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    Productivity, defined: Total productive maintenance (TPM)

    January 30, 2012 by CanadianManufacturing.com Staff

    Total productive maintenance (TPM) is a method for improving machine availability through better use of maintenance and production resources. In TPM, machine operators are trained to perform many of the day-to-day tasks such as simple maintenance and fault-finding. Teams are…