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Introduction<br />

dealing with fundamentals <strong>of</strong> <strong>TPM</strong> were studied. Also, the author attended a<br />

winter school titled "Total Productive Maintenance <strong>and</strong> Strategic Maintenance<br />

Quality Engineering", organized by Dr. S.R Devadasan <strong>and</strong> Dr. S.Muthu,<br />

sponsored by All India Council <strong>of</strong> Technical Education, India, held at PSG<br />

College <strong>of</strong>Technology, Coimbatore, India. Secondly, a theoretical model titled<br />

as " Maintenance Quality Function Deployment" (<strong>M<strong>QFD</strong></strong>) was designed by<br />

integrating <strong>TPM</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>QFD</strong> principles. Thirdly, investigations were conducted<br />

with the objective <strong>of</strong> studying the practical feasibility <strong>of</strong> <strong>M<strong>QFD</strong></strong><br />

implementation.<br />

I Study <strong>of</strong>books on <strong>TPM</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>QFD</strong><br />

I Participation in a training programme<br />

I Designing <strong>M<strong>QFD</strong></strong> model<br />

I Investigate studies on <strong>M<strong>QFD</strong></strong><br />

Study <strong>of</strong><strong>M<strong>QFD</strong></strong> implementation in multifarious cultures<br />

Sensitivity analysis <strong>of</strong><strong>M<strong>QFD</strong></strong><br />

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