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Isn’t That the Definition of Insanity?

Ever felt like a young grasshopper in a room full of seasoned masters? This reliability engineer did, facing skepticism and resistance when implementing new plans. But instead of sweating, he learned two golden rules: Respect knowledge, and involve the team.

Leadership for Reliability

Maintenance Team: From Villain to Superhero

In too many cases, the maintenance team is seen as an unavoidable cost to the business. It is seen as the villain; sucking up resources and never really delivering on the needs of the operations team. There is, however, an alternative to this.

Asset Management

Integration of Design for Reliability: Discover Defects and Remove Failure Modes & Shutdowns

Asset management has introduced a few key concepts which require a shift from focusing on initial investment to optimizing total cost of ownership (TCO). Shifting from a mindset of initial cost, scope and schedule to a focus on TCO requires a catalyst for change. Design for reliability (DfR) answers this call.

Asset Management

Integration of DfR: Discover Defects, Remove Failure Modes, and Eliminate Asset Shutdown

TRC-2019 Learning Zone - 34:01

by John Ganaway, Jacobs Engineering Group

Asset Management has introduced a few key concepts which require a shift from focusing on initial investment to optimizing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Work Execution Management

Where CMMS Fits Into Your Reliability Journey

“Where CMMS Fits Into Your Reliability Journey”, an eMaint Best Practices Webinar hosted by Joel Levitt of ReliabilityWeb, discussed reliability functions that are only possible with accurate, complete and defect-free CMMS data. During the presentation, Levitt asserted that “CMMS is the hub that holds the spokes of your wheel, or reliability effort. Everything revolves around it.”

Asset Management

End-to-End Enterprise Asset Management

Business World becomes the only services-centric ERP with fully integral EAM

VICTORIA, British Columbia & MANCHESTER, N.H.--Unit4, a fast growing leader in enterprise applications for service organizations, today announced a new, end to end Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solution for organizations with building and property assets to manage and get full transparency of their business, including assets, maintenance and inspection plans and staff resourcing.

A Quick Reference For Preparing A Change Management Plan

Change Management is an inherent element to any quality, productivity or improvement project, and represents modifications to the "way of living" inside a Company; as a consequence, it needs to be handled in a strategic manner. During my experience as consultant and key user of many diverse kinds of projects, I have found that there are many useful materials for assisting us in understanding this key responsibility. Nevertheless, most of the time we need to spend a quantity of time and resources to understand and combine this concept with project planning and implementation.

The Continental Automation Buildings Association to hold Intelligent Buildings & Digital Home Fo

The Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA), an association dedicated to the advancement of intelligent home and intelligent building technologies and a member organization of the Automation Federation, will conduct the CABA Intelligent Buildings & Digital Home Forum 14-16 April 2015 at the Renaissance Austin Hotel in Austin, Texas, USA.

CMMS and EAM

Thomas & Coffey implements Mainpac Enterprise to lift the bar in asset management

Australian industrial services provider Thomas & Coffey Limited has played a leading role in the evolution of Mainpac’s enterprise asset management (EAM) software by commissioning the software developer to implement advanced resource scheduling and work order management functionality in the latest release of Mainpac Enterprise.

Beyond “No Scheduled Maintenance”

by: Douglas J. Plucknette of AlliedReliability

When I first began using Reliability Centered Maintenance as a tool to develop a complete maintenance strategy for a process or piece of equipment, I was bothered by the phrase "No scheduled maintenance". I wasn't that the phrase didn't just come out and say what it means, "Run to failure", it was that RCM as program leaves one with impression that nothing more can be done. It all stops here. Run it to failure. Fix it when it's broke. Now, I understand the thought process Nowlan and Heap were using, if a components failure cannot be predicted through the use of on-condition maintenance, prevented by using a preventive maintenance task, or eliminated through redesign, the remaining strategy would be "no scheduled maintenance". Fact is, if you're an RCM analyst, you work should not end here.

Life Cycle Institute Launches New Online Course on Leading Organizational Change

CHARLESTON, SC,—November 16, 2009—The Life Cycle Institute is now accepting registrations for its latest online training course, Leading Organizational Change: The Important Stuff. This interactive class will be delivered by the e-Institute.

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

How to Lead Design for Reliability (DfR) with Stage Gate Triggers

IMC-2017 Learning Session - 42:19
by Marie Getsug, Jacobs, and George Williams, B. Braun Medical

Asset Management has introduced a few key concepts which require a shift from focusing on initial investment to optimizing the life-cycle cost. The basis for such decisions are rooted in a risk-based and science-based approach to understanding the requirements of the asset throughout its useful life. The risk-based approach drives prioritization and optimization; whereas, the science-based approach honors the Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) experience as well as seeking meaningful data to drive decisions. Both must be applied in the concept and design phases to be effective.

Shifting the Project Management Office (PMO) and the Capital Engineering Process from a mindset of initial cost, scope and schedule to a focus on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and Life Cycle Cost (LCC) requires a catalyst for change. Design for Reliability (DfR) answers this requirement with a methodology that blends aspects of statistics, probability and reliability theory, and engineering analysis throughout a product lifecycle to evaluate, predict, and verify the application of robust design. Through application of DfR practices, the demand for highly-reliable systems can be met while insuring that the latest methods for the assessment of robust design and risk-management are properly addressed. The design and concept stage gates become the most significant triggers for DfR and the mechanism for the timely application of each DfR element. Experiences introducing and customizing a DfR Program and toolkit to achieve a Corporate Vision and optimize the performance of the assets throughout their useful life will be shared. Stakeholders with any level of responsibility for these assets are being called upon to contribute their experience in the concept and design phases, core to both Front End Planning (FEP) and DfR. A governance structure that supports, funds and allows for the input of these Stakeholders at these timely stage gates is fundamental to the success of a DfR Program.