Illustrated with examples from Toyota, Asai Glass, Bridgestone, Hitachi, and other top companies, this book comprehensively covers all seven steps of autonomous maintenance (AM). It provides an overview of AM features and checklists for step audits to certify team achievement at each step. The author discusses Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) basics such as the six big losses, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), causes of losses, and six major TPM activities. He includes an implementation plan for TPM and five countermeasures for achieving zero breakdowns, useful guidelines and case studies in applying AM to manual work such as assembly, inspection, and material handling.