Vol. 2 No. 2; March 2012
The Applicability of Total Productive admit for healthcare Facilities: an Implementation Methodology
Tamer H. Haddad Instructor Industrial Engineering Department, P.O.Box 7 An-Najah bailiwick University Nablus, West Bank, 97200, Palestine Dr. Ayham A.M. Jaaron Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering Industrial Engineering Department, P.O.Box 7 An-Najah National University Nablus, West Bank, 97200, Palestine Abstract
This paper presents a novel methodological analysis for the effectuation of the Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program in the healthcare industry. The study was carried out at a major(ip) hospital in Jordan using in-depth interviews coupled with observations and documents collection. A TPM implementation methodology has been developed for increasing medical devices utilization and lessen their failures. The developed employees working system and new responsibilities were explained through main(a) Maintenance (AM), Preventive Maintenance (PM), and 5S Modeling, with a suggestion for additional working performance indicators. This paper is one of a a few(prenominal) studies that investigate the applicability of manufacturing alimony systems in other settings and that they toilet generate significant operational benefits.
Keywords: Total Productive Maintenance; Healthcare; maintenance system; implementation methodology; lean
TPM; maintenance operations.
1. Introduction
The concept of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) has been introduced and developed by Japanese in 1971. This came in response to the maintenance and support problems in commercial factory. TPM is defined as a amentiferous maintenance carried out by all employees through lowly group activities (Gosavi, 2006). TPM is a maintenance program which involves a fresh defined concept for maintaining plants, equipment and facilities (Venkatesh, 2003), knowing that failures will cause additional costs, TPM...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay
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