Makeefficiency.com is an Informative Site on Total Productive Maintenance, as developed by the JIPM.
It also includes important details and upates about the TPM award process from the JIPM.
Recent Updates
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See my book report on one of the most valuable resources that I have found for detailed information on the Autonomous Maintenance Pillar - Autonomous Maintenance in Seven Steps
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The application period for the 2025 TPM Awards is closed.
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The registration period for the 2025 Awards was from November 5th to December 20th, 2024, in JST
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The application period for 2026 opens November 5, 2025 to late December 2025.
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9-1-2025 JIPM has released the TPM Award Ouline (guidelines) for 2026 Award
To Apply for the Next JIPM TPM Award
Step 1 - Registration for the 2026 TPM Award i
(Click to Register). Once you register, you will recieve a confirmation email within a few days. One must register 1st in order to apply for TPM Excellence Awards. (You can register at any time.)
Step 2 - Apply for the TPM award. Using your login and passord created by registration, you can begin the process of applying for one of the TPM Awards. Note you must complete your application before Dec 23, 2025 for the 2026 TPM award but you cannot apply before November 2025. For more instructions from JIPM on how to apply for the TPM award see this link: => Instructions on how to apply for the TPM Award
This Site
TPM is an acronym for Total Productive Maintenance, defined by JIPM.
I developed this site to help promote my new book on TPM. "TPM For Executives And Managers" is written to help management understand the key to successful TPM deployment, and the information on this site helps those who want to learn more about the TPM Award process.
On this site, I am sharing some key information that should be helpful to anyone interested in learning about the JIPM TPM Award process. If you are curious about the process or have begun your journey and would like to chat, please get in touch with me. I would love to talk with you.
I spent 16 years leading the efforts of a USA company that embraced TPM. In 2010, they received the Award for TPM Excellence Category A. Here, you can learn about TPM and how the JIPM has created a structured and documented method for improving the effectiveness of your production. TPM helps by tapping into the expertise that already exists within your organization. TPM enables you to understand the simple tools and concepts applicable to any industry that have proven successful for many companies across the globe.
This information will help you to learn more about how it can work in the USA.
The JIPM TPM Approach
As defined by the JIPM (Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance), TPM stands for Total Productive Maintenance. If you have heard of the TPM awards and want to learn more about applying TPM's powerful manufacturing improvement tools in America, you are in the right place.
Many American manufacturing companies apply lean manufacturing principles, including several of the same tools, such as total quality management and the Toyota production system. Still, for one reason or another, we typically see TPM as a single element of machine care.
TPM, as defined by the JIPM, has become a holistic approach across all areas of a manufacturing plant, working to identify and eliminate losses. Every department, from order entry and engineering to production scheduling and logistics, has defined responsibility within TPM. The JIPM offers third-party certification of your system through the TPM Awards process.
Why are you Here?
The JIPM TPM Awards
Would you like to learn more about the JIPM TPM award process so you can move your factory into a strong future? Do you need guidance and support on deploying TPM according to the JIPM? Are you thinking about applying for the TPM Award? Do you have questions to ask someone who has been there? If so, you have come to the right place. Would you like some good consulting advice?
If you think that TPM is just a tool within Lean, you will soon learn that TPM is actually a holistic approach to manufacturing improvement that drives out losses from all areas of your factory operation.
This site is for anyone interested in Learning more about the JIPM TPM Award Process. It should be valuable to plant managers or top corporate executives who want to consider a structured approach to manufacturing improvement.
Are you tired of following blindly based on faith professed by the evangelists of lean? Are you tired of seeing resources spend more time and money than they are saving from their efforts? If so, you will enjoy learning to deploy a holistic methodology with specific checklists to use to measure your progress and outside assessments to verify your success. If you are struggling with how to focus your efforts on the right things and measure the improvement, then you will enjoy the concise and clear methods of prioritizing and measuring your progress.
Resources
This is a one-stop place to learn Key information about TPM as defined by the JIPM. I have posted articles, book references, video presentations, links to helpful sites, and literature.
For Example, if you are applying for the JIPM award, you will need the Application Outline for the 2024 TPM Awards. Be sure to see the assessment checklist in section 6 and the New Self checklist created in 2023. .
You will also find a guide on how to prepare the Activity report you need for your application. The Link to JIPM resources above provides links to both of these key documents and many others.
If you have questions about TPM or the JIPM TPM Awards Process, use our chatbot or contact information to request assistance. I'm glad to chat with you and provide advice as I learn of your activities.
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If you would like addtional information, please use the form to the right to request a discussion or email dialogue.
I am currently in the process of assembling this site and sharing information, while writing a book on the topic, but I would be glad to speak to anyone interested in this award process and answer a few questions or share your experience for the book.