Owe Forsberg

CMRP, CAMA, VP of IDCON, INC.

Planning and Scheduling Mistakes to Avoid

If you don’t know by now, the maintenance planning and scheduling process is integral to reliability in industrial and facilities management. Over my 30 years in industry, I have seen a lot of mistakes in the managing of these interconnected processes.  I’m detailing the most common planning and scheduling mistakes to avoid (of course, there […]

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Risk Based Work Selection for Shutdown or Turnarounds – an effective method

Owe Forsberg introduces you to Risk Based Work Selection for shutdown or turnarounds in part 2 of this six part video series. This shutdown technique ensures that you’re working on the right maintenance jobs for your shutdown or turnaround.   Learn more about the 6 phases of Shutdown and Turnaround Management. Watch Part 1 What

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Operations’ Role in Shutdown Scheduling

From operations point of view, they want to produce. But in order to produce you have to have your equipment running at peak performance and meet regulatory requirements, so that may been equipment may need to be shutdown. Operations’ roles in shutdown scheduling is important for keeping the shutdown on time, and operations’ schedule needs

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You’re Doing it Wrong! Shutdown Schedule Compliance

Is your shutdown schedule compliance at 100% When it comes to shutdown schedule being on time is paramount to getting your production going. But there are many reasons why teams are not sticking to the schedule. Why shutdown schedules aren’t compliant This picture is one you don’t want to see during a shutdown. 1 person

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Building Your Reliability and Maintenance Strategy from Scratch

Imagine you are the Engineering and Maintenance Manager at a new manufacturing facility. The Plant is a major greenfield site with a CapEx budget over $1 Billion and they’ve already broken ground. During the construction and commissioning you and your team are expected to be part of the startup testing, help manage contractors, review final

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How to Calculate the Backlog and Manage Your Resources

Are you finding it difficult to manage your maintenance and reliability resources? Do you feel like you cannot catch up on the work order backlog? Backlog Management is the main objective in managing maintenance in a plant or facility. The key results of backlog management are completing work in a timely manner and managing the

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The Strategic Role of the Reliability Engineer

We asked members of the operations team in process manufacturing: What is the strategic role of the Reliability Engineer (RE)? The answers vary from a good understanding of the strategic impact of a reliability engineer to more simple responses like “fix the equipment”, “keep us running”, and “respond to emergencies”.  These responses indicate that the

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How is an annual shutdown like a family vacation? Without a clear strategy and plan, they can both be a nightmare!

How do you plan your family vacation? In most cases you have to check when you can take off from work, decide where to go, make the arrangements and book the trip, decide what to bring, read up on the activities etc. If you don’t do this early enough it is very likely that you

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