“Like all sugar producers in the Philippines, and across Asia, Victorias Milling Company (VMC) has to continually improve the efficiency of its factory output performance in order to compete in the international market place,” stresses Mr. Arcadio “Boy” Lozada Jr., Vice President for Manufacturing at VMC.
Why do we need a new perspective? Consider the following actual case scenario. The story you are about to read is true. The facts and circumstances are real. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent (or “ignorant” depending on how you want to look at it).
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You will see two types of activities carried out to improve maintenance. There are those activities that focus on long-term savings and those that generate a quick influx of cash and flash quarter-to-quarter. Since they both exist, I thought I would provide four potential ideas to generate short-term cash and four ideas for adding long-term real money to the bottom line.
Mission Critical Operational Reliability and Safety
by Mary Jo Rogers
Over the past 30 years, despite intense regulatory oversight and public skepticism faced by the nuclear industry following the accidents at Three Mile Island (TMI), Chernobyl, and more recently Fukushima, Japan, nuclear plants in the United States have undergone a complete transformation.
An hour long presentation by Phil Vallie, Vice President Professional Services, Vesta and Michael Jordan, Global Director, Utopia, Inc.
Data plays a critical role in the success of maintenance management systems. This is especially true with enterprise-level solutions like SAP, where a single source of data is utilized by multiple groups within an organization. Furthermore, as technology advances and maintenance originations are able to take advantage of tools like mobile devices and advanced analytics, the importance of data will become even more critical. Many companies struggle with how to how to determine the quality of their data, as well as what indicators to measure. This presentation will focus on the value of good data, and discuss tools that have been developed to help analyze that quality of EAM data across your organization.
Pump reliability is an old topic, but it is just as relevant today as it was the first time we heard it a few decades ago. There are some very good reasons to focus on improving pump reliability:
Does it seem like it's the same old thing every day and although you try your best to make improvements in equipment reliability, they never seem to stick? I know the feeling, and it is frustrating. But what if you could improve equipment reliability in seven days? I know what you are thinking: it will never work. However, consider the following seven-day schedule. It lays out an approach that you can use in your facility for improving your equipment reliability. Give these ideas a chance to succeed and you will be amazed with the results.
Charleston, SC - The Life Cycle Institute has introduced Lean Maintenance Training, a new three-day course designed for all levels of maintenance personnel, including supervisors, planners, managers, maintenance engineers and maintenance workers. Course participants will learn strategies to effectively eliminate waste in maintenance operations and projects.
An hour long presentation by Terry Wireman, Senior VP, Strategic Development, Vesta Partners
First there was PAS-55. Now we have a Draft International Standard (DIS) focusing on asset management (proposed ISO-55000). Why would companies want to be certified under an asset management standard? How will this impact them financially? What will this mean for maintenance and reliability professionals? These and other issues will be explored during the webinar.
Fort Myers, FL, (PRWeb) - Reliabilityweb.com and Uptime Magazine announced today that RELIABILITY 2.0 Las Vegas will hold its opening ceremony on April 9, 2013 at the South Point Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
JAMESTOWN, KY. - Construction crews at the Wolf Creek Dam Foundation Remediation Project reached a lofty safety milestone today when the men and women installing a concrete barrier wall deep into the dam’s embankment reached 550 days and one million work-hours on the job without a lost-time accident.
ABERDEEN, UK /PRNewswire via COMTEX/—Wood Group GTS has been awarded a multi-year rotating equipment managed maintenance services contract for the Brent Assets of Shell UK. This award provides comprehensive support services for power generation packages and follows the establishment of an enterprise framework agreement (EFA) last year between Wood Group GTS and Shell.
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