ABSTRACT
Total productive maintenance (TPM) is not just a way of improving machine reliability. It’s an investment in your company that produces significant benefits — which can and should be measured.
That’s the philosophy of David Frye, TPM director for Kaiser Aluminum, who contends that understanding those benefits can help convince executives and operators of the value of TPM. He argues that TPM can be looked at like any other corporate investment with a measurable return on that investment.
