In my earlier column I wrote about the Fox versus the Hedgehog approach. That column was also published in an electronic newsletter and included in
In the May column, I discussed results that a mill had experienced in the ten years following implementation of initiatives with a primary focus on
In the previous columns, I discussed how to promote the vitally important operations/maintenance partnership. This is the last in my series of columns covering the
In the previous columns, I discussed joint goals and how to promote the vitally important operations/maintenance partnership through a different way of reporting and solving
In the previous two columns, I discussed joint goals and how to promote the operations/maintenance partnership through a different way of reporting and solving operations
In the last column, I discussed joint goals and how to promote the operations/maintenance partnership through a different way of reporting and solving operations problems,
In this and following columns, I will elaborate concerning the vital relationship between operations, maintenance, and engineering. In this first column, I will focus on
Some of the common measures – besides outsourcing – taken when an organization decides they need to improve maintenance performance include moving all maintenance resources
Plant pros often talk about the importance of a maintenance, operations and engineering partnership. In my experience, the discussions commonly center on very general terms
When you ask front line supervisors or team leaders if all people in their teams are performing to the same standards or if some are
In about 50% of organizations spare parts and materials stores reports to the maintenance organization. In about 50 % of organizations spare parts and materials
This is a summary of a part of a presentation by Christer Idhammar, president of IDCON, INC. Raleigh NC, during the 15th annual Pulp &
The Conundrum Conceptually, losing weight is a matter of eating less and exercising more. However, most attempts usually fail and we often gain weight. Similarly,
There are many paradigms and legends surrounding maintenance management in plants. Often, the myths are known to be untrue, but people live with them because
It is not uncommon that many reliability and maintenance improvement initiatives fail to deliver expected results. Why is it so? Some of the most common
If we maintain equipment right, we will benefit fewer failures and break downs and a longer technical equipment life. Many case studies have proven this
Not long ago I was involved in a reliability and improvement initiative in a big plant. As always, the improvement initiative was received with skeptics,
With few exceptions, most mills I visit ask me what I think of hiring a contract maintenance company, or in other words, outsourcing their maintenance.
I have received many calls asking, “How can you tell if an organization has world-class reliability and maintenance?” That’s a great question to ask because
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
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