INVESTIGATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TOOL IN DFX SHELL THROUGH LITERATURE SURVEY: DESIGN FOR TPM

In Indian manufacturing environment today total productive maintenance (TPM) is popular philosophy; already has been adopted by many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) particularly in automobile sector. For vendors of these OEMs either it is recommended or made mandatory to adopt the TPM concepts. With all these activities going in industries major portion of the entire manufacturing sector has become familiar with the TPM concepts. Many of the activities carried in these industries are observed parallel and repetitive type. This includes small modifications in equipment done on the shop floor as part of TPM implementation. Strangely even in some newly purchased equipment also modifications are observed on the shop floor. It clearly indicates that at design stage only customer requirement for adaptation of equipment in TPM culture; has to be considered by equipment manufacturer. On the other side these requirements has to be identified before procurement of equipment by the equipment buyers. With these background observed the need for development of new tool Design for TPM.