Any plant maintenance department wants to be known as a cost effective organization. For the purposes of this article, “Cost Effective” will be defined as:
One of the most common questions I am asked, especially from those that are new to maintenance, is, ”How do I know that we are
Manufacturing facilities know downtime is money. Every hour you are offline for a shutdown (SD) is costly from both lost revenue and cost of the
Does rapid change of maintenance performance exist? If change is equivalent to sustainable improvements the answer to this question is “No”. My experience has shown
A successful partnership between operations and maintenance is rooted in unified work processes. IDCON defines work processes as something documented, executed and followed up on.
Management’s responsibility is to develop a process that the organization can follow in their daily job to execute or perform their work. Here are 4
The skilled millwright and pump specialist has experienced multiple breakdowns with a centrifugal pump. The pump has been rebuilt multiple times but it keeps breaking
If you want to improve production reliability in one or more facilities, it is important to have a clear picture of the goal(s). At first
I was seventeen years old when I joined the Swedish Merchant Marines as an apprentice in the engine room of M/T Sven Salen, a 40,000
We all know that in a reactive maintenance organization 60 – 70 % of crafts people’s time is wasted on finding out what to do,
Reactive maintenance is here defined as all maintenance work that was scheduled less than 20 hours before it was executed.
The purpose of this articles is to raise questions and challenge plant leadership on strategy, vision and execution of plant reliability and overall maintenance management.
In parts 1, 2 and 3 of this column series, I outlined the need for developing maintenance leadership (visit the Reliable Plant Web site at
In parts 1 and 2 of this column series, I outlined the need for developing maintenance leadership skills.
This column is the second in a series of articles about the implementation steps you need to take if you want to be successful in
How do you actually implement Reliability and Maintenance in your manufacturing plant? What should you do first? What’s comes next? This article will outline the
What could an old fairy tale mean for Plant Reliability and Maintenance Professionals? Let us start with a short version of an old story. Once
To include operators in essential care of equipment including preventive maintenance inspections is one of the reliability and maintenance improvement initiatives that can yield the
By narrowing our focus to the variables that are within our control, most mills have found that improved reliability is a key area of cost
I believe that most training efforts are wasted unless the training is focused on the training needs of each individual. After going through training, a
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