JASTECA to launch TPM training program

The Japan-Sri Lanka Technical and Cultural Association (JASTECA), the Alumni of the Association for Overseas Technical Scholarships (AOTS) Japan, have been in the forefront introducing and promoting Japanese management systems to Sri Lanka.

The launch of TPM, JIT and Kaizen continue to attract the attention of companies interested in production efficiency and service excellence.

The Total Productive Maintenance better known as TPM is a concept that was originally developed in the USA as a basis for Preventive Maintenance, to maximize equipment efficiency and achieve optimum productive output from machinery.

TPM was further developed by the Japanese Industrial research organizations and evolved as a total system to prevent losses due to machine breakdown, aiming to achieve zero defects, zero accidents and zero breakdown of machinery and equipment in the entire production cycle.

TPM has received global acclaim as a tool to achieve plant efficiency and remarkable productivity enhancement.

The Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JPIM) is the world recognized body for certification and has approved over 3,000 industries worldwide for the TPM award. In India alone over 100 industries have been certified by JPIM at various levels of TPM.

TPM helps to restructure the corporate culture through improvement of human resources and plant management.

In Sri Lanka TPM is still in its infancy and need to be revamped and boosted as a means to achieve excellence in our industrial goods and services output, in order to survive in the fiercely competitive global market place.

Once again JASTECA will take the initiative to promote the use and implementation of TPM to Sri Lanka's industrial ventures with a one day introductory lecture followed by an eight full day workshops (on Saturdays) where the participants will be guided on the implementation process of TPM.

The program will be handled by a JPIM accredited TPM Instructor with hands on experience in implementing this concept in a reputed multinational organization and a manufacturer/exporter of internationally accepted products. The basis and foundation for TPM is "5S" and companies interested in implementing TPM will first be guided through the 5S process.

Following implementation of TPM, participating companies will be assessed by a team of qualified evaluators and a Certificate of Conformity issued under the seal of JASTECA.

For the benefit of interested participants, a study tour of India to visit award winning TPM factories in Chennai could also be arranged.

JASTECA will also provide an assessment report of the participant company before and after TPM process.

Companies implementing TPM successfully could make a further request for advanced training to target JPIM accreditation.