Brain­storm­ing is a struc­tured process for gen­er­at­ing ideas. Although indi­vid­u­als may brain­storm on their own, it’s typ­i­cal­ly a process that involves group dis­cus­sion. Learn the five rules of effec­tive brain­storm­ing, the facilitator’s role, and how to use sup­port­ing tech­niques such as the affin­i­ty dia­gram, PICK chart, and N/3 mul­ti-vot­ing as part of your brain­storm­ing session.

Estab­lish­ing the Planned Main­te­nance pil­lar of TPM improves equip­ment reli­a­bil­i­ty, reduces cost, and devel­ops the capa­bil­i­ty of peo­ple. Planned Main­te­nance helps orga­ni­za­tions shift from reac­tive or break­down main­te­nance to proac­tive prac­tices such as peri­od­ic main­te­nance and pre­dic­tive main­te­nance. Learn the key 12 activ­i­ties for estab­lish­ing Planned Main­te­nance that are rolled out in 6 phases.

TPM engages every­one in the orga­ni­za­tion in activ­i­ties to min­i­mize all types of equip­ment loss­es. The ben­e­fits include increased capac­i­ty, more reli­able process­es, and ele­vat­ed skill lev­els. There are 8 pil­lar activ­i­ties in TPM that sys­tem­at­i­cal­ly improve equip­ment effec­tive­ness while build­ing a robust main­te­nance sys­tem. TPM can be adopt­ed ful­ly step-by-step, or selec­tive­ly to com­ple­ment a lean pro­duc­tion system.