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The whole book, taught chapter by chapter: the six big losses, the eight pillars, quality, early equipment management, people and safety, then data, sensors, predictive maintenance, OEE and the roadmap to TPM 4.0. Twenty lessons. Free, no account, nothing to install.
The chapter, broken into the separate ideas you will be asked to use. Read it, or have it read to you.
A bench you can change: set up a programme, a line or a loss log and see what the chapter says happens. Then go look at a real machine.
A new situation every attempt. Miss one and you are told why that choice fails, and sent back to the exact idea it was testing.
One per chapter, in the book's order. Lessons open as they are built.
Working the lessons is practice, and practice does not earn a certificate. The certificate comes from a separate exam that is graded on our server, so no answer key ever reaches your browser and no score can be reported by the student.
The exam is fifty-four questions, at least two from each lesson, and you need 80% to pass. It records comprehension of the book. It is not a trade licence, an industry credential, or a qualification issued by any authority.
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Modern Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) was written by our founder, Dr. Gene A Constant, and donated to the Foundation. Published by Global Sovereign University Press. Read the whole book free, or listen to it, on the reader page. The class is free. The book is how the Foundation pays for it.
Buy a copy - it funds a free seatGlobal Sovereign University is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and book sales are its only income. A purchase is not a tax-deductible donation.
Questions people ask
Yes. All twenty lessons are free, with no account and nothing to install. Your progress is kept on your own device.
It has twenty lessons, taught from the book. In each one you read the ideas, work a bench that answers back, then answer questions that change every attempt. Miss one and you are sent back to the exact idea it was testing.
Take the separate exam at globalsovereignuniversity.org/modern-tpm-exam. It has fifty-four questions drawn from all twenty lessons, in a new order every attempt, graded on our server so no answer key ever reaches your browser. 80 percent earns Silver, 90 percent Gold and 97 percent Platinum, and every pass carries a serial number anyone can verify. It is free, and you may retake it.
No. The class teaches the management system and does not qualify anyone to work on live equipment. The certificate is not a trade license, an industry credential, or a qualification issued by any authority.
No. Every lesson is taught on the page. The book it is taught from goes deeper, and buying a copy is how the Foundation pays for the free class.
No. The lessons are practice and the exam is the proof. They are separate, so you can sit the exam whenever you are ready.