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Making Common Sense Common Practice by Ron Moore
Book Review: Making Common Sense Common Practice: Models for Manufacturing Excellence by Ron Moore I picked this book up because it was recommended by the SMRP for the CMRP exam. Ron Moore traces the...
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Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices by Ramesh Gulati
Book Review: Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices by Ramesh Gulati Key Concepts The role of maintenance is to preserve the function of an asset, not to run the asset itself. (For an explanation,...
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The Five Pillars of TPM
From TPM for Supervisors by Kunio Shirose: Improvement activities designed to increase equipment effectiveness. This is accomplished mainly by eliminating the six big equipment losses. An autonomous...
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The Five-Point Definition of TPM
From TPM for Supervisors by Kunio Shirose: It aims at getting the most efficient use of equipment (i.e. overall efficiency) It establishes a total (companywide) PM system encompassing maintenance...
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The Six Big Losses of TPM
From TPM for Supervisors by Kunio Shirose: OEE Improvement Process Measure the extent of each of the six big losses Determine how much each loss affects OEE Find out what problems stand in the way of...
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TPM for Supervisors by Kunio Shirose
Book Review: TPM for Supervisors by Kunio Shirose This simple, readable, easy-to-understand book for floor supervisors is an excellent introduction to TPM. While primarily written for an operations...
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Introduction to TPM: Total Productive Maintenance by Seiichi Nakajima
Book Review: Introduction to TPM: Total Productive Maintenance by Seiichi Nakajima This 1988 book is on the SMRP-recommended reading list. A good conceptual understanding of TPM is given along with a...
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How I Prepared for (and Passed) the CMRP Exam
In August 2012, I took and passed the Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) exam. As a guide for aspiring CMRPs, I offer some observations along with my own relevant preparatory...
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Gemba Kaizen by Masaaki Imai
Book Review: Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense Approach to a Continuous Improvement Strategy by Masaaki Imai In Japanese, gemba means “real place”—the place where real action occurs. Japanese use the word...
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