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1 Minute Maintenance Tip - Effective Work Procedures

1 Minute Maintenance Tip

Effective Work Procedures

2009 PdM Program of the Year Award Winners

Primetime Programs receive award from Uptime Magazine

5 Minute Audio Tip - Maintenance Function Tip

Click the play arrow below tp hear Ricky Smith CMRP discuss the maintenance function.

 

 

A Business-Based Approach to Developing an Effective Program

by Krzysztof (Kris) Goly

Over the last decade, there has been a general consensus throughout the industry that modern maintenance and plant asset management require the implementation of predictive maintenance techniques. In most instances, predictive technologies are implemented in the form of a Predictive Maintenance (PdM) Program.  PdM programs are designed and implemented through various approaches.  This article presents a business-based approach that has been utilized successfully by Siemens throughout the world and across various industries.

A New Activity Matrix - Why Being Proactive is No Longer Enough

by Phillip Slater

It was about ten minutes before anyone noticed the smoke. The wiring had been heating up since the most recent planned maintenance activity. Apparently, the electrician didn't quite tighten up the joint and hadn't properly cleaned away the built up dust. The result was a hot joint and this heat quickly spread into the cable. The casing began to smoke and by the time the smoke was noticed the cabinet was actually on fire.

A Vision of Enterprise Reliability

Looking Into the Future of the Industry

by Dennis Belanger


What is the ultimate vision for enterprise reliability?  If you’re like me, occasionally you find yourself drifting off into a day dream.  One of the recurring day dreams I’ve been having for the last 10 years involves this question.  I often lapse into deep thought, pondering, “How is all of this reliability and maintenance stuff supposed to work?

Are the Improvement Tools Working? A Survey of Practices

Over the past year I've worked with Terry O'Hanlon to do a series of webinars on the most popular tools in the market place for improving manufacturing/operational performance in industrial plants. As part of these webinars, we've asked participants to answer a set of questions related to their practices to get a sense of how well they were working. Many of their responses were encouraging - 42% are working to apply lean manufacturing principles, of which 70% of those say its working; many are using the various tools in a sustainable way. And, more than 95% rated safety as a top priority.

‘Big M’ and the Performance Culture

Managing Maintenance for Production Reliability

by James Davis, PE, CMRP

About 30 years ago, the Plant Engineer of an ITT Rayonier paper mill in north Florida called me into his office and announced that, as a reward for a job well done, I was being given the position of Plant Maintenance Engineer.  This was a bit confusing at first, as I was a mechanical/civil Project Engineer at the time, in a 38 year old facility that had never had a Maintenance Engineer.

Benchmarking a Better Understanding

Benchmarks Shed Light on Maintenance & Reliability Perceptions

by Klaus M. Blache, PhD

This interesting study compares data collected in 2008 to data collected in 1991 to chart the trends in reliability and maintenance over the last 17 years.

Benefits of the Planned Domain

By Winston P. Ledet
The Manufacturing Game

We have spent considerable time in the Manufacturing Game newsletter focusing on the benefits and execution of the precision domain - removing the defects at the source (Figure 1). Our philosophy has evolved based on working with clients and modeling reliability; most organizations would be advised to focus first on eliminating defects and then on making the defect removal process more efficient with a planning and scheduling process. However, there are significant benefits to the Planned Domain and this article focuses on the specific benefits that are generated through the Planned domain and the keys to a successful transition to the planned domain. Using our Dynamic Benchmarking model and data from a hypothetical chemical plant we modeled at DuPont we were able to calculate the benefits.

Book Review: Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices

Whether you are an old hand with many punishing years in the Reliability and maintenance arena or a newbie facing your first bout, "Best Practices" is a must read.

Breaking Through Glass Ceilings

Thoughts on Implementing Organizational Change

by R. Keith Mobley, MBB, CMRP

Have you ever been involved in an attempt to improve the performance of your department or one function, such as maintenance or quality, in your plant or corporation?  Ever wonder why the attempt did not work at all or failed to reach its full potential?  If you have, the reason was probably a list of deficiencies or omissions, or perhaps it was because cosmic forces  preordained that improvement is not possible.  Sound familiar?

Building Steam

A Story of Hard Work, Dedication, and, Ultimately, Transformation

by  Judith Charlton and Steve Lipscombe

Sembcorp UK, one of the leading suppliers of utilities to UK industry, is transforming its operations.  Steam and power operations are vital to the success of Sembcorp UK and its customers in the petrochemical, power and biofuels sectors.  Just five years ago the business was struggling to manage an aging power station and all its associated problems with limited resources.  The challenges seemed insurmountable.

Business Focused Maintenance

Building services are the engineering plant and equipment which provide environmental comfort and process conditions. Some building services are more critical to the core business of an organisation and the consequences of their failure can have a significant impact on the business.

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