Total Productive Maintenance and Its Link to Total Quality Management
Robert S. Jostes
(University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
Marilyn M. Helms
(UC Foundation Associate Professor of Management at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA)
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Abstract
This article addresses the question of why total quality management (TQM) and total productive maintenance (TPM) are valuable strategies for American businesses today. While each process is beneficial on its own, the synergy created by simultaneously doing both is incredibly powerful.
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Citation
Jostes, R.S. and Helms, M.M. (1994), "Total Productive Maintenance and Its Link to Total Quality Management", Work Study, Vol. 43 No. 7, pp. 18-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000004012
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1994, MCB UP Limited