Autonomous Maintenance put simply is the restoration and prevention of accelerated deterioration and has a major positive effect on OEE. It is a step by step improvement process, rather than production teams taking on maintenance tasks. While visitors to TPM Prize Winning plants may be impressed by the operator maintenance standards displayed in the workplace, and the condition of the equipment and OEE performance, these are all the effects or endpoints of AM, and to reach these endpoints companies must follow the step by step process defined by the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance