For owner-operators of oil, gas and chemical companies, mechanical integrity (MI) and reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) are pivotal components of any comprehensive asset management (AM) program.

Leadership for Reliability

Another Notre Dame Incident? Exploring Awareness as a Safety Behavior to Increase Productivity

Juan Garcia

On April 15, 2019, the world watched as the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, burned.

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Asset Condition Management

A Cautionary Tale: The Story of One Family-Owned Company Putting the Customer Ahead of Revenue

Mike Boyer

A family-owned motor repair business in Pennsylvania has been selling industrial motors, controls, gearboxes and all related services since 1981. Its vision has always been to grow beyond a geographic service area, but it was not willing to compromise on its commitment to quality.

Leadership for Reliability

Q & A with Tracey Richardson

Tracey is passionate about assisting organizations who are on the “lean learning journey.” With over 31 years of experience in Toyota methodologies, Tracey supports companies by implementing key elements for success.

Work Execution Management

Reducing Vibration Through Precision

Phil Hendrix

Reducing vibration no doubt reduces fatigue and failure, as proven by Dr. Wernher von Braun and leading reliability engineering schools, therefore increasing a component’s life span.

Leadership for Reliability

Simulation Training to Digitally Develop the Next Manufacturing Workforce

Debra Schug

With automation and artificial intelligence changing the nature of manufacturing work, many of the skills necessary to operate the plants of the future will be completely changing in the next decade.

Asset Management

Practice What You Preach with Your Equipment Support Systems: It’s FREE Money

Mark Pipher

More than 40 percent of the allocated electrical costs in an industrial environment is attributed to equipment support systems, including heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), compressed air, chilled water, boilers, and more. While equipment optimization and visibility are often things that many facility managers take great care in providing, it is not as often considered for these support systems, which product line equipment often depends on to maximize uptime.

Asset Condition Management

The Path to Lubrication Reliability

Chris Tindell

Two wrongs don’t make a right. This proverb states that repaying a wrong deed with another wrong deed doesn’t justify a wrong action. However, can five rights make a wrong? The phrase,“the five rights of lubrication,” has earned its place in the dogma of reliability slogans and buzz words.

Asset Condition Management

Featured Reliability Leader: Jack Nicholas, Jr.

Sitting in the back of a crowded room at a conference of 300+ motor testing professionals in the mid-90s, I listened to an impressive presentation from a former submariner who served on the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine in the U.S. Navy fleet. That man was Jack Nicholas, Jr.

Asset Condition Management

Data Farming: A Way to Maximize Use of Data for Machinery Condition Monitoring

Jack Nicholas Jr.

Planning, managing and expanding the transition to Industry 4.0 and selling it to the executive level of an organization are skill sets that most reliability and maintenance (R&M) practitioners don’t possess.

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