Physical assets (equipment, systems, etc.) continue to challenge our sites from executing flawlessly and from achieving maximum asset performance/potential.
Bathtub curve, Infant mortality - major reasons for high infant mortality of assets is poor work practices and use of defective parts at the start. Author of the 10 Rights of Asset Management Ramesh Gulati speaks on the 4th Right and why it is important. 3:46 Minutes
Are we buying "best Value" or "Lowest Cost" products or services? What is "Best Value"? 2:38 Minutes. Learn about this Important Right for your assets.
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Reliability enters in the design phase of an asset. What are the 10 Rights of Asset Management? 16:11 Minutes. Ramesh Gulati of Jacobs presents right 2, Design. Change the way you think about asset management. Reliability centered design.
"This is not what I wanted." Right 1 is critical. 8:45 Minutes. What are the 10 Rights of Asset Management? Ramesh Gulati presents the first Right, Specify.
Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is an often touted tool for managing a manufacturing operation. It is simple in concept, but much more difficult in practice.
It is easy to understand that we should properly maintain electrical equipment, but what is the potential risk associated with inadequate electrical equipment maintenance?
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
This presentation will provide a framework for mapping operational excellence into the capital projects process and designing for reliability, reviewing operational excellence principles with a view on how to integrate those principles in the design and capital projects process, providing for reliability and availability, ease of operation and ease of maintenance.
Designing for reliable sustainable assets is paramount in any capital project, yet most projects forgo design for reliability (DfR) and follow a typical asset lifecycle approach without much attention to design-related defects and how they impact maintainability, operability, reliability, energy (MORE), etc.
Among all of the global challenges we faced and solved during the year 2020, there is one that will stand out in our industry and will forever change the way we manufacture our products. Breakdowns used to dominate our industry severely and negatively affecting output (GNP).
Thousands of electrical personnel are injured or killed annually on the job because of electrical accidents. Companies lose millions of dollars from unplanned power interruptions or outages due to failing critical electrical assets. Can these two scenarios be eliminated by technology? The answer is yes!
When an organization clearly defines roles and responsibilities, everyone gets on the same page and seeming the same vision how we work together as a team. Use the analogy that having everyone working together is like pulling an elephant. So how does one pull an elephant? By aligning everyone’s thinking so that we work together toward a common goal.