Part 6. Maintenance Operations & Reliability (TPM)
6.1 Maintenance Governance: KPIs, Roles, Escalation
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is not a cleaning schedule; it is the fiscal discipline of Ass...
6.2 Preventive Maintenance (PM) Planning
Preventive Maintenance is not a suggestion; it is a rigid contract between Engineering and Operat...
6.3 Predictive Maintenance (PdM)
Predictive Maintenance is not about fixing machines; it is about buying time. While Preventive Ma...
6.4 Asset Register, Criticality & Spare Parts Policy
Managing assets in an ISO 9001/13485 environment is not an accounting exercise; it is a technical...
6.5 Breakdown Response Standard (safe isolation, restart verification)
A machine breakdown is a high-pressure event where adrenaline often overrides protocol. This is w...
6.6 Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
In Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), "fixing" the machine is merely the first step. The goal is...