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ARMS Reliability and Copperleaf Join Forces to Deliver Leading AIP Solutions

ARMS Reliability (ARMS) and Copperleaf Technologies are partnering to deliver asset Intensive Industries in the Australian and New Zealand Markets with cutting edge solutions is the area of Asset Investment Planning and Management (AIPM).

April 9th Webinar Will Show Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Managers How to Automate Tasks

A free April 9th webinar will show environmental health and safety managers how to streamline their EHS programs —saving costs and time — by automating key administrative tasks with Microsoft® SharePoint®, a software platform available within most companies and institutions

South Carolina Public Service District Selects Innovyze InfoMaster Smart Asset Management Solution

North Charleston Sewer District Chooses Multifaceted Approach to Optimize Rehabilitation, Decrease Operational Costs, Improve Efficiency and Extend Lifespan of Critical Assets

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Blue Mountain Regulatory Asset Manager Supports Mobile Devices

Blue Mountain Quality Resources announces a new service release (R3 SR3) of its Blue Mountain Regulatory Asset Manager solution. This latest release provides access of the application on mobile devices including Apple® iPad, Microsoft® Surface and Dell® Venue.  This new release supports Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Microsoft SQL Server 2012, Apple Safari iOS7 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 on touch devices.

Vacuum Interrupters Introduces Third-Generation Test Set for Predicting Usable life of Interrupters

Vacuum Interrupters Inc. is proud to introduce its new MAC-TS4 vacuum interrupter tester, the only test set capable of conducting predictive testing on vacuum interrupters in the field, during the 2014 PowerTest Conference, the premier electrical maintenance and safety event.

American Electric Power Chooses Bentley Substation to Increase Design Efficiencies, Improve Collabor

Anticipates Its Ability to Employ B/IM Will Deliver the Same Benefits That Are Enabling Other Utilities to Accelerate Project Design By Up to 30 Percent

Dude, Where’s My Assets?

CannaTRAK Enterprise Asset Management to Manage Cannabis Lifecycle for Compliance & Profitability

New LifeCycle Engineering Services Unit Formed to Increase OEE of Customers’ Critical Systems

Ideal for turbomachinery, metals production, HVAC,  food/beverage and bulk material handling applications; LifeCycle Engineering Services includes diagnostics, education, design,  installation, monitoring, repair/rebuild.

Acuren Group Takes Its Clients to Next Step in Reliability

by Dean Stephens and Forrest Pardue

Reliability service companies, such as Acuren Group in New Brunswick, Canada (formerly Bretech Engineering), are adopting reliability information management systems as a way to lower repair costs, increase equipment reliability, measure performance and enhance customer satisfaction.

New LifeCycle Engineering Services℠ unit formed to increase OEE of customers’ critical systems

Ideal for turbomachinery, metals production, HVAC,  food/beverage and bulk material handling applications; LifeCycle Engineering Services includes diagnostics, education, design,  installation, monitoring, repair/rebuild.

Statoil Chooses Emerson’s Prediction And Performance Monitoring Technology For Gina Krog Platform

Remote continuous equipment monitoring on new fixed platform will help maximize production and reduce maintenance costs

Asset Panda Announces New Audit Mode Feature for Companies Implementing the New ISO 55000

Asset Panda has just launched a new audit feature to help with the creation and maintenance of accurate asset inventories to prepare for the ISO 55000 asset management standard.

Life Cycle Engineering Offers ISO 55000 Asset Management Workshops

Life Cycle Engineering, Inc. (LCE) today announced that it will offer three workshops on the International Standard for Asset Management (ISO 55000). The workshops will be offered through LCE’s training entity, the Life Cycle Institute. The ISO 55000 workshops will educate leaders and the workforce on how to align business objectives with a risk-based asset management strategy and implementation plan to maximize value to the organization. The workshops will enable executives and managers to lead asset management activities through hands-on ISO 55000 planning activities specific to each organization.

Mobile Technology Increases Productivity for Plant Design

New business paper explains how AVEVA’s technology for mobile devices supports lean construction by increasing project efficiency.

Asset Management? Or, Maintenance Management, Rebranded?

by Ron Moore

The development of PAS55, a British standard for supporting asset management, has had a very positive influence on various maintenance organizations. It’s a good document, one which has been slowly evolving into ISO55000, scheduled for issue in early 2014. According to Terrence O’Hanlon, CEO of Reliabilityweb.com and Uptime magazine, and a member of the ISO standards committee for asset management, ISO55000 is a management systems standard for asset management.


Asset Health Manager Provides Visibility into Asset Condition

ARC Advisory Group research indicates that avoiding unplanned downtime is the greatest challenge facing manufacturers today. Asset performance management (APM) leverages the power embedded in various operations and maintenance applications to improve asset availability and utilization within the operational constraints of the organization. This approach enables decision-makers to view information in a context that facilitates performance improvement and increases asset reliability.  Leveraging the rich information in these solutions can improve the effectiveness of each.

3D Scanning: Moving Beyond Movies to a Factory Near You!

by Alan France

3D scanning is used extensively for industrial design and in the production of movies and video games, but does it have value for use in a factory?

It’s Time to Start Having the Right Conversations about ISO55000

by Grahame Fogel

We sit as a community ever closer to approaching the final release of the ISO55000 suite of standards for the management of physical assets.