Total Productive Maintenance And Role Of Interpretive Structural Modeling And Structural Equation Modeling In Analyzing Barriers In Its Implementation – A Literature Review

The aim of the authors is to present a review of literature of Total Productive Maintenance and the barriers in implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). The paper begins with a brief description of TPM and the barriers in implementation of TPM. Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) and its role in analyzing the barriers in TPM implementation is explained in brief. Applications of ISM in analyzing issues in various fields are highlighted with special emphasis on TPM. The paper moves on to introduction to Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and its role in validating ISM in analyzing barriers in implementation of TPM. The paper concludes with a gap analysis from the current literature, research that can be carried out and expected outcomes from the proposed research.