Applying TPM at Hai Van Paint company

Hai Van paint Co., Ltd is an enterprise specialized in manufacturing high-class paints for maritime and industry such as Epoxy paint, concrete floor paint, fireproof paint, heat-resistant silicate paint … and many other civil paint products to serve the needs of ship building and repairing.

The company has implemented 5S since June 2018 under the Technical Assistance program of the Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT). The company 5S’s activities have been certified by the Ministry of Industry and Trade to participate in the program. At the company, 5S activities are disseminated to all employees and maintained up to now (September 2019).

Since October 2018, Hai Van paint Co., Ltd. has joined the TPM implementation program with pillars of Autonomous Maintenance (AM), Planned Maintenance (PM). In order to strengthen the connecting between operators and maintenances staff, to manage and take care of the machine, TPM members have implemented a series of activities such as: revised the operating instructions of the crusher machine; make the One-Point Lesson (OPL) on safety operating instructions; hang green and red tag. Green and red tag activities are carried out by the operators.

Recently, the company continued to implement the Focused Improvement (FI) pillar – one of 8 pillars of TPM – to provide solutions to ensure timely delivery rate (in order to have no customer complaints about late delivery).

The centralized improvement process at the company started with the improvement group meeting: (1) establishing the foucus improvement group, announcing the expected goals of the company’s management, (2) discussing about losses which observated, data related to losses; (3) analysis of losses and wastes occurring at a pilot stage (raw material grinding stage). There were 39 proposed causes after the meeting, through which the improvement group classified 39 causes for 7 main cause groups; (4) do the 5 Why analysis and 4M analysis for these causes. The 4M analysis results have helped the team set up 5 improvements in management methods. All of these solutions are low cost or no cost.

With the proposal of the focused improvement group, the company has recorded losses, proposed 5 groups of improvement solutions in the near future, bringing the company effective reduction of loss and waste and make more safety for employee.

Productivity and Quality Office