In order to help printers realize their full potential, PIA/GAFTPress is pleased to announce the release of the latest edition of Total Production Maintenance: A Guide for the Printing Industry, by Kenneth E. Rizzo.

This third edition of Total Production Maintenance contains updated and additional material, particularly in the area of lean manufacturing as it applies to graphic arts processes and addresses a wide variety of topics, including:

Total productive maintenance
Equipment maintenance
Prepress maintenance
Statistical process control and Six Sigma tools
Recognizing production workflow bottlenecks
Best practices for lean printing
Quality assurance of print materials
TPM analysis: the press
Process control
Quick-response makeready

Most printers have realized they must achieve the very best their processes can produce in quality and productivity to stay competitive. That means optimizing and maintaining all components of the process.

“Ken’s book is a milestone in assisting printers with going lean,” says James Workman, PIA/GATF vice president of training. “Now printers have a guidebook, complete with checklists and other resources, to help them implement a formal program for achieving optimum equipment effectiveness.”

These checklists and resources are a valuable aspect of this handy reference book. Providing you with the tools to institute this program, the book includes instructions to access maintenance, calibration, and process control checklists, both blank and as templates, which PIA/GATF uses for its own TPM program.