Assignment: TPM
Identify two companies in unrelated industries that use TPM approaches to ensure reliability in the products or services that they sell, and create a report responding to the following questions:
i. What are the activities that they do under their TPM programs?
ii. What similarities do you notice between the approaches of the two companies? What differences do you identify?
iii. What is the importance of reliability in a production environment?
iv. How does TPM relate to Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)?
v. Identify any elements of the 5S approach that you see in the TPM activities of the two companies.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.