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What Do You Have A Right To Expect?

By Dan Daley, Author, The Little Black Book Of Reliability Management

Expect what you inspect.
~ An old inspector's saying

Approximately twenty years ago, the company where I was employed sponsored a workshop focusing exclusively on reliability. When the workshop and its subject were announced, I was a little surprised.

Aircraft maintenance facility dedicated to Tuskegee Airman

by Jonathan Hicks
81st Training Wing Public Affairs

9/2/2009 - KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.—Team Keesler celebrated the life and time of retired Col. Lawrence Roberts Aug. 28 with a ceremony dedicating the 403rd Wing’s consolidated aircraft maintenance facility in his honor.

Do We Really Need More Capacity (and Reliability)?

With the economic downturn, and the resulting reduction in consumer spending, the world is awash in manufacturing capacity. With capacity being a key goal of reliability practices, and the anticipated long road back to where markets require full capacity, does this mean that reliability is of little importance in the coming years, or no longer meaningful? Why should we focus on creating more capacity when we're already awash in it?

The Maintenance Ponzi Scheme - The Cycle of Maintenance Destruction

While we have heard much about Ponzi schemes, they are fraudulent investing scams promising high rates of return with perceived little risk to investors. The Ponzi scheme generates returns for older investors by acquiring new investors. This scam actually yields the promised returns to the Ponzi manager, as long as there are more new investors. These schemes usually collapse on themselves when the new investments stop.

Building Maintenance and Asset Management Expo Asia 2009 Brings Key Players Together

Annapolis, MD-BOMI (Building Owners and Managers Institute) International has announced an agreement to be an official sponsor of the three-day Building Maintenance and Asset Management (BMAM) Expo Asia 2009 starting September 3 at the Impact Exhibition and Convention Centere in Bangkok, Thailand.

PIPE-FLO Professional design software online video now available

LACEY, Washington-July 28, 2009-Engineered Software, Inc., creator of the PIPE-FLO Professional design software has announced their first online video now available free on their website for anyone interested in learning how to use the software. The video gives an overview of the main features of the PIPE-FLO Professional program and walks viewers through the creation of a piping system in the PIPE-FLO program.

Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals sign agreement with EFNMS

The SMRP (Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals) and the EFNMSvzw (European Federation of National Maintenance Societies) signed their first joint agreement to develop and market a compilation of global maintenance and reliability indicators.

Effective Maintenance Structuring - Do It Now

by John Ross

I'm hoping that this is an original quote, "you are where you are by doing exactly what it is that you've been doing"? Said another way, "how can you expect to be better than you are, based on what you've been doing?" It really is a definition of insanity to believe that you would accomplish more by merely doing more of the same. In regards to equipment reliability, and the driving need to continually improve; the status quo just isn't getting the job done.

The Process Industries Must Tackle Underlying Maintenance Costs

By Badarinath Belgaumkar, ARC Advisory Group

Increasingly, C-Level personnel are venturing to realize the strategic importance of maintenance in the capital intensive process industries. The more progressive Indian process manufacturing outfits have become “performers” tackling issues that drive underlying maintenance costs.

Terry Wireman Recommended Reading List

Maintenance expert and Author, Terry Wireman is a great supporter of Reliabilityweb.com and Uptime Magazine and has contributed his knowledge and experience since we began in 1999. Recently we requested that Terry create a list of books he would recommend for any maintenance and reliability professional who was striving for something greater. This list he contributed follows and is linked to the MRO-Zone.com bookstore when possible and Amazon when not. We hope you find value in this list and that you will leave a comment at the end of this article.

Heinz Bloch Recommended Reading List

Process Reliability expert Heinz Bloch, P.E. has been a long time supporter of Reliabilityweb.com and is a regular contributor to Uptime Magazine. He is a strong advocate for professional development throughout your career and has offered his recommended reading list here. When possible we have linked titles to the MRO-Zone.com bookstore and to Amazon when not. We hope you find this resource useful.

RSC Executive to Speak at NPRA Reliability and Maintenance Conference

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—Gordon McDonald, Vice President of Managed Services at RSC Equipment Rental, will lead an equipment management workshop at the 2009 National Petrochemical Refiners Association Reliability and Maintenance Conference. McDonald will be presenting on Thursday, May 21 at 10:00 a.m. at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center.

Rapid announces commercial release of RapidOps

HOUSTON,TX—Rapid Solutions Corporation (TSX-V: RPD) announced the commercial release of RapidOps(TM) software.

RapidOps delivers critical operating procedures, safe operating conditions (“SOC”) and condition-based analysis to the point of need location in process intensive industries.

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Entergy Nuclear Expects to Save Up to $1 Million per Day with Dassault Systemes PLM