asset management

How does an asset-intensive business know that its operations are where they should be? It relies on instrumentation to deliver real-time readings. But how does that same business know its pressure gauges, scales and sensors are balanced and accurate? By comparing those components to instruments with higher standards, an act we all recognize as calibration.

Hidden in how we calibrate lie efficiency gains waiting to be unearthed. What can your maintenance technicians or equipment operators do to minimize downtime losses related to calibration

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As Winston Churchill once said about democracy, it’s the worst possible system, except for all the others. Consider these alternatives to having a meeting:

• Phone – a good way to exchange information, except many folks do not answer their phones when you want them to. Sometimes, conference calls work well, although some would just call them meetings by another name, but they introduce their own unique set of problems.
• E-mail – another way to exchange information, except it can be hard to get people’s attention. Some will not read beyond the first paragraph or so and it is difficult to get the correct read on the person’s tone. Most of all, it is difficult to secure any committed action from an e-mail request.
• Print and distribute – another tried and true way to communicate, except for the amount of extra work to write up all the issues and the lack of collaboration that goes into the product. This method does have the virtue that reading flyers or other printed summaries can stimulate people to think, if they read them.

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