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H. Yamashina
The author argues that the first step to world-class manufacturing is to implement TPM successfully and
to create a very active organization. When TPM has became a common practice in daily production, it can be
said that the company commenced a journey to world-class manufacturing. Compare Japan and continous
technological developments with the West and American manufacturing; Japan, over the years, has
dramatically improved its production process and management of quality management, a primary basis for
Manufacturers have faced many challenges in the last 30 years, as increased competition in markets
around the world, the demand for more complex products and consumer pressure for more options in the goods
produced have found that diversification is the key word that manufacturing firms, today, have in mind to
satisfy the customer; mass customization is now the target of many manufacturers. Everyone wants to buy an
item of superior quality, but at a higher price. To meet these challenges, manufacturers have had to look at all
Understand the business trends that are driving the global economy, employing proven and effective
Appreciate and employ the world-class human resource practices that are attracting today’s best talent
and making “best-in-class” companies even more fierce in terms of intellectual capital and skill
capabilities.
Manufacturers strive to fulfill the best process faster and cheaper production of the current economy.
These new ideas, designs and ways of doing things are sought. Aspects of the production, identification of time
or skill aspects are examined demanding and looking for ways to improve those processes. The challenges for
companies related to products, processes and people. Drivers are in manufacturing technology and knowledge.
New technologies drive new ways of thinking about the processes, systems and objectives. Those have
led to new innovative applications, and improvements in manufacturing technology. Improvements in machine
and tool materials have resulted in faster production of higher quality products. Those, combined with reduced
setup times, have helped advanced manufacturing processes economically viable. Intelligent machines
combined into a better, more efficient have helped companies reduce labor requirements, inventories and plant
size, while improving product quality and reducing rework rate. They were as follows:
Globalization of markets
Collaboration between groups design, manufacturing and support within an enterprise and a supply
chain is becoming essential. Collaborative engineering tends to minimize lead times, design changes, the use of
critical processes, unit costs, product variability and realistic tolerances. Promotes maximum standardization,
knowledge of the supplier, the predictability of the process and design simplicity.
being used worldwide to produce identical or similar parts, components and sub-assemblies with the same
quality, at the same time and comparable cost structures. The manufacturers go global to expand into new
markets, to carry out the design and manufacture worldwide, take advantage of local resources and technology
worldwide.
In conclusion, in the manufacturing sector need TQM, JIT and TPM. From a conceptual point of view,
the TPM is a part of TQM. The JIT can not be implemented without TPM. Therefore, the TPM is a base of JIT.