The application of Industry 4.0 principles often involves the enhanced use of CMMS applications and the automation of data collection, all resulting in the world of Big Data.
Maintenance strategies are pivotal in keeping your asset portfolio operating at peak performance. Performance analytics can be built around leveraging this incredible power from your computer maintenance management system (CMMS).
All facilities and infrastructure assets deteriorate with time and use. To maintain the effectiveness and value of an asset, renewal work should be performed periodically, and when the asset has reached the end of its functional useful life, it should be replaced.
When it comes to everyday challenges in operations and maintenance, like improving PM (planned maintenance) completion rate, AI/ML (artificial intelligence/machine learning) is often relegated to experimental solutions to justify “big data” initiatives that eventually fail to deliver real value.
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Risk-based work selection (RBWS) has been used in the industry for over 20 years by some owner-operators, however, it remains a little-known process industry-wide.
Most vibration analysts are operating at full capacity today. They are collecting their route data and analyzing this data month after month. Many of these reliability programs were established many years ago and the evolution of the programs over time have been slow, or maybe non-existent.
The journey of achieving holistic reliability begins with taking small steps. One of our first steps was to gain control of our packaging process, which was identified as a key issue keeping us from being as profitable as we would like to be. We chose a pilot on our Bosch line.
Organizations are continuously increasing reliance/dependency on third parties and specialists. Your reliability, productivity, and performance are directly affected by the reliability of these third parties and by your processes in working with them. You become more reliable, effective, and productive by making the Supply Chain more reliable.
Whether you are entering the world of Maximo Application Suite (MAS) as a new customer or migrating as an existing Maximo customer, it is a project that will be beneficial from a strategy to a plan.
Being part of an O&M organization means not only dealing with the day-to-day asset maintenance but planning for the recapitalizations and enhancements that will keep the capabilities of the facility current for years to come.
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