... interesting approach of explaining TPM to their operators, who were mostly young women. They compared TPM to a mother caring for her baby. The equipment, of course, is the baby. The mother, the operator, ... fever. The mother does a lot of TPM activities, but what if she runs out of options? Then it is time to call the doctor. The doctors are the maintenance people, the specialists. They go in ... year. So they began watching their dials much closer to prevent the vacuum from building too high and ripping the disk. And because the operator had the tools and the replacement part at the job...