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Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) Selects New Executive Director

Barbara Dunlavey, CMP, CAE Chosen as SMRP Chief Executive to Implement New Initiatives to Enhance the Society’s Role in the Profession.

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Don’t Forget Reliability

Given the sometimes frenzied movement in the effort to go green, maintenance management may overlook the fact that maintaining reliability can pay dividends towards efficiency while improving the

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How You Define Your Inspection Program Can Mean the Difference Between Success and Failure

Poor performing assets result in lost production, poor product quality, late deliveries, accidents, incidents, and even major catastrophes. We need to balance risk and cost. On average, a

The Eight Critical Elements of Asset Management Survey. A Detailed Assessment of Results.

The Onesteel Eight Critical elements survey was released globally in May 2009 and by early October had received over 250 responses from over 20 countries and 29 industry types. In October 2009 the results were analysed and will now be presented as a 4 part report, free to Reliabilityweb readers in next few weeks.

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Maintenance and Material Interface

Increasing the crafts person's ability to quickly identify the correct parts and materials for a repair can greatly improve your maintenance productivity and quality. Taking the time to build a

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Reduce Delays with Maintenance and Material Planning

One of the biggest contributors to maintenance efficiency and effective use of craft time is the ability to get the correct parts and materials to the work site at the same time as the craft person.

 

Dr. Howard Penrose Named Director of Membership for SMRP

By majority, the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) board has named Dr. Penrose the Director of Membership for SMRP.

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Unplanned Maintenance Kills The Budget

If you have managed a maintenance or project budget you will have experienced the pressure that unplanned maintenance causes in trying to meet budget. Often a lot of planning has gone into To ...

Choose Your PdM Partners Wisely

Or Discover Another Reason Why PdM Programs Can Fail

by Alan Friedman

Whether you are considering starting a new program, revamping a dead one, outsourcing or looking for someone to become a long term partner to step in when needed and step back when not needed, make sure you pick the correct partner.

Reshaping Sugar
Leadership for Reliability

Reshaping Sugar

The Transformation of U.S. Sugar

by Darrin Wikoff, CMRP

A 12% increase in production capacity over three years with virtually no increase in operating costs makes United States Sugar Corporation the leading producer of retail and industrial bulk sugar in the United States.

Benchmarking a Better Understanding

Benchmarks Shed Light on Maintenance & Reliability Perceptions

by Klaus M. Blache, PhD

This interesting study compares data collected in 2008 to data collected in 1991 to chart the trends in reliability and maintenance over the last 17 years.

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Fundamentals of Maintenance

I've seen those in a reactive environment attempt to jump-start a proactive maintenance mode by adding manufacturer recommended PM's in bulk, and/or by adding a PdM program. However, if the

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Is the Maintenance Task Applicable and Effective?

The most powerful way to improve maintenance of assets is to know the impact of maintenance tasks on business performance. This requires that each task is associated with a failure mode and

Uptime Magazine Digital Edition October November 2009

Try the Uptime Digital Edition to read current issue, access the archives, bookmark, print to PDF, save to your hard drive and add your own notations.

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Single Point Of Entry Maintenance Schedule

A reduction of reactive maintenance is achieved through the implementation of a single point of entry for the Scheduler/Supervisor, which gives control of the work execution back to the

 

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Should Maintenance Planning and Scheduling be Treated Separately?

Yes to both questions!

* Planning prevents delays by indentifying the needs of the job

* Planning enables Scheduling, by quantifying the resource needs in order for a block of time to be set aside to do the job

* Scheduling enables effectiveness by maximizing resource utilization in both Maintenance and Production

* Scheduling alone can improve effectiveness with only an estimate of labor needs by reducing the downtime between maintenance jobs, eliminating false starts when Production can't free up the equipment, and by reducing the downtime when Maintenance has to wait while Production shuts down and prepares equipment

* Together Planning and Scheduling are more effective on certain jobs

* Not all jobs are candidates for Planning or Scheduling

Tip excerpted from Planning & Scheduling Made Simple by Ricky Smith & Jerry Wilson

WANTED: SMRP Membership Services Director

SMRP is seeking an experienced volunteer leader to serve as the SMRP MemberServices Director.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Maintenance Organizations


by Paul Swatkowski

Through his books and audio programs, Steven Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and other works, has been a great influence on me and many of my colleagues.  Over the years I’ve noticed a direct correlation of the practices of successful maintenance organizations and Dr. Covey’s seven habits.  This article is based directly on Dr. Covey’s seven habits.  It is drawn habit-by-habit from his book but with the examples modified to fit the maintenance world.

General Bearing Handling And Inspection

 

Timken - Where You Turn

This article has been excerpted from the Industrial Bearing Maintenance Manual by The Timken Company.  Click here to request your own copy.

 

Bearings are a vital component in major industrial equipment. Bearing problems can result in costly downtime, equipment damage and breakdowns. In addition, large industrial bearings represent a significant capital investment.

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