TPM - Benefits of Automation

Today’s manufacturers face significant challenges :-

Rising material and energy costs, Decreasing customer price expectations, Intense global competition, Piracy of intellectual property, Shorter product life cycles and Tightening regulatory norms. Innovative high value products are a hallmark of the companies who succeed in this environment. But great products often aren’t enough. Manufacturing these products in a
customer responsive & lean operation environment is another essential piece of the puzzle.

Modern businesses and plants are driven by:
A. Increased profitability
B. Increased productivity
C. Increased Quality
To achieve this, managers look for new techniques and upgraded technologies to:
Enhance Plant Processes.
Reduce Installation and Maintenance
time & cost.
Optimize plant operations
To reduce wasteful and redundant steps.
More reliable, energy efficient and environment friendly equipment.
Optimal and precise procedures, to continuously support work process.
Effective maintenance management system.

System which can lead to:-
Zero Accident,
Zero Defect and
Zero Breakdown
In order to achieve these objectives, it have the right automation system in

Plants often evolve through new technologies addition of new equipment and revamping of old ones. It is important that new equipment and technologies fit in seamlessly into the previously installed equipment and system.
Increasing the level of automation reduces dependence on manual procedures and inadvertent mistakes.
Operational accuracy and repeatability are important to plants to be predictable and reliable. Increasing automation can substantially reduce maintenance costs and improve product quality. Human efforts thus saved, can then be directed to generate innovative ideas for reducing
cycle times and cutting down process loss at every steps.