In poorly performing mills it is typical that production, maintenance and engineering organizations work in silos without much cooperation. The traditional view in these mills
Before we discuss current maintenance management best practices, we must first discuss comparing maintenance cost with ERV You have been told you that your maintenance
Excellent leadership maintenance management is essential for lasting results of any improvement initiative that an organization undertakes, including the improvement of Reliability and Maintenance performance.
A potential client asked if IDCON could do a productivity study of the hourly maintenance staff. My initial reaction was “WHY?” and I am sure
IDCON’s Shutdown Turnaround Optimization Process reviews the best practices to safely reduce shutdown duration and costs. The process reviews the 6 distinct phases of shutdowns
Christer Idhammar is a world renowned and awarded Reliability and Maintenance Consultant and Guru. He is the founder and executive vice president with IDCON, INC
Yesterday you were a happy camper. Today you are told your Maintenance Cost (MC) as a percent of your Estimated Replacement Value (ERV) is 4.9%.
Workshop worship seems to be everywhere. I just returned from a few weeks in Sweden where I met with various clients and potential consulting partners.
One of the main factors affecting major and minor shutdown schedules is to understand “why you are shutting down”. We call this the ‘shutdown drivers’.
One of the most important lessons I have ever learned in my career was from a senior maintenance and turnaround manager named Don. As a
It’s important for maintenance leaders to have a good understanding of their organizations’ front lines in order to influence improvements. The maintenance personnel that make
Looking for some practical tips for reliablity improvements? Well let me share some ideas from one of my previous experiences.
•Total backlog 4 – 6 weeks – Includes all approved workTarget for backlog•Planning backlog 2 – 4 weeks – All work on which planning has
Daily and weekly meetings between operations and maintenance are crucial in taking the efficiency of your daily maintenance to a higher level. Many organizations deal well
My son is 13 years old and has an iPhone 5. Now, just a few weeks before Christmas, he really wants an iPhone 6. Apparently
Many companies we work with ask us a common question, “What’s the biggest reason Reliability and Maintenance (R&M) improvement programs fail?” There are many factors
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 workforce
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
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