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Q&A with the 2011 Uptime Award Winners

Uptime magazine Publisher and Editor Terrence O'Hanlon recently caught up with the following Uptime Award winning companies and asked them: "How did you get management's approval to move forward with this program and support you through the journey which eventually led to winning this award?"

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Keep it Contained: Reducing Risk with Mechanical Integrity

A 45 minute long presentation by Michael Warren, Product Manager – Mechanical Integrity, Meridium

In a comprehensive Asset Performance Management program, people, processes, and technology are all equally important to maximize the value you should expect from your Mechanical Integrity solution in order to improve safety, reliability and environmental compliance in high-risk industrial environments.

Leadership for Reliability

The Reliability Secrets of North America’s most profitable steel manufacturer

All North American steel manufacturers face the same challenges: foreign competition, rising costs and falling prices. Dofasco responds to the challenges better than anyone; they are North America's most profitable steel company.

How does Dofasco do it? Can you become your industry's most profitable firm by applying Dofasco's reliability secrets?

Leadership for Reliability

Moving from a Repair-focused to a Reliability-focused Culture

Summary
This paper will discuss the five key elements required to successfully transition from a traditional, repair-focused organisational culture, to a proactive, reliability-focused culture, and reap the rewards of increased performance of both equipment and people.

Work Execution Management

Driving Regulatory Compliance, Safety, Reliability and Profitability with your Mechanical Integrity

A 60-minute recorded webinar playback on demand by Scott Jones, Vice President, Meridium Asset Integrity Services, Meridium

With catastrophic industrial incidents on the rise, and the alarming safety, environmental and financial implications they carry, it's imperative that operating companies' develop comprehensive RBI and mechanical integrity initiatives to prevent these events from happening. According to an article in Accountancy Age, recent research suggests that the most important business risks currently are concentrated in the areas of regulation and compliance. In this webinar, attendees will learn more about industry proven Mechanical Integrity APM Work Process and Best Practices, as well as how to deliver a comprehensive, integrated approach for Risk Based Inspection, Thickness Monitoring, and Inspection Management.

Leadership for Reliability

High Operational Autonomy + Low Financial Autonomy: A Formula for Failure

By Ron Moore

Background and Introduction
During a recent meeting, a mid-level manager with a large petroleum company was asking my opinion about which manufacturing and industrial companies were the best in the world. My reply was that most large organizations had manufacturing plants that covered the spectrum ranging from very poor to excellent, but none that I had direct experience with stood out to me as being consistently excellent in their manufacturing practices across the board, that is, in most all plants. As part of that discussion, he also asked "How much autonomy do site managers have (in the organizations you've seen)?" I had to think for a moment, at which point I said, "They have very little financial autonomy, and nearly complete operational autonomy, a recipe for highly variable performance, and ultimately, failure." I'll explain my view.

Leadership for Reliability

Managing Integrity & Reliability on Aging Assets

A 60 minute recorded webinar on demand by Brian Hudson, Principal Lead Consultant, ABB Reliability Services.

The implications of managing and planning for the future when looking after aging assets. Failure to effectively manage aging assets can not only have a major impact on share holder confidence and license to operate but also is increasingly seen as a major non-conformance by regulators world wide. Consequently, maintaining integrity, reliability & safety is a challenge that all Operators must face, whilst balancing these needs against the ever present drivers to manage budgets and meet stakeholder expectations. Operators need to have in place a robust strategy for ongoing operation of aging assets which will satisfy the increasing expectations of both industry regulators and authorities.

Participate to learn:

1) Essential elements of a proactive strategy to manage ageing assets

2) The importance of competent people, effective systems and dependable assets in maintaining integrity

3) The role of reliability and integrity in safe operations

Leadership for Reliability

Training Plans Made Easy

Just in time for 2011, here are the ten steps to follow when laying out your annual training plan. Keep in mind the underlying precepts for any plan: to have the right resources, at the right

...• Has operations / production determined a gap in performance that technical training can address?

Leadership for Reliability

Getting More Value from Your Conference Attendance

Finally, you get the approvals required to attend that conference that you have been looking forward to. You know that conferences provide both information gathering opportunities and access to

...An engaged and open-minded person can derive huge additional benefits when attending the same conference as someone who thinks they know all the answers. Open minded people leave themselves open to new perspectives and experiences and while they may hear many things that they do know, they usually glean something new to help them achieve their goals at work. Keep an open mind and you will get greater value from your time and attendance.

Asset Condition Management

Reliability Excellence Is Not Our Mission- US Sugar Case Study

Solutions 2.0 2010 Keynote Presentation- 1:07
by Robert H. Buker, Jr., President and CEO of US Sugar

In this keynote presentation from IMC-2010, Robert H. Buker, Jr. outlines the importance of reliability excellence. While reliability excellence might not be at the forefront of a CEO's mind, Buker, Jr. explains how you can make your case to them and make life easier for everyone. He tackles this issue from the role of a CEO, offering a unique viewpoint and insight.

Leadership for Reliability

How to Develop a Highly Effective Maintenance Team

Maintenance technicians are key to the success of any maintenance department. What about the other people on the team such as maintenance planners, managers, supervisors? All of these members of your team must work synchronized in order to become effective. Finding those simple things that can motivate and empower a highly effective workforce is not hard and in this WebEx you will learn a few secrets to making your team the best of the best.

It is recommended your maintenance manager, maintenance supervisors, maintenance planners, and key maintenance personnel attend this session. It will be the best one hour you ever spent together. Expect an hour of discussion amongst your people afterwards. Expect to be engaged and get excited about this journey.

Join me today and enjoy the benefits from a short session which will impact performance of your crew.

leadership for reliability

Sunshine & Rainbows: The Journey Toward Cultural Change

Q&A with the 2011 Uptime Award Winners

Keep it Contained: Reducing Risk with Mechanical Integrity

Current Practice Review: How to Make Existing Maintenance Programs More Proactive (Inspection-Based)

The Reliability Secrets of North America’s most profitable steel manufacturer

Moving from a Repair-focused to a Reliability-focused Culture

Three Waves to Reliability Excellence

Driving Regulatory Compliance, Safety, Reliability and Profitability with your Mechanical Integrity

High Operational Autonomy + Low Financial Autonomy: A Formula for Failure

Managing Integrity & Reliability on Aging Assets

Book Smarts or Getting Smart with Books

Training Plans Made Easy

Maintenance Reliability Mission Statements

Running a company on visible figures alone

What is Work Sampling?

Getting More Value from Your Conference Attendance

Reliability Excellence Is Not Our Mission- US Sugar Case Study

White House Maintenance Staff Annual Dinner

How to Develop a Highly Effective Maintenance Team

KPIs for High Performance Maintenance Team