ARE YOU USING THE NEW "TOTAL PLANNED MAINTENANCE"?

Total Planned Maintenance (TPM) is a bus management strategy that is intended to avoid breakdowns rather than increasing maintenance productivity after the vehicle is already in the shop. The microcomputer-based management information system involves several daily reporting procedures that aim to avoid unscheduled maintenance and the cost impacts of vehicles out of service. Daily, rather than monthly, data on vehicle miles, consumables and other details makes possible maintenance planning and scheduling in real time. The information stored assures scheduled servicing, productivity of the service process, conformance with manufacturers' preventive maintenance programs, complete defects reporting by drivers and assured follow-up, and exemptions for any excessive consumption of fluids by the vehicles.

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Friendship Publications, Incorporated

  West 2627 Providence, P.O. Box 1472
  Spokane, WA  United States  99210-1472
• Authors:
  • Duckworth, L
• Publication Date: 1984-2

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 58-61
• Serial:
  • Bus Ride
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Friendship Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0192-8902
  • Serial URL: http://www.busride.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Data collection; Diagnostic tests; Maintenance management; Maintenance practices; Management information systems; Microcomputers; Operating costs; Planning; Preventive maintenance; Productivity; Reliability; Supply; Vehicle maintenance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Availability; Bus maintenance; Diagnostics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00382576
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 30 1984 12:00AM