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Asset Management Culture: The “Missing Link?”

by Stuart Grant

With the advances that science, technology and regulation have brought, many companies today have excellent engineering capabilities, a fantastic technical framework and good governance. In theory, these companies should function reliably and also achieve great value. But often, that is not the case. What is going wrong? DuPont took a cultural journey to find the “missing link.”

Asset Management

Copperleaf Selected as Finalist for the 2015 BCTIA Team of the Year Award

Copperleaf Technologies has been chosen as a finalist for the BC Technology Industry Association (BCTIA) 2015 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs). The TIAs honour companies in nine categories, divided amongst three distinct groups: Technology, People and Company. Copperleaf is a finalist for Team of the Year, in the People category, for developing a unique culture that fosters innovation and creativity, and that has had a measurable impact on the company’s growth.

Asset Management

Marafiq Power and Water Utility Co Selects Doble Engineering Company

To improve electrical grid reliability, Marafiq Power and Water Utility Company has contracted Doble Engineering Company, a subsidiary of ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ESE), to provide consulting and training services to support reliability best practices within its transmission and distribution division. Doble will maintain a strong presence in the region, working hand-in-hand with the Marafiq team on implementation, supported by a team of Doble apparatus specialists.

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Prioritize your Asset Management Program with Asset Criticality Ranking

Ensure your asset management program is focused on the right assets by ranking them based on criticality. Through proper development of an Asset Criticality Ranking model, Reliability

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AVEVA Diagrams Collaboration Capabilities Set to Drive Productivity Results

AVEVA today announced the latest release of AVEVA Diagrams, engineering software that enables the creation and delivery of intelligent P&IDs and other schematics. This major software update will enable process and systems engineers to collaborate more efficiently on multi-discipline projects thereby eliminating errors and inconsistencies that could otherwise lead to costly subsequent rework.

Asset Management

As Advancements in Big Data, the Cloud and IoT Transform APM, Who Will Own the Data?

Without a doubt, advancing tech trends, like the Internet of Things (IoT), big data and cloud capabilities, are transforming the way we approach asset performance management (APM). The amount of process and equipment data available to aid in condition-based maintenance (CBM) activities and support reliability centered maintenance (RCM) programs is almost doubling annually, on track with overall big data growth rates. And as the Cloud and IoT provide more and more information about the current health and process conditions of the physical assets used to operate businesses, the better the decisions made about how to care for those assets.

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Bentley Adds MANAGEservices Offering for Construction Managers through Acquisition of EADOC Cloud

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that it has acquired the business of Oakland, Calif.-based EADOC, LLC, provider of construction management cloud services. This newest addition to Bentley’s MANAGEservices offerings helps construction managers at engineering/construction management firms and infrastructure owner organizations with capital projects to easily reduce risk and staff hours, improve information quality, and provide owners with real-time visibility into costs. EADOC empowers facility owners to increase ROI through faster project completions, easily monitor project financial performance, and maintain detailed construction records without administrative staff.

Asset Management

Environet® Asset Promises Future Solutions Today

Geist DCIM today launched Environet® Asset, giving users full control and visualization of both the logical and physical data center infrastructure. The new offering can be combined with Geist DCIM’s Environet® Facility to give Data Center Managers a complete, up-to-date picture of their IT space and facility.

Asset Management

Reliable Manufacturing to Present at the 2015 International Applied Reliability Symposium, Europe

Andrew Fraser, Managing Director of change management consultancy, Reliable Manufacturing, will be offering a thought-provoking look at reliability and its relationship with safety, cost efficiency and business performance at this year’s Applied Reliability Symposium (ARS) on 21-23 April 2015 at the Amsterdam Marriott Hotel in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Asset Management

Best Practices for EAM: Where Mobile Fits in the Work Flow

Asset Management requires people to always be on the move, whether they are planning, issuing, recording, or completing their work. Mobile can improve work flow, enhance safety, and provide better access to information. Potash shares their path to Mobile and their lessons learned.

Asset Management

BIM for FM - YouBIM on One of Latin America’s Biggest Hydroelectric Plants

One of the largest hydroelectric power stations in Latin America has just selected ENGworks together with the University of Misiones to implement the YouBIM software on their entire Plant. YouBIM will be integrated with IBM Maximo.

Asset Management

How to Proactively Run What You Have Now: 5 Things to Improve Plant Reliability

By Paul Dufresne

Recently I had a conversation with the members of our leadership group concerning steps we need to take to improve the reliability posture of our business. I was charged with, of all the initiatives that are out there, the critical few we need to focus on to improve our competitive position for our business. With that in mind, I did some data mining and looked at our recent unplanned events and came to a not so unique conclusion.

Asset Management

Let’s do a Root Cause Analysis on the AMS

Asset management systems do not fail during implementation. Rather, they fail during subsequent operation. Implementations may go longer than planned. But eventually everyone goes live. IT may have driven the implementation but it is up to the stakeholders to "right the ship". It is never too late to create a vision. And if you are lucky enough to have a Core Team then this sets a strong foundation for success.

asset management

Asset Management Culture: The “Missing Link?”

Take the Guesswork out of your Maintenance Strategies!

Copperleaf Selected as Finalist for the 2015 BCTIA Team of the Year Award

Marafiq Power and Water Utility Co Selects Doble Engineering Company

Prioritize your Asset Management Program with Asset Criticality Ranking

AVEVA Diagrams Collaboration Capabilities Set to Drive Productivity Results

Riva Modeling Systems and Vesta Partners Announce Global Partnership

Asset Management and Servitization

As Advancements in Big Data, the Cloud and IoT Transform APM, Who Will Own the Data?

Relegen Unveils Biggest Upgrade Program Yet for AssetDNA

Bentley Adds MANAGEservices Offering for Construction Managers through Acquisition of EADOC Cloud

Environet® Asset Promises Future Solutions Today

Reliable Manufacturing to Present at the 2015 International Applied Reliability Symposium, Europe

Best Practices for EAM: Where Mobile Fits in the Work Flow

BIM for FM - YouBIM on One of Latin America’s Biggest Hydroelectric Plants

Bentley Adds Process Safety and Risk Management Capabilities to AssetWise APM

Dematic Expands Operations in Mexico

Bentley Acquires Acute3D to Advance Reality Modeling

How to Proactively Run What You Have Now: 5 Things to Improve Plant Reliability

Let’s do a Root Cause Analysis on the AMS