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MRO Stores: A Contraint or a Catalyst?

by George Krauter and James Rogers

At the 2013 Reliability 2.0 Las Vegas (produced by Reliabilityweb.com and Uptime Magazine) conference, attendees voted on whether their MRO stores operation is a constraint or a catalyst to a reliable plant. Voting was in real time using live text message polling technology and paper ballots at the trade show booth. During the course of the show, the majority – 76 percent – of voters said MRO is a constraint rather than a catalyst to a reliable plant; only 24 percent said MRO was a catalyst.

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CMMS and EAM

Global PTM Provides Solution for Alpha Natural Resources to Standardize on Oracle eAM

Greenville, SC - - February 19, 2013 - - Global PTM, an industry leader in Maintenance Operational Improvement (MOI) solutions with a focus on Oracle Enterprise Asset Management (eAM) implementations, announces the completion of a successful Oracle eAM implementation project for Alpha Natural Resources. Under the leadership of Global PTM, Oracle eAM was implemented at numerous recently acquired Massey Energy coal preparation facilities and existing Alpha sites. The system was implemented with the existing Oracle E-Business Suite applications and asset management tools used by Alpha Natural Resources, which is the third largest coal producer in America, and fifth largest coal producer in the world.

Top Ten Ways to Waste Money

By Dave Bertolini, Managing Principal, People and Processes

Being the self described humorist that I like to think of myself as, I have pulled together my "Top Ten" money wasting things I have seen, heard, and regrettably even witnessed. Living in the "consulting world," I have been exposed to a lot of things: good, bad, evil, and just downright funny things. Hope you get a chuckle or two from my collection, but more importantly, you take away the messages buried beneath the humor.

Asset Management

Applying the Guidelines of BSI PAS 55 to Facility Management

The emergent understanding of asset management across all industry sectors has triggered a subsequent need for a standardised approach. The Institute of Asset Management (IAM) in collaboration with the British Standards Institute (BSI) and other industry groups first developed PAS 55 - Part1: Specification for the optimized management of physical assets in 2004. This was developed in response to industry demand for a standard for asset management and was recently revised in 2008 following international collaboration from industry and asset management associate groups.

CMMS and EAM

SAP EAM and CBM - Is It Time for Real Growth in the Level of CBM Adoption?

by Gus McIntosh

It has long been recognized that adopting an effective, predictive/condition-based approach to maintenance can significantly reduce cost when compared to more traditional preventive methods. Savings of up to 50 percent are considered very realistic.

10 Things You Can Do Right Now To Improve Reliability

Publishers Note: We recently challenged our good friend and maintenance expert Ricky Smith to tell us 10 things we can do today - not 10 things we can buy today - to improve reliability at our plants. No new software, no new hardware, no new consultants. Ricky did as Ricky usually does and showed up with goods!

We admit he did include one "buy recommendation" but we let it pass because it falls under US$100. Here is what he came back with. - Terrence O'Hanlon, CMRP

Asset Management

Manufacturing and Business Excellence - Part 1

The Scene

Kaohsiung Industries, an international manufacturing company, has recently made substantial inroads into US and European markets, shaking the confidence of investors in competing US and European manufacturers. Around the globe, manufacturers like Kaohsiung are capitalizing on lower trade barriers, a growing global economy, and substantial growth in the Asia-Pacific economies, challenging other manufacturers' long-standing position in their traditional markets.

Beta International, a large manufacturing conglomerate, is under intense pressure from domestic competitors with newer technologies, from foreign competitors with cheaper products, and from within- there's so much politicking that much of the work that's done by many individuals is related to positioning for survival in a streamlined organization. They have just named a new CEO, Bob Neurath, who is determined to get the company back on track and reestablish itself as the leader in its markets, especially its chemicals sector.

Tucson Electric Power: Builds Award-Winning Predictive Maintenance

by Gary Gardner

In 2012, the predictive maintenance team at the Tucson Electric Power Springerville Generating Station (SGS) helped the company avoid more than $1 million in maintenance and replacement costs. In the first three quarters of 2013, predictive maintenance efforts at SGS saved more than $750,000. This documented return on investment is one of the factors that led Emerson Process Management to recognize Tucson Electric Power (TEP) with the Reliability Program of the Year Award for 2013, an honor for which 64 programs around the world were nominated.

Safety and Reliability Concepts

A Review of the Pyramid and Swiss Cheese Models

by Ron Moore

The safety pyramid was first proposed by H.W. Heinrich, whose 1931 book, “Industrial Accident Prevention: A Scientific Approach,” stated that 88 percent of accidents are caused by “unsafe acts of persons” and put forth what is often referred to as Heinrich’s accident pyramid.

Asset Condition Management

VibrAlign introduces the Smart Machine Checker, the Fixturlaser SMC

VibrAlign introduces the Smart Machine Checker, the Fixturlaser SMC. The SMC is a machinery diagnostic tool that empowers mechanics to instantly diagnose the health of their industrial machinery, while requiring no vibration training or certification.