5S Online Training Program

Session 1:
Fall 2010

Session 2:
Spring 2011

Program Description

Moving from a reactive maintenance organization to a proactive maintenance organization requires constant improvement in the way the maintenance process is managed. To reach this goal, you must build a maintenance organization unburdened by firefighting and focused on preventive, scheduled and corrective maintenance activities. For it is only when you have achieved a stable maintenance operation that you can reach our overall improvement goals.

For over thirty years Productivity has been helping companies improve their maintenance operations through the implementation of TPM. Working in concert with the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University, Productivity has combined years of TPM implementation experience with the resources of one of the top business schools in the country to create the Total Productive Maintenance Certification Program.

This Certification program we will teach you how to implement Total Productive Maintenance in a simple, accelerated and cost effective manner. The program has been designed for corporate and plant leaders charged with directing the maintenance organization and implementing a reliable method for improving the maintenance process. This certification focuses on three critical areas necessary for success:

Plan – The preparatory phase of the TPM process, what needs to be done to ensure readiness and create a solid foundation for your program.
Do – The techniques and methodologies you will need to transition your organization from a reactive to proactive maintenance excellence environment.
Lead – The cultural and leadership characteristics necessary to keep your effort on track and ensure all of your improvement efforts are in direct support of the organization’s overall goals.

Over four non-consecutive weeks you will participate in a series of learning modules, then in between the weeks of training you will be required to apply the methods to operations at your own company.

Program Sponsorship:
It is required that each participant in the program have a management sponsor to attest to the participant's qualification for the program and to the results achieved through the homework assignments.

TPM Master

To be certified as a TPM Master, you will be required to complete a 6 month TPM implementation project in your facility. This project would begin at the conclusion of the four-week TPM Manager program and would be audited by Productivity Consultants and OSU faculty. For more information on the TPM Master Certification, please ask the customer service agent at 800.966.5423.

Program Requirements:
To be considered for this program, you must be affiliated with a manufacturing or service organization actively pursuing process improvement techniques. You should have a fundamental understanding of TPM and supporting Lean techniques.

Participants who successfully complete the four-week training and mentoring program, pass the certification exam and demonstrate successful implementation of the techniques in their own facility are then certified by Productivity Inc. and the Fisher College of Business as TPM Managers. Program graduates earn 16 CEUs.

Program Objectives:
Participants who have completed this certification program will have an overall knowledge of the eight pillars of TPM and will be able to:

Establish and customize an internal TPM Implementation strategy
Properly use machine performance data to identify and execute a Tactical Action Plan for success
Justify and implement a complete maintenance planning and scheduling process
Conduct and lead Autonomous Maintenance Kaizen events
Design and perform site specific TPM Auditing processes
Establish a base line data collection and understand the use of the metric of OEE
Understand the need for and conduct breakdown analysis reviews
Organize and control spare parts
Use the principles of Early Equipment Management

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