The way Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is often understood in the United States differs significantly from the modern TPM Excellence framework promoted by the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM). The deployment of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) in the United States is quite different than the JIPM TPM Excellence Framework of today. TPM was developed in Japan by the Japanese Institute of Plant Maintenance. Although TPM became known in the USA about 1994, it w