After the initial success, followed by eight TPM events, MRC expanded their TPM efforts to their second facility. They created a TPM Steering Committee at their second site and also created a Policy group to coordinate the efforts of both facilities. The President of MRC Bearings, Bengt Nilsson joined the Policy group as an active member. "Having the company president working with us to drive TPM sent a clear message to everyone that this was not just another flavor of the month program," said Folts.

Don Russell was then solicited to assist in driving the process as the TPM Coordinator. "We have been very fortunate to have fantastic support from both management as well as our U.A.W Union personnel," said Russell. In a recent MRC company newsletter, President Nilsson is pictured shoulder to shoulder with the TPM Area Coordinators. TPM at MRC has been described as one of the most successful co-management programs ever started at MRC. Mr. Nilsson said, "I am very pleased and proud of how the whole organization, after the initial skepticism and hesitation, enthusiastically embraced the TPM concept. It is of utmost importance to have reliable and well maintained machinery in order to serve our customers well and to get on-time deliveries. A well developed TPM program is one of the cornerstones in our drive for manufacturing excellence."

MRC trained ten TPM Area Coordinators who are dedicated to TPM one week each month. These TPM Coordinators organize TPM events in their areas, also lead EITs, and make sure the process keeps working. MRC has begun to create full-time TPM teams. One such team, comprised of Jeff Franklin, an Electrician and Jim Klugh, a Mechanic, and Jeff Johnson, an Operator, were able to correct a long-standing equipment problem which reduced the scrap produced by that equipment to almost zero.

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