Answer true or false. (NOTE: A statement that is not always true should be deemed false, so consider the statements carefully.) For each false statement, provide a corrected version of the statement.

a. Total Productive Manufacturing (TPM) is an approach in which the manufacturing operators continually inspect the manufacturing equipment, note any deficiencies, correct the deficiencies which they are qualified to correct, and report those deficiencies for which they are not qualified to correct.

b. A useful metric for the efficiency of manufacturing staff is the difference between actual cycle time and entitlement cycle time.

c. Consider a machine that experiences a 12-hour monthly PM and 2-hour weekly PMs. If the 12- hour monthly PM procedure can be broken up into four 3-hour procedures, each appended to a different weekly PM over the four weeks of the month, then entitlement cycle time would drop.