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Definition: Management of Change (MOC)

The process of bringing planned change to an organization. MOC usually means leading an organization through a series of steps to meet a defined goal. Synonymous with change management.

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How to Improve the Reliability of Operator and Maintenance PM’s

How to Improve the Reliability of Operator and Maintenance PM’s

An 8-minute iPresentation Tutorial by Kevin Lewton from Met Demand, Inc.

Learn how to improve equipment reliability by improving the reliability of the PM Tasks being performed:

  • Design Reliable Capacity® Equipment Care Plans to keep and preserve equipment.
  • Define Preventive Maintenance Role in Reliable Capacity® Equipment Care Plans
  • Demonstrate how to improve the Reliability of PM Execution. 
    • PM task done in Parallel vs. Series 
    • KISS PM MethodTM
    Maintenance.org Webinar: Building your Professional Network and your Professional Brand

    Maintenance.org Webinar: Building your Professional Network and your Professional Brand

    Please join us for a series of short tutorials on how to use the FREE member web site to build your professional brand and your professional network.

    Building a professional network is easy and fun at the Association for Maintenance Professionals web site. As you build your professional network, it is a good time to consider what you want to accomplish - or what brand you want to build for yourself.

    One of the advantages of your FREE membership at the Association for Maintenance Professionals is being able to connect with people who DO WHAT YOU DO.

    The online community at http://www.maintenance.org does allow you a platform to post your accomplishments, educational achievements, awards and more.

    About the Association for Maintenance Professionals

    The Association for Maintenance Professionals is a not for profit association dedicated to facilitating networking between maintenance and reliability professional.

    The web site at http://www.maintenance.org has been called the LinkedIn or Facebook for the maintenance and reliability community without so much job Recruiting and NO commercial advertising.

    Why do PdM Programs Fail?

    Lack of Consistency in Methodology

    by Tom Francisco, PE, CMRP

    There are a number of reasons why Predictive Maintenance (PdM) programs fail.  In recent years we have seen an industry shift toward outsourcing these functions to PdM service providers and/or equipment vendors in order to remedy the issues that have made it difficult for plants to run their own programs.  This article will focus on the common problem of a lack of consistency in how the PdM program is run and managed, more from a technical level than a personnel level – although the two are often related.  If your plant has not received the advertised 10:1, 20:1 or even 30:1 return on investment (ROI) promised by these programs then this article may provide you with one of the reasons why.

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    Taking Charge

    Increase Safety & Reliability with Integrative Predictive Maintenance

    by  Dale P. Smith, CMRP

    MaintenanceElectricity, and its uninterrupted distribution through our nation, facilities and lives, is an inescapable requirement and the backbone of progress in today’s society.  The resurgence of US commerce is not possible without it.  Safe and reliable electrical distribution systems typically start out as being well engineered, with bright futures provided they receive regular, adequate maintenance and periodic testing.

    Definition: Infant Mortality

    Failures that occur prematurely. Such failures can occur because of inadequate design, inferior material, poor workmanship, improper installation, or quality problems in any work that was done ...

    Failed part, failure mode, failure code, failure cause

    Accurate Work Order Close Out “Tool Box Training”

    Accurate Work Order Close Out is important for the continuous improvement of any organization.

    Maintenance.org Webinar: How To Edit Your Profile

    Maintenance.org Webinar: How To Edit Your Profile

    A 30 minute tutorial presented by Terrence O'Hanlon that explains how to use the FREE member web site to build your professional brand and your professional network.

    One of the advantages of your FREE membership at the Association for Maintenance Professionals is being able to connect with people who DO WHAT YOU DO.

    In other words, you can find other maintenance and reliability professionals who use the same EAM software, or the same Vibration data collector or have a job and daily challenges that are very similar to yours.

    This does require that your profile be completed with as much detail as possible. The good news is that this task is easy to accomplish!

