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Learn About a Heroic Journey to Organizational Change in New Audio book

Reliabilityweb.com has released a new audio book that provides guidance on making drastic changes to improve an organization. Through telling the story of a plant manager, the authors of Don’t Just Fix It, Improve It! compare the plant manager’s journey to The Chambered Nautilus in the poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes, and even to the journey in the Wizard of Oz.

Announcing Primavera P6 Seminars from New Standard Institute

Milford, CT – January 7, 2013 - Primavera P6 is rapidly becoming the premier software program used in industry during Shutdowns, Turnaround, and Outage projects. Accordingly, Planners and Schedulers are seeking ways to improve their use of this tool, specific to their particular industries. New Standard Institute consultant Andrew C. Levitt, PMP in December 2012 as part of New Standard’s Orlando, Florida seminar week, and will now present the session in two locations this coming Spring:

“Wrench Time” - Why the “FEAR” to Measure Maintenance Productivity?

José Wagner Braidotti Jr.

The best results of maintenance practices carried out in enterprises critically depend on the efforts of maintenance staff to ensure their day-to-day actions comply with the schedule of services in order to avoid unwanted failures, correctly diagnose the behavior of active production processes, and ensure quality information recorded in the work orders.

ArcelorMittal Dofasco Selects Quintiq’s Workforce Planner

RADNOR, Pa., (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX)—Quintiq solution chosen for maintenance workforce optimization.

Quintiq announced today that ArcelorMittal Dofasco, a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal, has selected Quintiq to provide a maintenance planning and scheduling solution for its Hamilton, Ontario steelmaking operations.

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The Planner: The Heart of the Maintenance Process

By Tarek Atout

Imagine your body without a heart

The planner is proven to be the heart of the planning and scheduling process and one of the arms that supports the whole maintenance process. As in a human being, a strong heart is an indication of good general health; a good planner is an indication of a streamlined planning process. The heart is responsible for blood circulation within the body, while a planner is responsible for smooth workflow within the maintenance body. Have you imagined your body without a heart?

A Day in the Life of a Proactive Maintenance Planner

By Ricky Smith and Jerry Wilson

"Without Proactivity in this Process, Chaos Will Dominate"

Life Cycle Institute Launches New Course: Planning for Shutdowns, Turnarounds and Outages

CHARLESTON, SC,—December 9, 2010—The Life Cycle Institute, Life Cycle Engineering’s education group, is now accepting registrations for its latest course: Planning for Shutdowns, Turnarounds and Outages. Joel Levitt, renowned maintenance trainer and author, will facilitate this new offering.

Using Cause & Effect Diagrams for Proactive Effect - Turn It Around with Maintenance Planning

By Jeff Shiver

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.

MetaPower In’l Receives $269K PO for Maintenance Planning Services With a Major Oil Sands Ener

MetaPower International, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: MTPR) is pleased to announce that the Company’s subsidiary, MetaPower Canada, Ltd has received a purchase order totaling $269,000 CAD to provide turnaround planning services for a Canadian Energy Company with operations in the Oil Sands Region of Northern Alberta.

A Shortcut to Higher Efficiency

Adding Short Repairs to PM’s

by Joel Levitt

Have you ever thought about building in short repairs to your PM schedule?

Doc Palmer Joins People and Processes as a Partner

Jacksonville, Florida - Richard D. Palmer, PE, MBA, better known as Doc Palmer, author of the distinguished Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Handbook, joins People and Processes, Inc. as a partner to expand his participation in educating, leading, and consulting with companies on the practical implementation of successful Maintenance Planning and Scheduling (MPS) programs.

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