you will need to go and hire a 5S consultant or Trainer. Training is a very important part…
What is 5S 5S Training will help you with implementing one of the most important lean manufacturing tools; that of 5S, it is also one of the simplest to implement. 5S is a methodical way to organize your workplace…
This article will look at how to run an in-house 5S training course, what the specific steps should be and what should be covered and how. This article will also recommend the different materials that you may need to be…
5S Training 5S training is an important part of any 5S implementation program, you will either have to have your own in-house trainer for 5S or bring in an experienced 5S consultant or trainer. If you intend to…
5S Pocket Guides 5S Pocket reference guides and 5S quick reference guides and cards can be very useful items to carry with you during any 5S implementation. Use them as both a reminder to yourself for the important…