Yes, I think that most maintenance organizations are overstaffed, not necessary with their own staff, but they use more total maintenance hours than necessary. Total
Recently I met a young and enthusiastic engineer who declared that “ We are already done with the reliability and maintenance management strategy, it is
Reliability and Maintenance Discussion Group Our reliability and maintenance group discussion is intended to bring people together in the heavy process industry that want to
Best reliability and maintenance practices take several years to develop, normally 3-6 years. It starts with a strong leader who realizes an improved availability, quality
Some organizations still view operations as the customer and maintenance as the supplier. In my opinion, a customer-supplier relationship between operations and maintenance undermines equipment
Classroom reliability training followed by practical experience could end money being wasted on maintenance courses and seminars that workers quickly forget.
Anyone who has been involved in reliability and maintenance improvement initiatives will hear that a culture change in work practices is necessary to accomplish to
For a while, I thought that the whole “wrench time” concept was dead. But, I was wrong. Over the past year, I’ve worked with two
I am no longer surprised to see reliability and maintenance improvement initiatives abandoned before the substantial results, which are possible to achieve, are delivered and
We in maintenance often complain about how hard it is for us to “sell maintenance to top management”. There are several things we can improve
An organization must focus on sustainable results, not just cutting maintenance costs. Results-oriented organizations focus first on the quality and volume of production throughout, followed
Focus on activities that drive cost, not cost alone. In 1980 I conducted the first seminars titled “Reliability, the future competitiveness factor”. Looking back I
The term reliability was discussed in my last column. I argued that maintenance should be responsible primarily for “equipment reliability” and work in a close
I wrote this column for those who want to improve equipment reliability but feel as if they are stuck in “budget jail”. Assuming your fiscal
GUNTOWN, MISSISSIPPI (June 11, 2010) – Norbord Inc. today celebrated the achievement of three significant safety milestones at its oriented strand board (OSB) mill in Guntown Mississippi.
In the latest article I mentioned several areas that have to be improved for an organization to become lean. The focus in”lean thinking” is to
To continue where we ended part I of this series of articles about lean maintenance, I like to give an example on the impact of
Lean manufacturing including lean maintenance has long been a concept both in the United States and in Europe. The concept seems to have increased in
Mahatma Gandhi was once asked what he thought of Western civilization. He replied that he thought it would be a good idea. The same thought
Life Cycle Cost is important, but we must understand before we can evaluate. Many reliability and maintenance improvement initiatives are successful, but most do not
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