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Focused Improvement (FI) is the first pillar of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). It involves a set of structured, team-based activities and approaches aimed to eliminate or reduce specifically identified losses in any process. These structured steps are aligned to the Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA). In simpler terms, it is a process that identifies the system’s problems and then modifies the whole system by finding the most cost effective, time saving and least disruptive solutions that will optimize the system. FI can be implemented for improvement activities of any size or complexity in any organisation.

Here’s why FI is important:

  • Helps to understand & analyze the different loss types affecting an organisation.
  • Identifies the criteria for project selection & TPM deployment that will deliver the business objectives.
  • Helps teams develop their capabilities & become self-sufficient in applying appropriate problem solving approaches.
  • Ensures that the workforce has the skills & motivation to eliminate loss from their processes by building competencies & embedding behaviours & can be applied to not only selected projects but also normal everyday issues..
  • Ensures that the approaches taken are consistent & repeatable to assure sustainability.
  • Improves efficiency, reduces defects & improves performance due to eliminating losses.
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What the Focused Improvement pillar is all about
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