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Maintenance Solutions Maximized at VMC Philippines

“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.

Work Execution Management

Intelligent Transformer Management: A New Perspective

by Alan Ross

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).

Four Quick and Four Sustainable Ways to Make Money With Your Maintenance Team

by Shon Isenhour

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.

Learning from the Transformation of Commercial Nuclear Power

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.

Work Execution Management

SAP EAM Data Quality

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.

7 Days to Better Equipment Reliability

By Ricky Smith

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.

Eliminate Waste with Lean Maintenance Training

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.

Work Execution Management

Asset or Maintenance Management - What Are We Trying to Standardize?

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.

Work Crews Reach Million-Hour Safety Milestone at Wolf Creek Dam

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.

Wood Group GTS Awarded Managed Maintenance Services Contract for Shell UK Brent Assets

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.

Facility Maintenance to Service Approximately 300 Burger King Locations Throughout the U.S.

Hartford, Conn.- FM Facility Maintenance (FM), a North American leader in integrated facilities solutions including facility service, intelligent energy, and construction management, was awarded a comprehensive facilities management services contract by Strategic Restaurants Acquisition Company (SRAC). FM will provide services to approximately 300 Burger King locations across the U.S.

We Were Younger Then…

By Ricky Smith CMRP

The memories of when I was young were a place of learning and building a foundation which would last me through adulthood and make me who I am today. I have pondered why I continue to be exposed to so many organizations where Maintenance Best Practices are not known. The answer came to me the other day and I would like to share a true story of my life along time ago.

preventive maintenance

Maintenance Solutions Maximized at VMC Philippines

Intelligent Transformer Management: A New Perspective

Profiling Power Users

A 23 minute iPresentation by Allan Rienstra, SDT Ultrasound Solutions

Resonance - Machinery Rock and Roll

An 18 minute iPresentation by Ron Newman, Pruftechnik.

4 KPIs for Successful Managers in Maintenance and Reliability Organizations

New Book Available on Facilities Management

Four Quick and Four Sustainable Ways to Make Money With Your Maintenance Team

Learning from the Transformation of Commercial Nuclear Power

Q&A - Steve Beamer

SAP EAM Data Quality

Reliability 101

10 Steps to Pump Reliability - Part 1

7 Days to Better Equipment Reliability

Eliminate Waste with Lean Maintenance Training

Asset or Maintenance Management - What Are We Trying to Standardize?

RELIABILITY 2.0 Las Vegas Creates High-Performance Maintenance Professionals

Work Crews Reach Million-Hour Safety Milestone at Wolf Creek Dam

Wood Group GTS Awarded Managed Maintenance Services Contract for Shell UK Brent Assets

Facility Maintenance to Service Approximately 300 Burger King Locations Throughout the U.S.

We Were Younger Then…