TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementing total productive maintenance in multi-union manufacturing organizations
T2 - Overcoming job demarcation
AU - McAdam, Rodney
AU - McGeough, Fergal
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Total productive maintenance (TPM) is a change management approach that has been shown to have considerable impact on the internal efficiency of manufacturing organizations, both in the West and in Japan. One of the central tenets of TPM is autonomous maintenance, hence there is an implied loss of job demarcation. Although there are many TPM studies in the literature, there are few which concentrate on implementing TPM in heavily demarcated and unionized organizations. This paper describes the results of a study to investigate TPM applications in multi-unionized and heavily demarcated manufacturing organizations. Implementation and key success factors are discussed. Comparisons are also made with best-practice applications in Japan.
AB - Total productive maintenance (TPM) is a change management approach that has been shown to have considerable impact on the internal efficiency of manufacturing organizations, both in the West and in Japan. One of the central tenets of TPM is autonomous maintenance, hence there is an implied loss of job demarcation. Although there are many TPM studies in the literature, there are few which concentrate on implementing TPM in heavily demarcated and unionized organizations. This paper describes the results of a study to investigate TPM applications in multi-unionized and heavily demarcated manufacturing organizations. Implementation and key success factors are discussed. Comparisons are also made with best-practice applications in Japan.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0442326186&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/0954412006928
DO - 10.1080/0954412006928
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0442326186
VL - 11
SP - 187
EP - 197
JO - Total Quality Management
JF - Total Quality Management
SN - 0954-4127
IS - 2
ER -