    About the Association for Maintenance Professionals

    The Association for Maintenance Professionals is a not for profit association dedicated to facilitating networking between maintenance and reliability professional.

    The web site at http://www.maintenance.org has been called the LinkedIn or Facebook for the maintenance and reliability community without so much job Recruiting and NO commercial advertising.

    Together We Can Make a Difference

    Link the "PAST:"PRESENT" and FUTURE for improved Maintenance Productivity and Equipment Reliability.

    1) Reflect the Past

    2) Observe the Present "In Real Time"

    3) Take actions immediately

    4) Protect from the Real Root Causes of Equipment Down-Time and Loss of Maintenance Productivity.

    Team Work and Collaboration are KEY to

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    4 Steps to Success for Maintenance Supervisors

    4 Steps to Success for Maintenance Supervisors

    A Webinar presentation by Ricky Smith, CMRP at GPAllied

    Maintenance Supervisors are the people who make the largest impact on reliability in most organizations and thus I created this One Hour WebEx to provide ideas which will allow them to far exceed management's expectations.

    Ricky will be using his past experience as a maintenance supervisor and "lessons learned" while working with hundreds of maintenance supervisors for the past 15 years to transfer his knowledge to these great maintenance leaders. Ricky sincerely wants to see maintenance supervisor become the best they can be. Maintenance Supervisors have the most difficult job in any organization and yet they can achieve a higher degree of satisfaction with their job by using a few simple tips.

    Chasing The Shiny Stuff

    One of the most important and most often overlooked areas of maintenance and reliability improvement lies in the fundamentals. Many of the facilities that I visit are caught in a game of

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    Business Focused Maintenance

    Building services are the engineering plant and equipment which provide environmental comfort and process conditions. Some building services are more critical to the core business of an organisation and the consequences of their failure can have a significant impact on the business.

    Develop an Early Equipment Management Program to Extend Their Lifecycle

    To improve the use of capital assets and extend their life cycle, it's never too early to put together an equipment management program. Traditionally, the equipment management function is divided

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    Prepare a Private Budget

    The installation of any new system will affect your budgeted expenditures. You will have extra labor until people get used to the new systems and extra parts as you bring your fleet up to

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    Scheduled Compliance is Arguably the Most Important KPI for Improving Work Management

    Being successful here quickly identifies success in many other processes and KPIs. Let's be clear - 100% of available maintenance man-hours must be scheduled. Some organizations plan for

     

    Writing Work Requests/Work Orders in SAP

    When failures occur, it is usually first recognized at the equipment level by operating or production units (should personnel be mentioned instead of units?). When a malfunction takes place, if

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    1st Maintenance Priority - Understand Your Customer’s (needs)

    I have spend the last 22 years in maintenance, operations and quality. When I looked back I noticed that I became a different maintenance manager after an assignment in operations. By now it is

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    Remembering Measurements

    I have a simple tip that always saves me time. When making measurements, place a piece of white electrical tap on the side of the tape measurer, each time you take a measurement write it down

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    Building Steam

    A Story of Hard Work, Dedication, and, Ultimately, Transformation

    by  Judith Charlton and Steve Lipscombe

    Sembcorp UK, one of the leading suppliers of utilities to UK industry, is transforming its operations.  Steam and power operations are vital to the success of Sembcorp UK and its customers in the petrochemical, power and biofuels sectors.  Just five years ago the business was struggling to manage an aging power station and all its associated problems with limited resources.  The challenges seemed insurmountable.

    Breaking Through Glass Ceilings

    Thoughts on Implementing Organizational Change

    by R. Keith Mobley, MBB, CMRP

    Have you ever been involved in an attempt to improve the performance of your department or one function, such as maintenance or quality, in your plant or corporation?  Ever wonder why the attempt did not work at all or failed to reach its full potential?  If you have, the reason was probably a list of deficiencies or omissions, or perhaps it was because cosmic forces  preordained that improvement is not possible.  Sound familiar?

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