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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Maintenance Organizations

by Paul Swatkowski

Through his books and audio programs, Steven Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and other works, has been a great influence on me and many of my colleagues. Over the years I’ve noticed a direct correlation of the practices of successful maintenance organizations and Dr. Covey’s seven habits. This article is based directly on Dr. Covey’s seven habits. It is drawn habit-by-habit from his book but with the examples modified to fit the maintenance world.

reliability engineering for maintenance

Operating Philosophy and Reliability

Operational reliability - that is what we actually achieve in our Plants, is almost always lower than the intrinsic reliability that the Plants were designed and built to achieve. To bridge this gap, some managers look for silver bullets. Thus RCM, TPM, Six Sigma or some other process is selected to improve reliability performance. If these are not part of a well thought out plan, sustained results are hard to achieve. The plan will follow steps such as those described below.

Enroll Now for CPMM Classes

CPMM Classes…a cost-effective way to learn how to do your job better—and make yourself more valuable to your employer. AFE is accepting registrations for the Certified Plant Maintenance Manager programs to be conducted virtually during the month of March 2010 through a series of eight interactive virtual seminars beginning March 2.

Leadership for Reliability

Do You Fit the Bill? 8 Crucial Skills Maintenance Managers Must Have

As a maintenance reliability professional, you have technical training of some kind, basic knowledge of asset management principles, technical knowledge of the equipment you manage and practical experience from years working in the field. These are the hard skills needed to perform your job. However, technical education, training and knowledge will not give you the skills you need to effectively manage a team of maintenance professionals. Along with hard skills, you need a very particular set of soft skills to excel in your role. These skills will lead to greater productivity and efficiency across the maintenance team. More importantly, they will lead to less stress, greater job satisfaction and ongoing career achievement for you. These soft skills are:

Work Execution Management

You Deserve Your 3 “RIGHTS”

All manufacturing organizations own a warehouse for MRO spares and most of these organizations use a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) as a tool to support the maintenance function. This article will focus on the integration between CMMS modules that serve maintenance, mainly work order, inventory and purchasing.

Leadership for Reliability

Does Your Company Need a Maintenance Culture Intervention?

Let’s face it, most companies need a culture intervention – something like a 12-step program. This article will explore behavioral issues that are often at the core of a culture of neglect and mediocracy. It borrows much from management science, leadership principles and conversations with individuals working in the field of maintenance reliability.

Lean Manufacturing - Are you Ready?

Ron Moore

Innumerable books have been written about Toyota and their lean manufacturing practices. Literally thousands of companies have tried to emulate these practices, some with some short-term success, but most with little or no long-term success. Jeff Liker, author of The Toyota Way, at one point estimated that only about one percent of US companies are truly effective at applying lean manufacturing practices. Few achieve the high level of sustained performance embodied in lean manufacturing principles. Why is this?

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Maintenance Organizations

Dematic CMMS Software Supports Resident Maintenance Program

Operating Philosophy and Reliability

Enroll Now for CPMM Classes

Do You Fit the Bill? 8 Crucial Skills Maintenance Managers Must Have

LCE’s Life Cycle Institute Offers Classes in Houston, TX

You Deserve Your 3 “RIGHTS”

Integrating EAM to Enable Strategic Asset Management

Augury and IFS Ultimo Partner to Transform Asset Performance Operations

Mincom Introduces Most Complete, Mobile-Enabled Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Solution

Does Your Company Need a Maintenance Culture Intervention?

Lean Manufacturing - Are you Ready?