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Operator Maintenance or Autonomous Maintenance

When Productivity, Inc. came across the work of the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM), developers of total productive maintenance (TPM), as part of our research into Japanese manufacturing practices in the 1980's, we encountered the same problem as with other systems: how do we teach this to people in the West?

By Malcolm Jones

Asset Management

Mobile Video Collaboration System Securely Connects Field Staff and Experts

Winnipeg, MB - Time is money. And it’s never been truer for companies with operations spread across the globe. Equipment downtime, lost production, delays in product reviews and high travel costs to troubleshoot problems can kill the bottom line. If the best engineer is located in New York and the assembly line is in the Far East or the oil rig is off the coast of Mexico, costs mount quickly when decisions are delayed. Typically, the expert (or a whole team of experts) would board a plane to go and try to solve the problem, causing further delays and incurring expensive travel costs. With mobile collaboration, no one leaves their desk, let alone the country.

Asset Management

Early adopters prepare for the coming ISO Standard on Asset Management

Fort Myers FL - PAS55-2011, the only North American Conference that specifically covers the current PAS55 Asset Management Specification and prepares attendees for the coming ISO Asset Management Specification, is scheduled for July 11-14, 2011 at the Reliability Performance Institute in Fort Myers Florida.

Asset Management

EMCOR Group, Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire USM Services Holdings, Inc.

NORWALK, Conn.-EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire USM Services Holdings, Inc. (“USM”), a leading provider of facilities maintenance solutions in North America, from Transfield Services Limited (ASE: TSE) in an all-cash transaction for $255 million, representing $225 million for the base USM business plus $30 million for the net present value of a USM tax benefit. Transfield Services Limited is an Australian-based global provider of operations, asset management and project management services. The transaction is expected to close towards the end of June, subject to customary closing conditions. EMCOR will utilize available cash to finance the acquisition.

Asset Management

Warshaw Group and DDC Partner for City Inspections

New York City, NY-Warshaw Group announced today that Mobile Validity, their Mobile Enterprise Application System, will continue to be utilized by the New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) as the Department expands the scope of its inspection project. The DDC is currently in the process of conducting building condition assessments on city-owned properties using Warshaw Group technology.

Asset Management

Meridium Launches Asset Answers

ROANOKE, Va. - Meridium Inc., the global leader in asset performance management (APM) software and consulting solutions, today launched Asset Answers, the only simple, automated benchmarking tool for quick asset-performance comparisons with companies around the world.

Asset Management

Carrying costs for the Storeroom Inventory

An hour long Webinar Tutorial On Demand Led by Daniel DeWald, CPIM, CPMM SME Materials Management Professional Consultant, GPAllied

This slide presentation explains carrying cost and what it means to the inventory in the storeroom.

Asset Management

PAS-55: Change Management

An hour long recorded webinar by James Nesbitt, Principal - Service Delivery, The Asset Performance Group Inc.

The British Standards Institute's Publicly Available Specification 55 (PAS-55) provides organizations with a framework for establishing good practices in asset management. In the eighth installment of our popular PAS-55 themed webinar series, APG will help attendees identify key stakeholders in the implementation of PAS-55 and provide an overview of some practical techniques, tips and pitfalls related to managing the organizational change associated with a PAS-55 implementation.

Asset Management

General Physics Integrates Advanced Pattern Recognition Technology

Elkridge, MD. - Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), announced today that it has added Advanced Pattern Recognition (APR) technology to its industry-leading EtaPROTM Plant Performance and Equipment Condition Monitoring System. EtaPRO APRTM is fully integrated with GP’s time-proven EtaPRO System, providing the power generation industry with a single platform for thermal performance analysis and asset condition monitoring.

Asset Management

RTA gets certification for assets management

DUBAI - The Public Transport Agency, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) became the first Middle Eastern entity to obtain the internationally acclaimed Assets Management Certification of Conformity to the Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 55 assessment awarded by the British SGS Group.

Asset Management

APT Releases the Asset Strategy Library (ASL) Version 9.0

Asset Performance Technologies, Inc. (APT) announced today that it has released the Asset Strategy Library (ASL) version 9.0 to its customers and partners. According to Mark Benak, CFO for APT, “We are very excited to continue to increase the size and value of the ASL for our customers and partners while maintaining the highest quality in the asset strategies. More importantly, our growing partnerships should allow us to expand the ASL offering more rapidly in the future.”

Asset Management

Physical asset management conference to focus on sustainability

The theme for the 2011 Physical Asset Man- agement Thought Leadership Conference is ‘Sustainability through physical asset manage- ment’. It is the seventeenth yearly conference, hosted by asset management company Pragma and copresented by maintenance and reliability resource company Reliabilityweb.com, and takes place from June 8 to 10, at the Lord Charles Hotel, in Somerset West, in the Western Cape.

Asset Management

Managing Availability for Improved Bottom-Line Results

By Bill Keeter

Abstract
During the past five to eight years, the role of maintenance manager has evolved from merely keeping equipment running to that of physical asset manager. The goal of the physical asset manager is to maximize profits by managing physical assets in a way that provides the optimum level of physical availability. This paper provides a framework for managing availability goals to help meet the financial goals of an organization.

Asset Management

Bentley Delivers eB Insight, the Foundation of Its AssetWise Platform

ORLANDO, Fla. - ARC World Industry Forum - Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced its first release of eB Insight, the foundation of Bentley’s AssetWise platform.

asset management

Operator Maintenance or Autonomous Maintenance

Mobile Video Collaboration System Securely Connects Field Staff and Experts

Early adopters prepare for the coming ISO Standard on Asset Management

EMCOR Group, Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire USM Services Holdings, Inc.

Warshaw Group and DDC Partner for City Inspections

Meridium Launches Asset Answers

Carrying costs for the Storeroom Inventory

PAS-55: Change Management

General Physics Integrates Advanced Pattern Recognition Technology

RTA gets certification for assets management

Emerson opens new engineering and development center in China

APT Releases the Asset Strategy Library (ASL) Version 9.0

Constellation Energy Deploys New Predictive Diagnostic Technology

Lloyd’s Register awards air-traffic control industry’s first asset management certification to

Physical asset management conference to focus on sustainability

Managing Availability for Improved Bottom-Line Results

APT’s PRO-M and Asset Strategy Library (ASL) Selected by ENMAX to Support its IBM Maximo Upgrade

Bentley Delivers eB Insight, the Foundation of Its AssetWise Platform

Meridium Announces New Mobile Capabilities in Asset Performance Management

Saasmaint.com Partners with Performance Consulting Associates to Deliver Asset Management