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“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.

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?

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.

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.

Strategic Maintenance Planning

By Brad McCully, ATS

Why do we need to do Strategic Maintenance Planning?

In today's global competitive environment every manufacturer feels cost and price pressure. Performance improvement is required and it must happen immediately. As companies implement Lean manufacturing, the challenge is that the assets must perform well and maintenance must accomplish this on a limited budget.

Reliability Excellence and the Planner/Scheduler Function

by Life Cycle Engineering

Manufacturing and Facility maintenance organizations everywhere struggle with the challenge of providing operational capacity for their company or organization. Maintenance strives to accomplish this by increasing the reliability of the equipment or process through effective Preventive Maintenance and effective material and labor budget utilization.