Kenneth Rizzo

To stay competitive, printers must maximize all the components of the graphic arts processes, from prepress to shipping. The TPM system is designed to optimize and maintain a graphic arts technical system, as well as accelerate plant production throughput. Total Production Maintenance is a guide to helping printers develop and implement a formal program for achieving optimum equipment effectiveness.

This updated edition of Total Production Maintenance addresses a wide range of topics:

Total Productive Maintenance

Equipment Maintenance

Total Prepress Maintenance

Statistical Process Control Tools

Recognizing Production Workflow Bottlenecks

Best Practices

Quality Assurance of Print Materials

Optimizing the Press

Process Control

Quick-Response Makeready.