Safety: The 7th Pillar of Total Productive Maintenance

safety: the 7th pillar of total productive maintenance

Safety the 7th pillar of TPM implements a methodology to drive towards the achievement of zero accidents.
The goal in production is to make high quality products at a low cost ensuring speedy delivery. Often times, the safety of employees is omitted as an essential part of this goal.
This is a major issue as the productivity of an organization depends on employee satisfaction.
The organization’s production process is a collaborative effort of individuals. At the individual level, safety is a matter of much concern. Ensuring the safety of employees takes away the factor of worry and gives them ‘peace of mind’. In such an environment where the employees do not need to worry about getting injured it increases the productivity and well as the efficiency of the employees.
TPM addresses the hazardous conditions in an organization before they become a cause of real concern. Safety initiative of TPM increases productivity leading to operational excellence.

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