As a planner using a CMMS system, are you confused about what to add to the system as you are planning work? Are there times that adding everything to the CMMS is not needed? Michael Lippig will break down what needs to be included in the CMMS in this 1st video. CMMS systems are poor […]
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Have you found yourself at the beginning of a job wondering what needs to be recorded in the CMMS and what doesn’t? IDCON Senior Consultant Michael Lippig has simple answers to this question that he would like to share with you. What do I need to include in the CMMS? This is a question many
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You have some maintenance tasks to complete and you may be considering who can do it? In this video from our Develop and Manage PM course, Michael Lippig gives you a simple decision model and examples that can help you decide “Who does this maintenance task?” Can an operator do maintenance tasks? Using the decision
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Check out the first installment in Michael Lippig’s new series! Let us know what you think and what you want to learn about next. In part 2 of this 3 part series, Michael Lippig, Senior IDCON Consultant is helping maintenance planners how to manage their daily activities. This video is perfect for any one in
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Check out an exclusive sneak peek at our Work Management Planning and Scheduling virtual training provided by IDCON’s Senior Consultant Michael Lippig. Michael deftly explains what happens when you move the focus from reactive maintenance to a continuous improvement mindset. You will climb the mountain of work but eventually you’ll be coming down from the
Developing a common language at your plant for reliability and maintenance is important for eliminating confusion and misinterpretation. The maintenance world has so many acronyms it can be confusing for the maintenance team, imagine if you are a new operator! Join Michael Lippig for this video of common definitions that are important for building a common
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I’ve met more than my fair share of “handicapped” CM Techs; “handicapped” with the lack of tools, training and poorly designed systems. As Deming noted “…you can only be as effective as the system you work in allows you to be.”
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The ConundrumConceptually, losing weight is a matter of eating less and exercising more. However, most attempts usually fail and we often gain weight. Similarly, healthy maintenance practices are very basic. Yet again, most organizations fail to apply them successfully. Success or failure with a weight loss plan has many elements in common with the application
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Novozymes North America, Franklinton, North Carolina, a company with Scandinavian roots and management style won the coveted North American Maintenance Excellence Award (NAME) 2000. A reporter (Michael Lippig) recently paid Owe Forsberg, Maintenance Manager, Novozymes North America, a visit to see how this came about. How it Started Novozymes did not actively pursue benchmarking in
Bolts and screws are not something that occupies a lot of our reliability thoughts. After, the life of an appropriate bolt in a non-aggressive environment has been extrapolated to something like 11,000 years. Yet if you use the wrong fastener, it is bound to be very aggravating. It may not even survive its own virgin
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The cost of maintaining the status quo is enormous. The status quo affects each and every one of us every hour of every day, at work and at home. We have come to accept doing nothing as a safe and acceptable alternative. We even make it the default solution. Doing nothing is the management equivalent
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