ABSTRACT
This chapter presents key steps of P-M analysis, a systematic thinking approach that can be used during focused improvement to resolve recurring and multifactor problems. The equipment is made up of units, the units of assemblies, and the assemblies of structural components. Every company that makes products with machines ought to have zero breakdowns and zero defects. For example, after studying the process and its standards, total productive maintenance operator teams may observe that varying dimensions result from random changes in the relative positions of the work piece and the grindstone during machining. Since it would take a long time to inspect each component individually they group the items to be checked together and try to look at them on a broader scale. If they think systematically, carefully determine the conditions they need to control, and monitor them with utmost care, and then they will truly be acting systematically.
