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Work Execution Management

Using Effective EAM to Improve Asset Utilization & Reduce Costs

For businesses that rely on heavy assets, an effective enterprise asset management (EAM) program could hold the key to addressing the common challenges of increasing asset utilization rates and overall operational performance while holding the line on costs.

Asset Management

How to Proactively Run What You Have Now: 5 Things to Improve Plant Reliability

By Paul Dufresne

Recently I had a conversation with the members of our leadership group concerning steps we need to take to improve the reliability posture of our business. I was charged with, of all the initiatives that are out there, the critical few we need to focus on to improve our competitive position for our business. With that in mind, I did some data mining and looked at our recent unplanned events and came to a not so unique conclusion.

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Maintenance Triage: Identifying Sick and Injured Assets to Improve Population Health

Attempting to contextualize generally obscure statistical predictions about machines is an all too common practice. While statistics and predictive analytics are not new concepts, they have not yet been applied deeply enough to mechanical processes to be embedded in the vernacular. With a focus on the actionability of analysis, similes help to convey the messages.

This article presents one of them.

Asset Management

Let’s do a Root Cause Analysis on the AMS

Asset management systems do not fail during implementation. Rather, they fail during subsequent operation. Implementations may go longer than planned. But eventually everyone goes live. IT may have driven the implementation but it is up to the stakeholders to "right the ship". It is never too late to create a vision. And if you are lucky enough to have a Core Team then this sets a strong foundation for success.

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Asset Condition Management

The Journey to Reliability Uncovers a ‘Hidden Plant’ Within the Walls

Those working in the field of maintenance know how important it is to the success of any organization to maximize reliability and minimize or eliminate unscheduled downtime. This can be a daunting task and often requires professional collaboration, a change in organizational culture, and the willingness and ability to make decisions that are not always popular.

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

3 Keys to Improved Bolted Flange Joint Integrity

"That all important clamping force which holds the joint together - and without which there would be no joint - is not created by a good joint designer, nor by high quality parts. It is created by the mechanic on the job site, using the tools, procedures, and working conditions we have provided him with . . ."

4 Ways To Break Free From Being ‘Too Busy’

America began to acknowledge its cultural obsession with "busyness" a few years ago, when Tim Kreider wrote the now legendary piece "The Busy Trap" for the New York Times. Nearly three years later, while our culture certainly hasn't changed, an admitted addiction to busyness has at least transitioned from groundbreaking journalism to mainstream conversations.

Work Execution Management

The Importance of Single Point Lessons in the Workplace

Single point lessons, or SPLs, taken in the context of total productive maintenance (TPM), are defined as lessons or subjects that can be described in a page or less and explained in five minutes or less.

Leadership for Reliability

Metrics vs. KPIs: Lessons from “Alice in Wonderland”

by G. Lance Jakob and Anthony Honaker

We can learn wonderful lessons from the clever literary characters Lewis Carroll created. The exchange between Alice and the Cheshire Cat illustrates the need for purpose and context in the decision-making process. We often face pivotal decisions at work, but without empirical insight, we're left aimlessly chasing white rabbits.

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

13 Facilities Management Conferences Worth Attending in Early 2015

The new year brings each of us an opportunity to refocus and reprioritize.

While some may interpret that as a reason to renew old gym memberships, we were actually thinking more along the lines of sales and marketing strategies for 2015. A number of important facilities management-related conferences are coming up during the first half of 2015 across North America, and now would be a good time to start making plans to attend some of these.

Lubrication FMEA: The Big Picture

Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) has been used for over 60 years to determine the cause and effect of equipment and process failures in an effort to improve equipment and systems reliability. The big picture of equipment failure modes is illustrated in Figure 1.

A Twist on Particle Evaluation: Redefining the ISO Cleanliness Code

For over 20 years, users of oil analysis have used the ISO cleanliness code to help determine solid contamination levels in both new and used oils. The current ISO standard for reporting cleanliness is ISO4406:99. Using this standard, analysts and end users alike have managed to establish cleanliness goals and develop key performance indicators (KPIs) with the expectation to allow for preemptive action to avoid early machine damage. While this has produced some success, relying specifically on the ISO code as it is currently reported has its limitations.

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