The Total Process Management (Lean TPM) System

TPM might be interpreted in many ways. Amongst others, it stands for:

• Total Productive Maintenance
• Total Perfect Manufacturing
• Total Productive Management
• Total Profit Management
• Total People Motivation
• Total Production Management
• ....

„Lean TPM is an improvement of TPM and accommodates awarenesses and experiences of the last years. Lean TPM, which we understand as ‘Lean Total Process Management’, includes methods and techniques, which are based on an optimization of a ‘Lean Factory’. Any process within a company is regarded, including any administrative process and product- and process development!

Objective of Lean TPM is ‘Zero’ – zero quality defects, zero losses and zero accidents! All strengths in the company and the organization have to comprehensively be adjusted on fulfilling this objective. Lean TPM supports the company and its management in achieving long, medium and short rated objectives. For that reason company objectives are resolved until the team-area using Hoshin Kanri (management by policy). Structures of losses reveal starting points for targeted improvements. Interdisciplinary teams in particular divisions and hierarchies of the company work precisely, continuously and consequently to achieve the company’s objectives…”