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Definition: Environmental Concerns

Plant activities that impact the air, water, and soil quality as driven by local, state, and federal laws (e.g., EPA) and corporate conscience. Actions required to minimize, or prevent and

Enabling The Reliability Value Chain

Enabling The Reliability Value Chain

A Webinar by Terrence O'Hanlon, CMRP, CEO/Publisher Reliabilityweb.com/Uptime Magazine and Jennifer Allen, Oracle Asset Lifecycle Management Product Strategy

As asset is something that has actual or potential value to an organization and asset management is a coordinated set of activities to deliver that value. Reliability enables that value delivery.

Steps to Audit and Benchmark your Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Culture

Many organizations either have the need for or have implemented the role of the Maintenance Planner Scheduler. This is an important role in proactive maintenance cultures and properly utilized,

 

...Jeff Shiver, CMRP,CRL, CPMM, RCM2 Practitioner Managing PrincipalPeople and Processes, Inc.

Consider a Comprehensive Maintenance Management System

For a bigger facility, sticking to a written schedule can be difficult. One slip-up leads to another, and eventually you are responding to problems rather than working to head them off.

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What You Need to Know When Upgrading Power Transformers

If your transformers are 10-15 years old, now is the time to take proactive steps to save utility costs and prevent power outages.

Maintenance Budget Creation From the Assets Up

Maintenance Budget Creation From the Assets Up

For most asset-intensive industries, maintenance costs are a significant portion of operational costs and can run 20 to 50% of the production cost, depending on the industry. With stakes so high, budgets must be accurate and achievable. However, creating a maintenance budget is a highly complex and time-consuming task and requires a wealth of EAM data to ensure accuracy.

MRO Data Analytics and Business Intelligence

by: Brian Oxenham

Currently, there is considerable excitement and growth in the fields of data analytics and business intelligence (BI). This article serves as a primer, to inform and explain their relevance in the maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) domain and to illustrate some of the potential opportunities.

Have Ongoing Maintenance Systems in Place

Depending on the machines in your facility, you have options for accessories to help you maintain your equipment. For example, a working filtration system can protect your equipment over the long

Log Everything

A detailed paper trail will help you track the "who," "when" and "what" of your facility's maintenance. This not only helps you to keep an eye on what has and hasn't been done already, but it

 

MaaS-Moving Maximo from On-premise to the Cloud

MaaS-Moving Maximo from On-premise to the Cloud

Maximo as a Service (MaaS) has been proven to decrease the cost of running IBM Maximo by 90% or more versus running Maximo on-premise. This webinar will show the benefits of employing a cloud solution for Maximo. Some of the key concepts covered include the pros and cons of a cloud environment as well as different deployment possibilities.

Maintain Checklists for Each Piece of Equipment

Knowing when to inspect your machinery is one thing, but knowing what to look for is another. Each employee who will have a hand in inspections should have a thorough checklist so that they can

Specific Tactics of Electrical Preventive Maintenance Inspection

The fundamentals of an effective electrical preventive maintenance program is to reduce the potential for a serious electrical interruption.

The basic rule applying to all electrical apparatus is:

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Implementation of Kitting Critical Success Factors

Kitting drives improvements in the efficiency of the maintenance workforce and reduces costs. The implementation of kitting has several critical factors that must be in place for the process ...

Set a Schedule and Make Maintenance Easy to Understand

Every piece of equipment in your facility has a lifespan. And each lifespan is contingent on your ability to keep up with regular maintenance and servicing. The more complex your facility is, the

Why Systems Fail After Going Live

by John Reeve

The short reason is because complex systems can have more requirements which, in turn, increase the number of failure points. And each requirement can have multiple prerequisites. An asset management system has three main areas needing ongoing attention: software/data, process/procedure and roles/responsibility. Advanced processes have the most prerequisites. Weakness in any one area or supporting variable can cause system failure.

Definition: Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

A software-based system that provides a link between planning and administrative systems and the shop floor. It can link MRP II-generated production schedules to direct process-control software.

 

Trouble Finding Parts in Your Storeroom?

One of the most common complaints we hear in plants using a computerized maintenance management system is that it is hard to use the computer to find parts in the Storeroom. There are a couple of

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Why NFPA Recommends a Minimum 40% Load

In our Level I, Level II and Electrical Specialty courses we stress the importance of having at least a 40% load on electrical equipment. NFPA 70B is very specific about the importance of load. to learn more about summer building inspections.

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Predictive Maintenance Using Today’s Technology

by Thomas Hoenig

Implementing a predictive maintenance (PdM) program can be tough in today's manufacturing world. Despite proven successes of many programs, numerous companies that have been operating the same way for over 50 years don't know where to start. Understanding where to start and where to focus in the future is critical. The intention of this article is to give some insight into starting up and sustaining an effective program using today's technology and devices.

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