As a result of Lean TPM part 1: Stabilisation, door to door effectiveness and lead times will have improved by 50% or more, total inventory cost will have reduced by up to 75% and quality defects will be around 20% of the starting benchmark performance. The difference in performance from the starting benchmark to stabilisation is sufficient to account for the difference in operating profitability between average and best industry performers.

The second half of the Lean TPM process concerns achieving excellence in those areas that will sustain commercial advantage over the long term. As with the stabilisation process, the Lean TPM recipe for optimisation is a mix of top down technical proficiency bottom up learning from experience, driven by a practical leadership process.

The Take Away
The recipe for long term growth is more complex than a single idea, project or customer winning deal. To be successful, organisations must create a blend of capabilities that make them unique and difficult to replicate. Success breed’s imitation so to stay ahead requires constant evolution which is one of the reasons why continuous improvement has to be a truly never ending process.

Lean TPM Optimisation provides a continuous improvement process to supports the pursuit of operational excellence as an enabler of competitive advantage and long term growth .It is an enterprise wide framework for setting improvement priorities, accountabilities and targeting investment to accelerate the delivery of results and development of internal capability

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