Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a modern maintenance concept that optimizes the performance of overall plant management by integrating production and maintenance. Today, TPM is also interpreted as Total Productive Manufacturing or Total Productive Management in the sense of a comprehensive production system. Parallels to Kaizen or Lean Production can be seen here. In terms of the basic idea, TPM is a program for continuous improvement in all areas of a company. The main focus is on the hunt for losses and waste with the goal of zero defects, zero failures, zero quality losses, zero accidents, etc. The main focus is on production. The eight pillars of TPMContinuous improvement: application-based elimination of the 6 types of losses.Autonomous maintenance: the equipment operator should carry out inspection, cleaning and lubrication work independently in the first step, and small maintenance work in further steps.Planned maintenance: ensuring 100% availability of equipment, as well as designating KAIZEN actions by maintenance.Training and education: Qualify employees as needed to improve operating and maintenance skills.Start-up monitoring: realize a near-vertical start-up curve for new products and equipment.Quality management: realize the ?zero ? Quality Defects? target for products and equipment.TPM in administrative areas: Eliminate losses and wastes in departments not directly producing.Occupational safety, environmental and health protection: Implement the zero ? Accidents requirement in the company. Total Productive Management has as its basic idea the elimination of waste in all areas of a company. 6 types of lossesLosses due to equipment breakdowns (machine downtime)Set-up and setup lossesLosses due to idling and short downtimesLosses due to reduced cycle or operating speedLosses due to start-up difficultiesQuality loss (rejects, rework) Literature Wikipedia