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Integrated Continuous Improvement Tool- Total Productive Lean Manufacturing (TPLM) and its Application in a Manufacturing Organization


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1 Automotive Axles Limited, Hootagalli Industrial Area, Off Hunsur Road, Mysore-570 018, Karnataka State, India
2 Department of Business Administration, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu, India
3 Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu, India
     

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Continuous improvement (CI) tools- total productive maintenance (TPM) and lean manufacturing (LM) have been adopted in the context of continuous improvement, but nearly always separately (without integration) and with little understanding of their influence on cultural and performance indicators of organisation. This study explores the imperative factors of integrated CI tool- Total Productive Lean Manufacturing (CI tool- TPLM) and investigates the influence of CI tool- TPLM on organisational culture indicators. The manufacturing companies which have not implemented CI tool- TPLM are recommended for implementing the integrated CI tool towards change in organizational culture indicators and achieve the world class performance in manufacturing. The validation has been carried out in a manufacturing organization as a real case study. The performance of the organization has been increased after implementing CI tool TPLM.

Keywords

Total Productive Lean Manufacturing, Organizational Culture, Imperative Factors, Cultural Factors, Measures of Performance.
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Authors

N. Muthukumar
Automotive Axles Limited, Hootagalli Industrial Area, Off Hunsur Road, Mysore-570 018, Karnataka State, India
K. Tamizhjyothi
Department of Business Administration, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu, India
R. M. Nachiappan
Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu, India

Abstract


Continuous improvement (CI) tools- total productive maintenance (TPM) and lean manufacturing (LM) have been adopted in the context of continuous improvement, but nearly always separately (without integration) and with little understanding of their influence on cultural and performance indicators of organisation. This study explores the imperative factors of integrated CI tool- Total Productive Lean Manufacturing (CI tool- TPLM) and investigates the influence of CI tool- TPLM on organisational culture indicators. The manufacturing companies which have not implemented CI tool- TPLM are recommended for implementing the integrated CI tool towards change in organizational culture indicators and achieve the world class performance in manufacturing. The validation has been carried out in a manufacturing organization as a real case study. The performance of the organization has been increased after implementing CI tool TPLM.

Keywords


Total Productive Lean Manufacturing, Organizational Culture, Imperative Factors, Cultural Factors, Measures of Performance.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.22485/jaei%2F2015%2Fv85%2Fi1-2%2F119876