FacilityONE Technologies, LLC, which provides a cloud-based Facility Information Solution (FIS) that enhances a building's functional and economic lifespan and boosts employee productivity, announced today significant enhancements to its UNITY™ interface, including the addition of true offline create, edit and view functionality.
Central Florida-based RCID provides municipal services for four theme parks, two water parks, and cities of Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista
STONEHAM, MA -- InterPro Solutions, which offers the first and only suite of mobile solutions designed exclusively for IBM Maximo®, announced today that Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID) has selected InterPro's EZMaxMobile for mobile access to its IBM Maximo software.
In Root Cause Analysis, one of the tools frequently utilized is the Cause and Effect Diagram to show how specific actions combine to define a particular result. Typically, the categories of Man, Materials, Methods, and Machine are illustrated in the diagram below. As opposed to using it as a reactive tool after the fact, we can turn it around for purposes such as diagramming effective maintenance planning in a proactive manner. To accomplish this approach, we can provide specific actions in each of the categories above to realize the desired outcome.
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There's a great story about a town with a clock tower that rang every day at exactly noon. The man in charge of the tower called City Hall each morning to confirm the exact time before adjusting the clock. Everyone in the town knew for certain when the tower clock rang; it was straight-up 12:00 noon. One day, after many years on the job, the bell tower man happened to ask the city hall clerk how he always knew the exact time. That's easy, the city hall clerk replied, I rely on the clock tower.
Sterling Steel produces 450,000 tons of wire rod for its parent company, Leggett & Platt. The long products mini mill utilizes a 415 ton Electric Arc Furnace; two Ladle Metallurgy Facilities; an eight strand Billet Caster and a single strand Rod Mill to produce the wire rod for Leggett & Platt's Wire Mills.
Have the project management skills of the DoD become too lax? Within the world of asset management, construction and alterations are also part of the budget. As asset management professionals , are we paying attention?
Organizations that aggressively pursue operational excellence have the best opportunity for enhanced profitability. They also realize value provided from a purpose-built computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), precisely configured to extract knowledge and manage by exception. However, the CMMS is only as good as the surrounding process and roles. Hence, a comprehensive plan is needed that encompasses the entire asset management system to enhance reliability, workforce productivity and job safety.
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.