preventive maintenance

Uptime magazine recently caught up with Lanny Floyd, principal consultant and global electrical safety competency leader for DuPont. In his 40-plus year career with DuPont, Lanny has had a series of assignments in the design, construction, operations and maintenance of electrical systems in industrial manufacturing facilities. For the past 30 years, his work has focused on advancing the state of the art in electrical safety, including management systems, competency renewal, work practices and the application of technologies that reduce injury risk from electrical hazards.

by George Mahoney

"I really don't understand what we are doing here. We are maintenance people; when something breaks, we fix it. You management guys are really making this a lot harder than it needs to be."

by Bill Keeter

During recent presentations, I asked the audiences how many of their organizations had quality management systems in place within their maintenance departments. On average, about two percent of the attendees raised their hands. I asked the same audiences how many of their organizations had quality management systems for their manufacturing processes. The response was somewhere in the 95 percent range.

Uptime Magazine recently caught up with Anthony “Mac” Smith

The team at Uptime magazine congratulates Anthony “Mac” Smith on his extraordinary career and amazing accomplishments. Fifteen years ago, Mac invited me to lunch while he and his lovely wife Mary Lou were on holiday in nearby Marco Island. I was in awe and honored to meet such a pioneer and legend in reliability centered maintenance. He was kind and generous with his knowledge and his experience based on a rigorous process combined with common sense practicality. Since then, we have worked together to deliver workshops, a powerful DVD, short courses, keynote presentations and RCM case studies. If you do not own a copy of RCM - Gateway To World Class Maintenance (ISBN: 978-0-7506-7461-4), pick up a copy right away at MRO-Zone.com or Amazon.com. — Terrence O’Hanlon

Market research and procurement intelligence finds that billion dollar consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies with maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) constituting around five percent of their annual revenue have high and undesirable inventory levels and maverick buys. Low spend visibility for their low-value, high-volume indirect goods and services is one of their major issues. This is a key challenge for most mature businesses as they strive toward reducing their total cost of ownership.

by Ron Garner

Portola Packaging, headquartered in Naperville, Illinois, has been on a lean manufacturing journey for the past three years.