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Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Asset Criticality Ranking: Value for Each Management Level

Asset dependent organizations need to be continually educated and diligent about the importance of classifying assets in terms of the impact of asset failure on the organization. By using a prescriptive method to identify and classify failure consequences, organizations can most effectively allocate asset care resources within their enterprise asset management (EAM) model. Within the reliability-based maintenance (RBM) asset management model, this prescriptive means is a facilitated process called asset criticality ranking (ACR).

From Screwdrivers to Testers: Vibration Analysis Comes of Age
Asset Condition Management

From Screwdrivers to Testers: Vibration Analysis Comes of Age

Most machines have rotating parts and those rotating parts vibrate. Measuring how and how much those parts vibrate can tell you a lot about the health of a machine. Whether it’s the rumble of worn bearings or the shaking, shimmying, or thumping of loose, misaligned, or unbalanced parts, machines have a tale to tell those who are willing and able to listen.

Corbion Ushers in Change with a Focus on Reliability
Leadership for Reliability

Corbion Ushers in Change with a Focus on Reliability

Large manufacturing facilities depend on heavy equipment. But without a proper maintenance strategy, these assets can lead to countless issues, often expending or exceeding budgeted resources. Any manufacturing organization looking to successfully bridge this resource gap must implement an organization-wide reliability program to save money, time and frustration. This program must develop into or from a cultural basis to evolve into a sustainable business strategy.

How to Develop an Industrial Internet of Things Solution Phase 1: Providing a Solution
Asset Management

How to Develop an Industrial Internet of Things Solution Phase 1: Providing a Solution

As a follow-up to “How to Develop an Industrial Internet of Things Solution” in the Feb/March 2016 issue of Uptime magazine, this article introduces a series that provides further details about the approach to develop Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions. The series of articles is based on firsthand experiences of designing, developing and delivering (IIoT) services.

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10 Components of a Successful Vibration Program: Part 5
Asset Condition Management

10 Components of a Successful Vibration Program: Part 5

In continuing the Uptime series on the 10 components of a successful vibration program, this article explores three more components: the right understanding, the right analysis and the right reporting.

Maintenance Is Really Not the Problem
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Maintenance Is Really Not the Problem

In late May, Uptime Publisher Terrence O’Hanlon posted on LinkedIn that attendance at maintenance conferences has dropped significantly. Responses to his post offered plausible reasons, including budget constraints, lack of or recurring content, and total saturation. While these are no doubt contributors, there may be one more growing reason for this decline: more and more organizations are finally recognizing that maintenance is not the source of their competitive or financial problems. This article provides proof for why this reason may be on point.

Work Execution Management Project Manager’s Guide
Work Execution Management

Work Execution Management Project Manager’s Guide

If one considers asset management as caring for the assets of an organization, then it is true that Work Execution Management enables asset management. If one considers that reliability engineering for maintenance and asset condition management generates the work to be performed, then Work Execution Management is the process in which the work is accomplished.

The Work Execution Management (WEM) Project Manager's Guide is your recipe for success. This report reflects best practices common to all major Work Execution Management approaches and captures lessons learned from organizations deeply involved with Work Execution Management. The future of Work Execution Management is about to change!

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10 Components of a Successful Vibration Program: Part 4
Asset Condition Management

10 Components of a Successful Vibration Program: Part 4

Part 4 of this series focuses on the importance of selecting the right tools for your goals and collecting the right data at the right time.

Asset Condition Management

Does it Really Matter

A lot has been said and written about predictive analytics. Most of the attention focuses on applying forecasting techniques to the domains of marketing and security. More recently, however, the rise of machine generated data (e.g., M2M, Industrial Internet of Things, Industrie 4.0, etc.) has opened a new playground for data scientists.

A Journey to Shape Reliability Excellence at Bristol-Myers Squibb: Part 4
Leadership for Reliability

A Journey to Shape Reliability Excellence at Bristol-Myers Squibb: Part 4

This fourth installment shows how the Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS) was able to train and certify more than 200 employees as certified reliability leaders (CRLs) in just one and a half years. The series began in Uptime’s December/January 2016 issue with the initial implementation of Uptime Elements at BMS. The second installment in the February/March 2016 issue explained the alignment of the framework with the sites, while the third installment in the April/May 2016 issue covered the role of the central corporate strategy. These all supported the culture that led BMS to 200 CRLs.

Asset Condition Management

Remote Monitoring and Diagnostics: Manufacturing’s Version of the Armchair Quarterback

In any industrial environment, and particularly those with geographically distributed and remote assets and operations, reliable monitoring can be a challenge. Catastrophic equipment failure can occur without warning and, in some cases, go for long amounts of time without being noticed. The oil and gas industry, among other industries, was quick to recognize the benefits of remote monitoring and diagnostics (RM&D), as oil and gas companies have very expensive equipment deployed in disparate locations around the world. These difficult operating conditions make topflight monitoring and diagnostics systems crucial to ensuring that workflow operations can continue without interruption.

Asset and Maintenance Managers: Key Decision Makers
Asset Condition Management

Asset and Maintenance Managers: Key Decision Makers

Asset and maintenance management are becoming increasingly complex tasks. Those responsible must make decisions about the condition of equipment and machinery that can have an impact on the operation of the entire plant. So, it is not at all surprising that they are constantly trying to improve their asset management and maintenance strategies. There are numerous methods and tools available to help companies and managers make decisions regarding their maintenance concepts. Nowadays, it is possible to interpret data to allow foresight into the future condition of the assets. And it is not only about optimizing maintenance management technology. Rather, the entire decision-making process of asset management and the maintenance staff is under scrutiny.

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