TRAINING Fig.3: TPM, OAC or a structured apprenticeship scheme can greatly benefit
companies.TPM offers significant results, but is the longest and most arduous journey. If you want a more pragmatic approach and a quicker return on
investment, then OAC is the path for your
business.The graphic describes what can happen if any of the essential elements are missing
shared between production and maintenance. OEE is calculated by multiplying Availability, Performance and Quality, and encompasses all losses, resulting in a measure of truly productive manufacturing time. Operator Asset Care –MCP is also working
with companies to make better use of their operators’ abilities without constraints of TPM or AM. What is Operator Asset Care? • An essential part of the ‘world class’
approach to maximising the effectiveness of operational assets and processes within the company • A joint venture between production and
maintenance which offers a structured approach to achieving and sustaining World Class Operating Performance OAC facilitates effective utilisation of the
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operators’ latent capabilities, time and work habits to improve asset condition and reliability. It equips operators with the knowledge and understanding to participate in asset care activities to deliver sustainable improvements in equipment reliability. Just like AM, process activities and
maintenance tasks are integrated. There is shared responsibility for asset condition, reliability and performance. Unlike TPM and AM, it need
not be part of a company- wide change programme. It can be piloted in a discrete area. The learnings can be reviewed before rolling out the programme wider. OAC should be applied when customers
want to involve their operators in maintenance without the encumbrances of TPM and AM. An OAC programme requires less investment than TPM or AM. It also reduces risk. At the start of the programme we will take
time to understand the culture of the company before the initial training is pitched to sell the concept to the operators and technicians. Towards the end of the initial input we will get the operators and technicians to articulate what the business needs to do to improve. If the main thrust of the improvement activity comes from the operational and
maintenance staff, endorsed by MCP and the company management, it is much easier to get commitment. Skills are developed to enable operators to
undertake maintenance and process improvement tasks (Fig.2). A good place to start is a department or line with lots of opportunity for improvement. Plants that have embraced OAC with management backing and investment have seen an increase in quality output within six to eight months. One company achieved an OEE improvement of 10% within this timeframe.
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