World class manufacturing on automobile industry and applications of autonomous maintenance in press shop

Nowadays international competency is growing fast. In this condition, to be alive the first rule is being a fast runner! To do this, we should follow dynamic structure of this age and we should open for reforms and changes in our work life. Because of that companies have to adapt themselves according to new age technologies and systems, if not, they should be ready to be passed by others. From this reality, Lean Manufacturing system was developed by Toyota. Later from all over the world, so many companies started to implement it. Lean manufacturing with a short explanation is; distinguishing of the waste and value, decreasing or if possible zeroing the waste and making the value more worthy. Autonomous Maintenance as a subject is one of the most important fundamentals of the application side of lean manufacturing.In this study, effects of Autonomous Maintenance on manufacturing productivity have been investigated. It?s applications that are the basic of the World Class Manufacturing (WCM) and Total Preventive Maintenance (TPM). So, Firstly WCM system was introduced in this study. Then it replaced by Autonomous Maintenance (AM) applications and it has been studied step by step. In application part, both the effects of the AM applications in working shop and the importance of AM in equipment improvements have been tried to emphasize with the applications realized in Press Production Shop where is from a leader of automotive sector in Turkey.Key Words: Lean Manufacturing System, Total Preventive Maintenance, Autonomous Maintenance, World Class Manufacturing.