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CAUSELINK® Root Cause Analysis Software goes Mobile

MIDLAND, Mich., May 19, 2016 -- Sologic® has released Version 3.0 of their browser-based root cause analysis (RCA) software, Causelink Enterprise. This update enables users to populate root cause analyses from their mobile phone and to share results with other team members. New features include enhanced data mining and reporting, automated cause and effect summary, and new integration options.

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Q&A with an Industry Leader - Susan Lubell & Ricky Smith

Uptime Magazine caught up with Susan Lubell and Ricky Smith, authors of the recently published book, “Root Cause Analysis Made Simple.” They shared some of the most frequently asked questions regarding root cause analysis (RCA) that are asked by not only maintenance practitioners, but also their production operations teams and management, who they need to support them in their work.

Work Execution Management

Discover Defect Elimination Through Effective Reliability Leadership

Focused Forum from IMC-2015 - 28:47
by Jeff Shiver, People & Processes

Thinking back over your career, you have probably lived through (and survived) many initiatives that ultimately required some level of culture transformation. Surely you recognize the tools; reliability centered maintenance, root cause analysis, total production manufacturing, lean, six sigma and theory of constraints, and so on. Often times, these initiatives were poorly funded and resourced. Add to that the competing objectives with cost cutting and downsizing, not to mention multiple objectives at the same time. It’s not unlike management throwing spaghetti against the wall to see what sticks. Reality is that most doesn’t. So it’s not surprising that 70-75% of initiatives fail to yield the anticipated results. I’ve been there and done that too.

If we consider our goals, they are somewhat straightforward. Engage the people, meet the customer requirements, and generate profits for the business. To do that, we need reliability in all things; the people, the equipment, and the processes. But reliability does not come from fixing things faster or planning the work as examples. The reliability we seek comes from defect elimination in all those things; the people, equipment, and processes. If we consider these defects, the majority are random and driven by behaviors. Behaviors translate to culture. Culture beats strategy hands down. The challenge becomes not changing but transforming the culture, transforming the behaviors. People buy-in to change when they help create it. So, rather than a top down “thou shalt” strategy, we have to provide a compass for change. Creating that compass and engagement requires leadership, Reliability Leadership.

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Preparing for a Root Cause Analysis

by: Michael W. Blanchard

The effectiveness of a root cause investigation is predicated on several elements, but the time spent preparing for the subsequent analysis is the most important. Performing a thorough preliminary investigation, identifying the right team members and anticipating problems at the analysis meeting could mean the difference between a highly reliable asset and recurring failures.

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Reliability Engineering For Maintenance - Where Does It Fit In My Overall Asset Management Program?

In this webinar, Terrence O'Hanlon, CEO and Publisher, Reliabilityweb.com and Uptime Magazine and Ramesh Gulati, Author, Maintenance Reliability Best Practices discuss the importance of Reliability Engineering for Maintenance in your organization's overall asset reliability program.

Pump Improvement Opportunities Increase Uptime

Heinz P. Bloch, P.E.

When performing reliability audits decades ago, pump failure statistics were made available or could be recovered with relative ease. But even then, the sources were usually kept confidential because fire incidents are stressful, to say the least.
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Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Failure Modes: A Closer Look at Ductile and Brittle Overload Fractures

Follow up to the article, "Preventing Mechanical Failures - An Introduction to Failure Mode Identification" - Feb/March 2012

Thomas Brown

Is an overload fracture ductile or brittle? This question must be answered when analyzing parts. Mitigating factors that can impact the answer to this question should be considered when analyzing a failed component.

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

The Seven Causes of RCF (Root Cause FAILURE)

An hour long presentation by Shon Isenhour, CMRP, Director of Education, GPAllied

Root Cause Analysis (RCA) can be a very powerful tool for eliminating defects and increasing efficiency and profits. After witnessing hundreds of RCA efforts in every different type of organization and industry vertical, Shon has experienced the good, the bad, and the ugly. Of those, all of the failed efforts have common traits that are preventing the practitioners from getting maximum value from their RCA efforts. During this presentation, Shon will share with you his first-hand case studies of RCA implementations and tips on how to avoid the seven causes of ‘root cause failure'.

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Uncover the Risks That Can Haunt You

A forty-five minute long presentation by Jeff Shiver CMRP, CPMM – Managing Principal, People and Processes, Inc.

If you count up the number of protective devices in a typical manufacturing facility, it will surprise you to learn that you have lots and lots of them. Now what is scary is that for roughly 33% of these protective devices, you probably were not aware they even existed in the factory. Even scarier is the fact that only approximately 30-40% of all protective devices that we know about are maintained. That said, upwards of 20% are already in the failed state.

With your maintenance strategy, have you covered all the bases? Does your strategy include all of your protective devices and processes to either find them in the act of failing or even once failed to prevent a multiple failure? How do you treat standby or redundant equipment from a strategy perspective? Is the maintenance strategy the same for the duty and redundant equipment?

Join Jeff Shiver for an insightful 45 minute webinar as he uncovers the concepts from the RCM2 world around hidden failures, protective devices, and the associated maintenance strategies necessary for preventing or reducing those failure consequences.

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Preventing Mechanical Failures - An Introduction to Failure Mode Identification

By Thomas Brown

Failure mode identification is often regarded as a specialized skill requiring years of study and training to master. However, it is much like vibration analysis. One does not have to be able to solve mathematics functions like Laplace transforms or Fourier series to be an excellent vibration analyst. Nor does the failure analyst have to solve linear elastic fracture mechanics problems to be effective.

Reliability Engineering for Maintenance

Mitigating Asset Failure Consequences Using Root Cause Analysis

An hour long presentation by Reid Jenner, Managing Director, The Asset Performance Group (APG)

In this webinar, we will outline best practices for determining the root cause and mitigating consequences arising from an asset failure or out-of-tolerance condition within the framework of the PAS 55 specification. This will include discussion on the process steps, critical questions, key involvement and recommended discipline to efficiently and effectively identify the root cause of a defect to correct or improve the condition of failing and failed assets.

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SKF USA Electric Motor Condition Monitoring

CAUSELINK® Root Cause Analysis Software goes Mobile

Q&A with an Industry Leader - Susan Lubell & Ricky Smith

Discover Defect Elimination Through Effective Reliability Leadership

You’re Making It Too Complicated (Solutions 2.0)

Preparing for a Root Cause Analysis

Definition: Logic Tree Analysis(LTA)