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What Is Industrial Maintenance as a Service?
Internet of Things Digitalization (IoT)

What Is Industrial Maintenance as a Service?

Industrial maintenance as a service (#imaas) transfers the digital and/or manual management of maintenance and industrial operations from machine users to machine manufacturers (OEMs), while improving it considerably.

Why PdM Programs Fail:  Misuse of Technology

by Alan Friedman

A very good mechanic knows that you need the right tool for the job, but a common problem with PdM programs is that sometimes people acquire the tool before fully understanding what problem needs to be fixed. Of course, when you have a hammer all of your problems look like nails, and what follows from this mistaken view is a whole list of reasons why PdM programs fail. The biggest lesson I learned from engineering school is that the solution to a problem is most often found in its correct definition. That is, solutions become obvious when you really understand what the problem is.

 

The MRO Dilemma: Major Time, Minor Spend
Work Execution Management

The MRO Dilemma: Major Time, Minor Spend

A universal situation in the world of the maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) supply chain is that managing the process consumes an inordinate amount of time from all plant departments. The MRO spend is only six to 10 percent of a plant’s total, but it absorbs 70 to 80 percent of all transactions and causes 50 percent of the emergencies affecting plant reliability.

Effective Maintenance Planning
work execution management

DOs & DON’Ts of Effective Maintenance Planning

Most asset-intensive organizations recognize that efficient and effective maintenance planning and scheduling is one of those cornerstone processes that can help ensure equipment reliability and assist with attaining excellence in operations.

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New Book Available on Facilities Management

Momentum Press has released a new book: Facilities Management Managing Maintenance for Buildings and Facilities by Joel Levitt.

Getting on Top of Maintenance Costs

Principal Consultant Stuart Carlile explains a process to assist with better Maintenance Cost Management.

Asset Management

Conquering the World One Asset at a Time

by Tedd Weitzman

Southern Company is a large power utility focused on generating and selling electricity in the southeastern United States. In 2012, Southern Company provided over 40,000 megawatts of power generation to 4.4 million customers and had operational revenue of $16.54 billion.

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Conquering the World One Asset at a Time
Asset Management

Conquering the World One Asset at a Time

Southern Company is a large power utility focused on generating and selling electricity in the southeastern United States. In 2012, Southern Company provided over 40,000 megawatts of power generation to 4.4 million customers and had operational revenue of $16.54 billion.

Materials sine qua non

So why keep inferior material items?

Greg Perry

According to Merriam-Webster, the origin of sine qua non is from late Latin meaning: "without which not." The more modern and appropriate definition is stated as: "something absolutely indispensable or essential."

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.

Work Execution Management

The Eight Critical Elements of Asset Management. An in Depth Industry Based Survey

OneSteel is a fully integrated, global manufacturer and distributor of steel and finished steel products, self-sufficient in both iron ore and scrap metal. They have major manufacturing facilities across Australia as well as facilities in New Zealand, Asia and the Pacific and the USA, and they manufacture and distributes products that are used in the construction, manufacturing, housing, rail, mining and agricultural industries. With a significantly diversified range of assets in many locations, improvements in Asset Management had been based on the knowledge and drive of the local plant employees and this was acknowledged as a significant issue for the company.

CMMS and EAM

Calibration Management and your ERP: have the best of both worlds

By Bryce Johannes, Blue Mountain Quality Systems

Originally presented at Reliability 2.0

With recent pressures to improve information flow and collaboration driving consolidation of activity through ERP systems, companies have struggled with questions about what they are willing to compromise in order to achieve this harmonization. Particularly for companies in heavily regulated industries, such as those regulated by the FDA, where the compliance issues around calibration management are more sensitive, compromises in calibration management functionality have been hard to swallow.

This article will provide some insights into deciding when to integrate with a 3rd party calibration management solution and how workflow typically occurs between the two applications in an integrated solution.

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