The company manufactures motorised vehicles. In the mid 1980s a Japanese
company bought a 60 per cent share in the company and by the late 1980s this
had increased to 99 per cent. The Japanese company brought with them the
TPM process and stability for the factory by guaranteeing everyone's job for
three years. By the late 1980s the company was using three pillars of TPM ± 5S,
OEE and motivation ± the focus being to eliminate losses in quality, cost and
delivery. From 1992 to 1994 company C developed its TPM approach to cover
offices, autonomous maintenance and planned maintenance. In 1994 it was
awarded the JIPM (TPM) Level 1 Award. Using the pillars of: improvements;
autonomous maintenance; planned maintenance; education; preliminary
maintenance; quality maintenance; TPM in the offices; safety and environment,
the company is aiming to achieve JIPM Level 2 by 2001.