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The Plant Maintenance Program

It's a team effort

by Paul Tomlingson

What is the plant maintenance program? The plant maintenance program depicts the interaction of the total plant population as they request or identify work; classify it to determine the best reaction; plan, schedule, assign, control and measure the resulting work; and assess overall accomplishments against goals, such as performance standards and budgets.

How Does it Work - Basic Function of Bolts

When a bolt is tightened, the bolt is stretched. As the bolt is stretched, the clamping force increases.

Different steel can be stretched to different lengths until they brake. How do steels

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Preventing Birthdays in Backlog Management

Maintenance is about mitigating the consequences of failure (the risks). Managing the Maintenance Backlog is no different, it too is about managing risk. Instead of looking at backlog only in

Tip Provided by: Jeff Shiver, CMRP, CPMM, CRL, RCM2 Practitioner Managing Principal

What is the Objective of Maintenance Planning and Scheduling?

That question seems simple enough, however the answer may be one of the fundamental causes for P&S efforts that fail to deliver their potential. Normally, the answer to this question comes from

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Zavanta Software Procedure Principles Highlighted in New Book by Management Expert Jack Nicholas

In his new book Secrets of Success With Procedures, Jack Nicholas, Jr., BS, MBA, P.E., CMRP, CRL, internationally recognized expert in business operations and maintenance reliability and a decorated US Navy veteran and naval engineer, shares his experiences on the importance of written procedures to operations success. Nicholas describes and discusses many management attributes centered on written procedures and includes a sample procedure found in COMPROSE Inc’s Zavanta Policies and Procedures Management Software.

What Are Your Shutdown Drivers?

One of the main factors affecting major and minor shutdown schedules is to understand "why you are shutting down". We call this the ‘shutdown drivers'.

Shutdown driver's fit into the following

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Striving for Operational Excellence in Work Execution Management

Uptime Award in Work Execution Management: 

LOOP was honored to receive the 2014 Uptime Award for Best Work Execution Management, which was presented at the International Maintenance Conference on December 12, 2014 in Daytona, Florida. Our reliability group worked in concert with maintenance and operations to create a proactive culture by setting and achieving asset and work management goals. Thanks to our owner representatives from Marathon, Shell and Valero, executives, the management team and administrative support; this was truly received as a company-wide award for LOOP recognizing the accomplishments of the entire organization. 

Definition: Corrective Maintenace(CM)

Maintenance tasks initiated as a result of the observed or measured condition of an asset or system, before or after functional failure, to correct the problem. Corrective maintenance can be

 

Let’s Start Doing the Right Job and Focus on Doing the Job Right Later.

For decades maintenance management has been obsessed with the pursuit of making sure planned predictive (PdM) & preventive (PM) maintenance jobs are executed and signed off on, in hopes of 1. ...

HYDRAULIC INSTITUTE AND AMBEONE DMCC-DUBAI SIGN JOINT PUMP TRAINING PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT TO ENHANCE

The Hydraulic Institute (HI) and Pump Systems Matter (PSM), HI’s educational affiliate, recently signed a joint training partnership agreement with Ambeone DMCC/Marketways Arabia, located in Dubai, UAE. The training partnership will bring the first ever Pump Systems Optimization Course (PSO) course in the Middle East.  Together, the companies share the mutual goal to bring the latest pump systems education programs to the Middle East.  The executive leadership of HI, the global authority on pumps and pumping systems, is looking forward to partnering with Ambeone, a leading training institute based in Dubai.  Together, both organizations will bring the most comprehensive pump training programs to increase energy efficiency as well as pump systems reliability and profitability across many countries.

Conquering the Low Hanging Fruit of Your CMMS

Conquering the Low Hanging Fruit of Your CMMS

If you have implemented your CMMS or are in the planning stage, you want to make sure you are getting the most value out of your investment. We all know that it’s the details and planning that make all the difference. Review the top 5 CMMS areas that, with the right focus will drive the most return to your company. Join us to learn how:

Definition: PM Optimization

A Process to optimize preventive maintenance(PM) tasksand frequencies to educe likely failure modes by utilizing tools/techniques such as FMEA,RCM,and CBM.

Tip excerpted from: The Professional's

Chasing the Checkered Flag

What the Process Industry Can Learn from Formula 1 Racing about Remote Reliability and Performance Monitoring

Graphic Products to Host Pipe Marking Webinar

Graphic Products will host a complimentary Pipe Marking Webinar which will discuss implementing or updating a pipe marking system with minimum hassle.

The Right Resources: Start Designing a Planning & Scheduling Program

The Right Resources: Start Designing a Planning & Scheduling Program

If you need to implement a new planning and scheduling program, you’re probably discovering that the task can be rather daunting. You need the right resources, the right organizational support, the right data, the right business practices, the right amount of time, the right change management approach, and the list goes on. This high level generic stuff may seem like implementing planning and scheduling just isn’t within your grasp. But there are ways to achieve an environment that will support a planning and scheduling program that works with what you already have in place and takes into account what your team is able to manage throughout implementation and beyond. If you take a closer look at what you already have, putting the final touches on a successful planning and scheduling program may not really be that big a beast to tackle.

Your Electrical PdM Program—More Important Than Ever

Recent changes to the NFPA 70E and CSA Z462 standards for Electrical Safety in the Workplace have added several references to the condition and maintenance of electrical equipment in your

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Is Training Really Necessary for Implementing Best Practices in the Storeroom?

Having the right part in storage when you need one to execute a repair is always a concern for maintenance. Why store items if you continually have to purchase those items when you need them? ...

Classification of Defects

The listing of possible defects of a unit, classified according to their seriousness.

Commonly used classifications:

  • Class A, B, C, D
  • Critical, Major, Minor, Incidental
  • Critical, Major,

Using Effective EAM to Improve Asset Utilization & Reduce Costs

For businesses that rely on heavy assets, an effective enterprise asset management (EAM) program could hold the key to addressing the common challenges of increasing asset utilization rates and overall operational performance while holding the line on costs.

The Importance of Single Point Lessons in the Workplace

Single point lessons, or SPLs, taken in the context of total productive maintenance (TPM), are defined as lessons or subjects that can be described in a page or less and explained in five minutes or less.

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