Early Product and Early Equipment Management (EEM & EPM) — Excellence in Launching New Products and Equipment
Commissioning a new line, new equipment or a new product often causes serious losses for companies: extended ramp-up, chronic breakdowns, quality fluctuations and unexpected maintenance costs. The Early Product and Early Equipment Management (EEM/EPM) program, part of Grupas' TPM Management System, integrates the TPM perspective into the design, procurement, installation, commissioning and stabilization steps right from the start. The goal is clear: to build a system that is safe, maintenance-friendly, operator-friendly, quality-assured and loss-free from day one.
The program is delivered through a 5-phase roadmap: Kick-off and Scope Definition, Establishing Standards (EEM/EPM Framework and Stage-Gate model), Pilot Project Implementation (design reviews, FMEA, FAT/SAT), Stabilization and Ramp-up (loss management in the first 90 days, PM/AM fundamentals) and Institutionalization & Deployment (playbook, training, rollout plan).
Benefits for Your Company
- Fast commissioning and short ramp-up time: Reaching target capacity earlier through a holistic "horizontal start-up" instead of a "vertical start-up".
- High OEE, low breakdowns and downtime: Improved MTBF/MTTR and stable quality (FTQ) performance.
- Lower maintenance and life cycle cost: Embedding maintainability, accessibility, spare part and measurement requirements into URS and procurement specifications from the outset.
- Early risk management: Preventing failures at the design stage rather than on the shop floor through FMEA/FTA, design reviews and Poka-Yoke.
- Feedback to design instead of temporary fixes: Early detection and permanent resolution of chronic losses within the first 90 days.
- Strong organizational memory: Standardized lessons learned, an EEM/EPM Playbook, gate checklists and a training matrix that make success repeatable in every new project.
- Safety (EHS) and ergonomics assurance: Reduced incident/near-miss risk during the commissioning period.
Who Is It For?
Designed for manufacturing companies investing in new equipment and lines, running modernization projects, launching new products, or managing variant and recipe changes; and for their project management, engineering, maintenance, production, quality, procurement and EHS teams.
