Enhancing Operational Efficiency: A Study on Total Productive Maintenance for the Heidelberg Speed master 102V

The aim of this study is focused on how Total Productive Maintenance (TPM – as commonly known in the literature) is applied on the Heidelberg Speed master 102V offset printing machine with a view to improving the maintenance and consequently reducing the breakdown periods of the machine. The main aim is to assess how effective this management philosophy is in the reduction of degradation of equipment in the sector of printing media industry. The research methodology was quantitative, thus obtaining data from the maintenance records for the entire one-year period.