
ABOUT
Purpose
On this site, I am sharing some key information that should be helpful to anyone interested in learning about this award process. If you are interested in the process, have started your journey, and would like to chat, please get in touch with me. I would love to discuss JIPM TPM Award Information Support Training consulting with you.
Here, you can learn about TPM as defined by the JIPM. It is a structured and documented method of improving the effectiveness of your production. TPM helps by tapping into the expertise already in your organization. It enables you to understand the powerful tools and concepts of industry that have been successful for many companies across the globe.
This information will help you learn how it can work in the USA, but you can apply it at any location. I have also included a short overview of the New TPM Standard PAS1918:2022.
Who we are
In 2005, I was asked to lead the USA initiative within an organization that was acquired by a Japanese Chemical company. After visiting Japan and working with Japanese consultants, Engineers, translators, and our owners, and their consultants, I successfully helped out team apply for the JIPM Award for TPM Excellence Category A. After a rigorous two day on site assessment by 2 JIPM assessors, we achieved the Award. In 2011, our executive team traveled to Japan to receive the Award.
I am Someone with hands-on experience with Quality Enhancement and Scientific Management tools created by experts such as Deming all the way through the Toyota Production System to help anyone make holistic improvements in all aspects of their business. After working with Japanese experts for over 15 years in the deployment of a special holistic approach to Total Productive Management, I can share a keen understanding of the roadmap created by the JIPM for true business transformation using the guidelines for Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
The Book
I am retired from the chemical processing industry and am in the process of writing a book on the key information I learned about TPM as defined by the JIPM and deployed in America. I would love to hear from others who have been along the same journey or are considering applying for the Award.
Use the contact form to set up a call. In the future, look for the Book title “The JIPM TPM Award—An American Perspective of the Japanese Award.”
I am creating this website as a springboard to begin my book-writing process. I plan to share key information with anyone willing to listen and learn from the exchange. Although over 3000 TPM facility awards have been issued in the last 50 years, only 92 were awarded to facilities in the USA.
Western products, practices, and methods were long considered the best in the world. However, the world markets are rapidly changing. The USA has become overconfident and arrogant. As a result, we tend to look at TPM as too slow and complicated. After all, we build our parachutes on the way down in America, right? Over time, we have slowly lost our advantage in key technology areas. The Japanese now own the consumer electronics industry. Changes in the automotive industry are well documented, and for the first time, Western-dominated industries such as computers and aviation are facing serious challenges from foreign competitors.
TPM is a complex, long-term process that all workers and managers must understand as an improvement methodology that will benefit everyone. For TPM to succeed in any industry, both management and workers must work together to change our culture to one of trust and respect for each other. Only the management members of a company can make this change happen.