Determination of sectoral background oriented to total productive maintenance in forest products industry, the example of İnegöl

The demand of low cost for high quality products has directed numerous producers around the world to equipment management programs. The most popular of these programs is a management system named Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). The aim of the study is to present the general condition of TPM facilities in forest products industry. For this purpose, face-to-face interviews with 77 forestry products industrialists in Bursa/Inegöl were conducted. Findings were analyzed on SPSS through statistics means. The study demonstrated that 75,3% of the companies have a maintenance department independent of the organizational chart and that 53,2% of the maintenance departments have shown development. Furthermore, only 9,1% of the enterprises use the TPM system, 19,5% consider switching to it in the future, while 22,1% are uninformed about the TPM. The study also finds that the TPM implementing companies have experienced efficiency increase in general and equipment efficiency in particular, and a decrease in both scrap and breakdown rates. Keywords: Maintenance, Inegöl, Forest products industry, Total productive maintenance, TPM