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  2. Total productive maintenance - Wikipedia

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    Total productive maintenance (TPM) was developed by Seiichi Nakajima in Japan between 1950 and 1970. This experience led to the recognition that a leadership mindset engaging front line teams in small group improvement activity is an essential element of effective operation.

  3. Kaizen - Wikipedia

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    Examples of point kaizen include a shop inspection by a supervisor who finds broken materials or other small issues, and then asks the owner of the shop to perform a quick kaizen to rectify those issues, or a line worker who notices a potential improvement in efficiency by placing the materials needed in another order or closer to the ...

  4. Continual improvement process - Wikipedia

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    The plan–do–check–act cycle is an example of a continual improvement process. The PDCA (plan, do, check, act) or (plan, do, check, adjust) cycle supports continuous improvement and kaizen. It provides a process for improvement which can be used since the early design (planning) stage of any process, system, product or service.

  5. 5S (methodology) - Wikipedia

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    5S methodology 5S resource corner at Scanfil Poland factory in Sieradz. 5S (Five S) is a workplace organization method that uses a list of five Japanese words: seiri (整理), seiton (整頓), seisō (清掃), seiketsu (清潔), and shitsuke (躾).

  6. Total quality management - Wikipedia

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    Total quality management (TQM) is an organization-wide effort to "install and make a permanent climate where employees continuously improve their ability to provide on-demand products and services that customers will find of particular value."

  7. Integrated logistics support - Wikipedia

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    The Facilities logistics element is composed of a variety of planning activities, all of which are directed toward ensuring that all required permanent or semi-permanent operating and support facilities (for instance, training, field and depot maintenance, storage, operational, and testing) are available concurrently with system fielding.

  8. Reliability-centered maintenance - Wikipedia

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    Reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) is a concept of maintenance planning to ensure that systems continue to do what their users require in their present operating context. [1] Successful implementation of RCM will lead to increase in cost effectiveness, reliability, machine uptime, and a greater understanding of the level of risk that the ...

  9. ISO 15686 - Wikipedia

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    ISO 15686 is the in development ISO standard dealing with service life planning.It is a decision process which addresses the development of the service life of a building component, building or other constructed work like a bridge or tunnel.