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GA 313 | The Eight Pillars of Total Productive Maintenance with Balaji Chandrasekar

Avatar photo By Jessica Bush Updated on April 2nd, 2020

This week’s guest is Balaji Chandrasekar. Ron and Balaji reviewed the pillars of TPM, the challenges involved, and more. A MP3 audio version of this episode is available for download here.

In this episode you’ll learn: 

  • The quote that inspires Balaji (3:11)
  • Balaji’s background (3:55)
  • About TPM, or Total Productive Maintenance (5:07)
  • Some of the challenges of implementing TPM (6:45)
  • How the challenges are unique to TPM (10:03)
  • What tools they leverage (11:09)
  • The eight pillars of TPM (12:48)
  • About OEE (18:20)
  • Tracking OEE (20:40)
  • Measuring maturity with TPM (22:16)
  • Balaji’s final words of wisdom (24:56)

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Jessica Bush

Jessica is responsible for the editorial aspects of Gemba Academy’s content, focusing on course materials, podcast production, social media, and other copywriting efforts. An avid advocate of entrepreneurship, Jessica has worked with two technology startups as co-founder and head marketing strategist. Jessica received her BS in Business Administration from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, with a minor in Music.

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