TPM implantation in manufacturing systems: A survey of the state-of-the-art and extensions

Maintenance activities represent a significant pillar in industry. Its real goal consists at improving the production systems productivity. Specially, TPM represents one of the main evolutions of the maintenance methods in order to improve the machines efficiency by a proactive approach. This paper presents an overview of several TPM implantations and especially efficiency and effectiveness measurement of the TPM in several industries. In a second hand, a proposition of possible extension about analytical assessment of the TPM performance, based on both technical and economic criteria, is presented.