At Medtronic, we believe in the power of medical technology to improve lives. Today, we are among the largest medical device companies in the world. We are privileged to be part of the communities where we live and work. We are committed to giving back and reducing our impact on the environment.
Arca Continental produces, distributes and sells non-alcoholic beverages under The Coca-Cola Company brand and serves over 120 million consumers in northern and western Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, northern Argentina and southwestern U.S. Since 2018, Arca Continental developed, piloted, and rolled out an asset management plan for its manufacturing facilities.
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In too many cases, the maintenance team is seen as an unavoidable cost to the business. It is seen as the villain; sucking up resources and never really delivering on the needs of the operations team. There is, however, an alternative to this.
A reliability leader communicates vision, concepts, ideas, project information, data, etc., throughout the organization. The problem is different groups have different points of view, different language, and different expectations. A reliability leader must tailor the message to the audience.
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[Fort Myers, Florida] - Reliabilityweb.com® announced the winners of the 2020 Solution Awards. The Solution Awards recognize innovative products, software, training and services in reliability and asset management.
“One-On-One Operational Excellence” Approach Improves Your Bottom Line
Leawood, KS - LAKEHURST CONSULTING, LLC announced a new program that can change the trajectory of small to medium sized manufacturing companies throughout the mid-west. The “ONE-ON-ONE OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE” approach is for companies seeking to lean out their manufacturing operations by identifying inefficiencies and harnessing the brainpower of those closest to the work to improve throughput and reduce costs.
Culture is the most challenging obstacle in any change initiative. Given proper respect, culture can be successfully managed and overcome. Underestimate culture, and the initiative can quickly become the latest “flavor of the month."
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® has announced the winners for the 2020 Uptime® Awards. The Uptime Awards recognize accomplishments in reliability, leadership and asset management.
Reliability transformations call for significant investments in capability, process, and supporting tools and enablers. Despite significant investment, many reliability transformations fail when no clear roadmap exists. Should a roadmap exist, organizations often waver on their commitment to value management and longer-term vision for transformation sustainment. A proactive approach to your reliability journey should begin with sustainability.
DC Water through its groundbreaking Research and Innovation Programs, as well as cutting edge process technologies implemented at full scale, has achieved global recognition as a leader in treatment technologies. In the last 12 months, DC Water also underwent a change in leadership with the new CEO having a clear mandate from the Board to address this customer facing issue.
It’s often said, "The ‘right’ people are the most important asset of an organization." If we want to be successful in optimizing our maintenance activities, we do not only need to use state-of-the-art maintenance and management tools, but also make use of the knowledge of our people.
Reliability systems and standards rely heavily on executive sponsorship to drive change throughout an organization. However, the reality is that executive leaders have limited bandwidth and will not always be the initial drivers of change. “Bottom up leadership” can effect meaningful change, but what are the most important elements of effective “bottom-up leadership?”
During 2016, Goldcorp-Peñasquito management started a road to change the maintenance and operations mindset. Since then, extensive work has been performed to adapt to a vision focused on value delivery through reliability.
CEO’s always name safety as a top priority. If they truly believed that, they would be active sponsors of the corporations reliability effort. If you believe in safety, you must believe in reliability.
I started my journey by maintaining and managing assets which I still do to this day. It really got rolling when my manager gave me the opportunity to learn about asset management in a program through Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) called “Am Kan Work!” which was for teaching asset management for small size utilities in Kansas.
Houston, TX — I-care Reliability Inc., a leading provider of maintenance, reliability and asset management solutions and products, announced that they will be starting a partnership with Reliabilityweb.com®, the global leader in competency development for asset management, digitalization and reliability based in Ft Myers, Florida. This partnership is focused to support reliability leaders and maintenance professionals with today’s relevant skills crisis. This program is called, “Recruit and Retain.”
One of the hardest parts of reliability is getting started. Without proper buy-in from management and folks on the floor, it can be impossible to make headway in moving from a reactive environment to a predictive and proactive one. Where and how do you get started as a one-person team to transform an organization?
The City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management (DWM) is currently preparing to launch a comprehensive 5-year asset management implementation plan (AMIP) using a steering committee comprised of cross-departmental DWM leadership and managers – a critical success factor in realizing the expected benefits of significant multi-year investment.