ABSTRACT
The basic objective of the planned maintenance or PM pillar (Keikaku Hozen in Japanese) is to eliminate equipment failures and breakdowns and thereby achieve uninterrupted and optimal production.2 The PM pillar aims to establish and implement an effective maintenance strategy for facility equipment and systems that increases their reliability and safety, provides high service levels throughout the life of the assets, and maximizes the benefit of limited maintenance resources. Effective integration of the PM and SHE pillars is essential to achieving these goals of the PM pillar, and to the ultimate success of an organization’s TPM and Lean initiative. Application of the SHE pillars’
systematic approach to hazard recognition, assessment, and control to maintenance tasks is vital to safeguarding site personnel and ensuring the effective utilization of the organization’s limited skilled maintenance resources.
