Central San’s asset management journey is synonymous with continuous improvement. We strive to continually improve the reliability of our wastewater services and meet strategic goals by identifying, prioritizing, and addressing the inefficiencies in our processes and practices.
When it comes to everyday challenges in operations and maintenance, like improving PM (planned maintenance) completion rate, AI/ML (artificial intelligence/machine learning) is often relegated to experimental solutions to justify “big data” initiatives that eventually fail to deliver real value.
Asset management is the coordinated activities of an organization to realize value from assets. Guidance in asset management can be found in the ISO 5500X series of international standards.
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Imagine yourself responsible for planning the asset related capital projects for a global enterprise over the course of the next five years. Daunting thought or exciting prospect?
A reliability program is a continuous journey filled with challenges, successes, and occasional failures that require perseverance and a willingness to experiment. This presentation will summarize Central San’s efforts in reliability and asset management.
Salem and Beverly Water Supply Board embarked on a mission to set baseline tactics that would set the foundation to aid in reaching their world-class vision: “Be a world-class water utility driven by teamwork and operational excellence.”
"When I talk to a manager, I get the feeling that they are important. When I talk to a leader, I get the feeling that I am important." Author Ramesh Gulati talks about Right 10, Manage it Right. The right people, the right robust process, the right breakthrough technology. 18:31 Minutes
The new maintenance is = Capacity Assurance. Ramesh Gulati Author of the 10 Rights of Asset Management dives into Right 7, Maintain it right. 28:58 Minutes
Failures can be introduced into the asset without precision installation. Ramesh Gulati Author of the 10 Rights of Asset Management speaks about the Right 5 Install and commission. 4:43 Minutes.
Bathtub curve, Infant mortality - major reasons for high infant mortality of assets is poor work practices and use of defective parts at the start. Author of the 10 Rights of Asset Management Ramesh Gulati speaks on the 4th Right and why it is important. 3:46 Minutes
Are we buying "best Value" or "Lowest Cost" products or services? What is "Best Value"? 2:38 Minutes. Learn about this Important Right for your assets.
Reliability enters in the design phase of an asset. What are the 10 Rights of Asset Management? 16:11 Minutes. Ramesh Gulati of Jacobs presents right 2, Design. Change the way you think about asset management. Reliability centered design.
"This is not what I wanted." Right 1 is critical. 8:45 Minutes. What are the 10 Rights of Asset Management? Ramesh Gulati presents the first Right, Specify.
In this ReliabilityTalk Coffee Break, Terrence O’Hanlon and Sean Gregerson from Aveva will discuss the roadblocks for building the business case for predictive maintenance. To assess the right ROI, it is key to understand what impact predictive maintenance could have for your business and how to set priorities accordingly and involve the stakeholders necessary for success.
Do you know which assets are critical to your business success and what data is needed to monitor assets or process anomalies? Learn what factors determine a successful pilot and what is needed to scale rapidly for a quick ROI.
No one will argue that the hottest technology to be introduced to industry in recent times is that of digitalization. Ironically, even though Upstream Oil and Gas has been a slower adopter of this technology, studies have shown that we stand to benefit more than any other industry.