The TPM kick off for the organization was planned and the organization’s mission
and vision toward effective TPM implementation were carefully chalked out and
communicated to all the employees. The organization structure for TPM
implementation, involving personal from various inter-disciplinary activity areas
was appropriately evolved, as depicted in Figure 3. TPM organization structure, at the
enterprise, had been carefully evolved to plan, implement and support TPM initiatives
at all levels. The key point of TPM development had been formation of effective
problem solving and equipment improvement teams of front line operators at the
production floor. These teams comprised of small groups consisting of five to seven
workers lead by a supervisor performed preliminary TPM activities like autonomous
maintenance, focused maintenance and preventive maintenance, etc. Every
manufacturing line at plant had five to eight teams for effective implementation of
TPM activities. These teams worked under supervision of Foremen TPM promotion
committee that comprised leaders from these teams as illustrated in Figure 3. This
committee was headed by a line incharge. The foremen TPM promotion committee used to control the line TPM promotion committee comprising of line incharges and
headed by a section head TPM.