Search Results for planning and scheduling

Macro-Managing Your MRO Inventory

by Doug Wallace

The mission of the maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) warehouse is to have the right parts at the right place at the right time. Too often, that objective is achieved by simply stuffing the storeroom to the gills. Some organizations do a better job of trying to determine realistic stocking plans based on criticality, estimated requirements, supplier lead times and other variables, but then fail to review them periodically to ensure the assumptions used in developing the stocking plans are still valid.

Are You Proactive? A Daily Planner for Effective Maintenance Management

By Ricky Smith

In the maintenance and reliability industry, the definition for proactive is:

To act before the cost of doing so increases
To act before the necessity of the situation demands it.

“A great maintenance manager sees the relationship of poor performance and the lack of good maintenance routines.” “Poor performance always leads to the lack of maintenance routines or poor execution of existing routines.” - Rick Mullen, Global Reliability Leader, Anheuser-Busch InBev

Asset Management

Improving the Asset Management Program at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex

The Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) is an Air Force Test Center (AFTC) organization and an important national resource. The AEDC operates more than 55 aerodynamic and propulsion wind tunnels, rocket and turbine engine test cells, environmental chambers, ballistic ranges, sled tracks, centrifuges, and other specialized units at multiple operating locations. Due to the age, uniqueness of the test systems, and the non-production mode of operation; sustaining these national assets is a challenge.

Leadership for Reliability

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.

Asset Management

(IACET) Has Awarded Reaccreditation Status to Management Resources Group, Inc.

SANDY HOOK, CT. - The International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) has awarded reaccreditation status to Management Resources Group, Inc. (MRG). IACET Authorized Providers are the only organizations approved to offer IACET Continuing Education Units (CEUs). The accreditation period extends for five years, and includes all programs offered or created during that time.

CMMS and EAM

Transtelco Selects SaaSMaint to Facilitate Management and Maintenance of Telecommunications Assets

SaaSMaint CMMS / EAM enables Transtelco to prevent service outages and boost customer satisfaction. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB)-SaaSMaint.com today announced that Telecommunications provider Transtelco has deployed SaaSMaint CMMS / EAM to track and document nearly 1000 infrastructure, vehicle and specialized equipment assets distributed among remote sites along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Asset Condition Management

Two-Tiered Predictive Maintenance Programs for Multiple Plant Organizations

By Brent Miley, Predictive Maintenance Team Leader, Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) of Greater Cincinnati Wastewater Treatment (WWT) Division; Jack R. Nicholas, Jr., P.E., CMRP, Self Employed, Sole Proprietor; John Shinn, Jr., P.E., Maintenance Manager, MSD of Greater Cincinnati, WWT Division

The Wastewater Treatment Division of the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati recently established a two-tiered predictive maintenance (PdM) program. The two-tiered PdM program has both centralized and decentralized components to serve its seven (7) widely separated plants.

Reliabilityweb.com Announces IMC-2019 Closing Keynote: Tracey Richardson and Ernie Richardson

[Fort Myers, FL, 9/26/2019 ] Reliabilityweb.com^® announces the closing keynote speakers for the 34th International Maintenance Conference (IMC-2019), to be held on Marco Island, Florida, December 9-12, 2019, will be Tracey Richardson and Ernie Richardson, co-owners of Teaching Lean, Inc.

The Ups and Downs of Reliability Engineering and CMMS Implementation at Lone Star Steel

Creating a structured reliability engineering department in a facility that has never had one is challenging enough. If you simultaneously implement a new computerized maintenance management software (CMMS) program, the hurdles get higher. The key to success is to have the right management support, good communication and a clear vision of what the future should be. This paper will discuss some of the triumphs and pitfalls that we have encountered on our unending journey through a complex culture change.

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Completing the Curve

Back in the June/July 2006 issue of Uptime, I authored an article entitled Expanding the Curve detailing why the traditional P-F curve was incomplete. While it was expected that the article might elicit both positive and negative comments, it came as a surprise how strong some of those opinions were.

Asset Management

Asset Management? Or, Maintenance Management, Rebranded?

by Ron Moore

The development of PAS55, a British standard for supporting asset management, has had a very positive influence on various maintenance organizations. It’s a good document, one which has been slowly evolving into ISO55000, scheduled for issue in early 2014. According to Terrence O’Hanlon, CEO of Reliabilityweb.com and Uptime magazine, and a member of the ISO standards committee for asset management, ISO55000 is a management systems standard for asset management.