preventive maintenance

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

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

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.

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.

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Uptime Magazine Digital Edition October November 2009

Single Point Of Entry Maintenance Schedule

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General Bearing Handling And Inspection

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What Do You Have A Right To Expect?

Aircraft maintenance facility dedicated to Tuskegee Airman

Do We Really Need More Capacity (and Reliability)?

The Maintenance Ponzi Scheme - The Cycle of Maintenance Destruction

Euromaintenance 2010: How to save with benchmarking

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

PIPE-FLO Professional design software online video now available

New Fort Myers Headquarters and Learning Center for Reliabilityweb.com

NAFA Announces Release of Fleet Maintenance Operations Guide

Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals sign agreement with EFNMS

Book Review: Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices