Tag: TPM
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The Necessary Competitiveness
The need to continuously gain competitiveness is undeniable in any company and becomes not just a temporary requirement but a permanent one in order to achieve the goal of "making money today and in the future," as Eliyahu Goldratt said. Assuming the company is locally viable, we understand competitiveness as the ability to reach…
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THE 16 GREATEST INDUSTRIAL LOSSES – TPM
The goal of TPM is to combat losses. The Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM) offers a list of 16 Major Industrial Losses that are independent of the sector or size of the company. Each company faces the challenge of investigating how each of these losses impacts its own organization, quantifying them, and eliminating them.
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Rethinking the Organization
“I can’t believe there are so many simple things that can improve the company,” a client told me recently. It happens that the day-to-day grind and its challenges push us into a gradual isolation. We lose sight of what matters most trying to respond to urgent matters, which are often also important. Administrative tasks…
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The chicken or the egg? Implement first to improve or improve to implement.
It's common to hear comments from our clients like: “There's too much disorganization right now to develop Continuous Improvement or Kaizen activities. We have to solve them first.” “We currently have many problems; once we eliminate them, we'll start with 5S.” “We must first change the culture to be able to implement an industrial management system like TPM.” It would seem that…
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Action Group expands horizons
With over 11 years of experience in Argentina and a proven track record of impeccable consulting work, Action Group has decided to expand its horizons and take on a new challenge: conquering the Mexican market. And why Mexico? Mexico has over…
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The Pillars of TPM
What are the TPM Pillars? The pillars are the fundamental strategies for developing the program. These pillars support the construction of an organized production system. They are implemented following a disciplined, powerful, and effective methodology. The pillars considered by the JIPM as necessary for the development of TPM in an organization are eight…