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Analysis of barriers of total productive maintenance (TPM)

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In the highly competitive environment, to be successful and to achieve world-class-manufacturing, organizations must possess both efficient maintenance and effective manufacturing strategies. A strategic approach to improve the performance of maintenance activities is to effectively adapt and implement strategic TPM initiatives in the manufacturing organizations. Total productive maintenance (TPM) is not easy to adopt and implement, due to presence of many barriers. The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyse these barriers. A questionnaire based survey was conducted to rank these barriers. The results of this survey and interpretive structural modelling approach have been used to model and analyse key barriers and drive managerial insights.

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Attri, R., Grover, S., Dev, N. et al. Analysis of barriers of total productive maintenance (TPM). Int J Syst Assur Eng Manag 4, 365–377 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13198-012-0122-9

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