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TPM stands for Total Productive Maintenance founded in Japan a systematic and holistic approach to equipment maintenance and strives to achieve overall equipment effectiveness, Zero Breakdowns, Zero defects and Zero Accidents. TPM gives importance to maintenance in detail on both proactive and preventative aspect of maintenance to improve the operational efficiency of equipment. It removes the difference between production and maintenance roles and strongly emphasis the machine operators to maintain their equipment. Implementing TPM creates a shared responsibility among the departments (between Maintenance, Production, Quality, Purchase, etc.,) and increases involvement of the operators from shop floor on maintaining their machines thus it improves their morale and very effective in improving productivity, reducing cycle times, and eliminating defects, etc., Before Implementing TPM, Basic condition’s needs to set right thru 5S. 5S is the systematic methodology used to organize the for workplace. Hence, 5S is Basic foundation for TPM. · Sort out waste (Seiri) · Systematic arrangement (Seiton) · Shine the workplace (Seiso) · Standardize (Seikietsu) · Sustain thru self-discipline (Shitsuke) The main objective of TPM is to improve the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of plant equipment. TPM focuses on the deterioration and production losses by creating the right environment between operators and equipment to create ownership. Most of the companies appoints consultants from JIPM (Japan Institute of Planned maintenance) to Impart, Educate and Implement TPM culture Implementation of TPM: 1. Establish and Implement the basic conditions right through 5S Methodology. 2. In 2023, JIPM Created a check list which can be used as Self-assessment and to check their eligibility level before applying for TPM 3. Initial Evaluation of TPM level by JIPM consultants 4. Initial introductory training 5. TPM steering Committee formation 6. Master plan for TPM Implementation 7. Training Phase by Phase for all key personals for all eight pillars 8. TPM policy and goals finalization 9. Road map for TPM Implementation pillar wise 10. Period assessment by Plant executives and JIPM TPM Awards JIPM provides 5 level of Awards in TPM and sub-category also available in each award. Level 1 - TPM Excellence Award Level 2 - TPM Consistency Award Level 3 - TPM Special Award Level 4 - TPM Advanced Special Award Level 5 - TPM World class achievement 8 Pillars of TPM TPM has 8 Pillars and each pillar will be having their own steering committee to monitor the implementation and its progress. Steering committee should comprises key personals from all functions similar to CFT. Comparison against TQM However, both TQM and TPM share a lot of similarities, Ø TPM and TQM are considered as two different approaches in maintaining and following the world class systems. Ø TQM is based on five cornerstones, i.e., The Product, The Process, The Organization, The Leadership and Commitment. Whereas, TPM is based on 8 Pillars. Ø TQM and TPM are used to increase the quality with effective utilization of resources and to delight customer. However, the road map for reaching the objectives is different.