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The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

"Sometimes I wonder if the maintenance reliability community (and now the asset management community) are making any progress at all."
- Reliability Guru Terrence O'Hanlon, CEO/Publisher Uptime magazine and Reliabilityweb.com

What has changed in last 10, 20, 50 years? Have you noticed any changes? There are some things that have changed and some that have stayed the same.

work execution management

Project Planning and Management for Asset Recapitalization and Enhancement with Maximo

Being part of an O&M organization means not only dealing with the day-to-day asset maintenance but planning for the recapitalizations and enhancements that will keep the capabilities of the facility current for years to come.

Leadership for Reliability

Q&A with an Industry Leader

While at IMC 2013, Uptime® Magazine had an opportunity to catch up with Rey Marquez, CRL, with Goldcorp, Inc. Rey is based in Toronto, Canada, while corporate headquarters is in Vancouver. Rey is the Manager of Maintenance and Mechanical Engineering Canada and USA. He is responsible for leading the development and implementation of maintenance reliability strategies for Goldcorp mine sites. He supports regional, site and project business plans. Additionally, he is responsible for the application of reliability strategies, root cause analysis and team based problem solving.

Solutions Virtual Conference - Session 8

RAP Talk: Secrets of Success with Procedures by Jack Nicholas
Educational Session: Planning & Scheduling 101 by Larry Olson

Secrets of Success with Processes and Procedures-
Jack Nicholas summarizes key elements of his book Secrets of Success With Procedures in order to stress often overlooked processes and procedures that address their management. In particular, the relationship between policies, processes, plans, procedures and work instructions will be illustrated. In addition, how situations where procedures aren’t followed and lead to problems should be handled. Case studies from the text and other sources will be presented to emphasize important lessons that were learned, sometimes in very difficult and important ways.

Planning and Scheduling 101-
Learn the basics of the P&S process steps and tasks required to get started. This journey will to you from context to content and closing out with outcome measures. All in the spirit of Quality, Efficiency and Effectiveness of the maintenance department.

Asset Management

The Central Issue: How to Make Distributed Maintenance Work

During the 90's, many plants have decentralized maintenance to a greater or lesser extent. While these plants have seen many gains from being closer to the consumer of their maintenance services, they also see issues emerging. What are the criteria to choose central vs. decentralized maintenance? Which functions and activities are candidates? Finally, what does this consultant recommend?

The Manufacturing Game

Introduction

This paper discusses the application of computer simulation to the management of the maintenance function at DuPont. Large Scale simulation models often have been used to analyze technical problems of plant operation. Typically, these models mimic the operation of the plant and are used to predict capacity and uptime for alternative equipment configurations. These models require input assumptions for key parameters such as mean time between failure and mean time to repair.

Asset Management

Reliability Across Division Lines

Navajo Generating Station, NGS, was built in the early 1970's. NGS's primary purpose was to provide power for the Central Arizona Project, CAP. The CAP carries Colorado River water to the metropolitan areas of Phoenix and Tucson. The United States Bureau of Reclamation, Salt River Project (SRP), Los Angeles Division of Water and Power, Arizona Public Service, Nevada Power and Tucson Electric Power are the owners. The Salt River Project is the managing owner.

Work Execution Management

10 Ways to Reduce Reactive Maintenance

This article provides 10 distinct actions you can take to become more proactive. As you will see, the asset management system (AMS) plays a major role. Typically, users struggle to leverage the AMS in support of asset reliability, but the reason for this simply may be because you need a more encompassing set of instructions. So, here they are.

Search Results for planning and scheduling

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

Project Planning and Management for Asset Recapitalization and Enhancement with Maximo

Optimizing SAP/PM with ‘Best Practices’

SAP and ClickSoftware Global Reseller Agreement Experiences Strong Market Acceptance in 2009