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Optimizing Asset Management in Design Processes - Looking Outside the Box

IMC-2017 Learning Session - 42:45
by Lanny Floyd, University of Alabama at Birmingham

This session will explore lessons from a standard outside the domain of asset management: ANSI/ASSE Z590.3 – 2011 Prevention through Design Guidelines for Addressing Occupational Hazards and Risks in Design and Redesign Processes. This standard provides guidance for a life-cycle assessment and design model that balances environmental and occupational safety and health goals over the life span of a facility, process, or product. While the purpose of this standard is to enable an organization to reduce occupational safety & health risks, its methodology can be applied to reducing risks impacting asset performance. Organizations may realize benefits of aligning resources and processes impacting asset management and occupational safety & health.

Leadership for Reliability

Best Leadership for Reliability Program (Uptime Award Winner) - Mercedes-Benz USA

IMC-2017 Learning Session - 49:46
by Kenneth Hayes & Justin McCarthy, Mercedes-Benz U.S. Intl, Inc.

This presentation highlights how the Maintenance department at Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc. (MBUSI) has managed to change their culture through evolution not revolution. After benchmarking plants across many industries, they realized it’s not “what you do” that’s important, it’s “how you do it.” We share the lessons learned that have enabled our team to change our organization’s culture with involvement from all levels of the organization.

Transform a Hog into a Cheetah

MC-2015 Uptime Award Winner Presentation - 35:03
by Brian Creasy, Corporate Reliability Engineer, Portland General Electric

Corporate and site reliability teams face challenges and pressures to continuously improve and demonstrate the value and business impact they have on their organizations. The old adage of RCM being a “Resource Consuming Hog” has plagued many a Reliability Department – some organizations have even banned the use of the acronym. Best Practice Reliability programs include implementation as part of the project plan, and corporate and site reliability teams are using efficient means to ensure maintenance strategy optimization and development efforts are not wasted, but implemented each and every time an investment is made into a study.