TPM Checklist

1. Policy and objectives

■ How is equipment management integrated into company policy?

■ Are equipment management policy and objectives set and
prioritized correctly?
■ Are the management guidelines and evaluation criteria
stipulated?
■ Are long-term and annual plans integrated?
■ Are policy and objectives thoroughly understood and
implemented?
■ Are accurate checks done to make sure objectives are being
met?
■ Are the year’s results considered in formulating goals,
objectives and plans for the next year?
2. Organization and operation

■ Are the organization and personnel assignments right for

managing the equipment?
■ Is a good organization in place for promoting TPM?
■ Is the TPM promotion organization in close contact with
production lines?
■ Are all the necessary departments participating fully in TPM?
■ Is effective co-ordination being done between the head office
and the factories?
■ Are there any impediments to the exchange and use of
information?
■ Are relations good with any subcontractors responsible for
equipment, dies, tools and maintenance work?
3. Small-group activities and autonomous
maintenance

■ Is the organization of the small groups right?

■ How are small-group activity objectives set?
■ Do the groups meet frequently and are their meetings lively?
■ Are there lots of good suggestions, and are they handled
properly?
■ How is goal attainment ascertained?
■ Do operators take the initiative in maintaining their
equipment?
 4. Training

■ Do the different departments understand TPM?

■ Are the training programmes broad enough and their
curricula right?
■ Do the training programs follow the curricula?
■ How many people have technical or expert certifications?
■ How knowledgeable and skilled are people in maintenance
techniques?
■ How is skill assessment done?
■ Is there any way to make sure the training is having an
effect?
5. Equipment maintenance

■ Are the 5-S being implemented?

- Is the machinery clean and free of dust, filings, oil and other
waste material?
- Have policies been instituted to deal with dirt, places that
cause soiling and places that are difficult to clean, inspect and
lubricate?
- Are lubrication labels, gauge limitations, bolt tighten-to-her
marks and other visible indicators used?
- Are all of the tools, materials, gauges and other things stored
neatly and kept clean?
6. Equipment maintenance

■ Are equipment diagnosis techniques used in these cases?

- Cracking, corrosion and loosening?
- Abnormal vibration, heating and noise?
- Water, oil, gas and air leakage?
■ Are power lines, water lines, hydraulic lines and other lines
neatly and properly handled?
■ Are oils properly selected and properly replaced or filtered at the
appropriate intervals?
7. Planning management

■ Are the appropriate efforts being made to improve maintenance

techniques and efficiently?
■ Are the equipment standards properly set and enforced in a
planned manner?
■ Are monthly and annual maintenance plans drawn up and
implemented properly?
■ Are the purchasing plans for spare parts and other maintenance
equipment properly drawn up (e.g.. How much of what to buy
from where) and are such things cared for?
■ Are equipment blueprints well cared for?
■ Are the dies, tools and gauges properly cared for?
Planning management...

■ Are good records being kept on equipment wear and

equipment failures that mandate stoppages or other
maintenance efforts?
■ Are maintenance records used to improve processes?
■ Are the right maintenance techniques properly applied?
8. Equipment investment plans and maintenance
planning

■ Is equipment investment co-ordinated with the

development of new products and new processes?
■ Is equipment investment cost-effective?
■ How is the plant investment budget drawn up and
controlled?
■ Are maintenance planning suggestions duly reflected in
equipment investment standards?
■ Are reliability and maintenance duly considered in
selecting, designing and placing equipment?
Equipment investment plans and maintenance
planning...

■ Is equipment closely monitored in the start up stages

■ Is the company good at developing its own dies, tools and
equipment?
■ Are pollicies promptly instituted to keep major problems from
recurring?
■ Are plant assets properly managed?
9. Production volume, scheduling, quality and cost

■ Is the equipment control closely integrated with production

volume and scheduling?
■ Is equipment control closely integrated with quality control?
■ Are maintenance budgets drawn up and managed properly?
■ Is the energy and other resource conservation practiced?
10. Safety, sanitation and environmental
conservation

■ Are sound policies in place for safety, sanitation and

environmental conservation?
■ Are the right organizations in place for safety, sanitation and
environmental conservation?
■ Are safety, sanitation and environmental conservation methods
known and practiced?
■ Is the equipment investment integrated with safety, sanitation
and environmental conservation considerations?
■ Are safety and sanitation policies paying off?
■ Do environmental pollicies meet all of the legal requirements?
 11. Results and assessments

■ Are results properly measured?

■ Are policies being implemented and objectives met?
■ Is maintenance paying off in terms of enhanced productivity
and other management aims?
■ Does the company make an effort to publicize its activities
and its successes?
■ Does the company know where the problems are?
■ Have plans been drawn up for future progress?