José Roberto Diaz-Reza is a PhD student on Advanced Engineering Sciences at the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
Professor Dr. Jorge Luis Garcia-Alcaraz is a National Researcher level 2 recognized by National Council of Science and Technology in Mexico, expert in lean manufacturing methodologies and advanced manufacturing technologies. He has 14 years of experience in manufacturing industry.
Valeria Martínez-Loya is curently persuing her Master's degree in industrial engineering. Her research focuses on Industrial Engineering field and Lean Manufacturing methodologies, mostly focusing on logistics and quality areas.
This book present the state of the art in Total Productive Maintainance (TPM) and its benefits. The authors present a survey applied to 368 manufacturing industries in order to determine their level of execution of TPM. Then a series of causal models are presented. For each model, the authors present a measure of the dependency between the critical success factors and the benefits obtained, allowing industry managers to differentiate between essential and non-essential activities. The content also allows students and academics to obtain a theoretical and empirical basis on the importance of TPM as a lean manufacturing tool in the context of industry 4.0.