The maintenance management for lean organization

Daniel D. Georgescu ()
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Daniel D. Georgescu: The Polytechnic University from Bucharest, Romania

Economia. Seria Management, 2010, vol. 13, issue 2, 437-446

Abstract: The goal of lean maintenance approach is to maintain organization international competitiveness. In the spirit of continuously improvement, in the paper it is shown how by adjusting some Lean manufacturing specific techniques for Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) system, was born new maintenance system named Lean TPM. This is a systemic approach with three techniques, which don’t exclude specific techniques of TPM pillars, but complete them: the 7Ss as a critical first step in any improvement program; instantaneous maintenance; improvement setup operations. In the spirit of Lean principle, Lean TPM adjusts overall equipment effectiveness concept for all supply-chain from supplier to customer. Maintaining equipment in its optimal state and continually improving its productivity is the whole strategy behind Lean TPM.

Keywords: Kaizen; management; maintenance; lean manufacturing. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L10 L20 M10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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