Are you a Reliability Engineer trying to find your place in your team?The role is important but many organizations aren’t using REs effectively. In this
In this video, Christer Idhammar answers the question for. Someone is always planning a job whether you have the role of planner or not. But
Christer Idhammar finishes up his 4-part series of Maintenance and Reliability beliefs. To be successful in developing and implementing a reliability and maintenance you have
Are you sure that the parts you need will be in the storeroom when you need them? Materials and Spare parts management is an opportunity
What tools are effective for Root Cause Failure Analysis or RCFA? What tools are effective when you’re conducting a root cause investigation? In this second
Have you asked yourself “What’s the right thing to do in my organization?” In this video, Christer talks about the wrong things that many organizations
Root cause confusion There is a lot of confusion between diagram, tools, software and company names for root cause. This video series, featuring Torbjorn Idhammar,
By: Kim Hydraulic a.k.a. Torbjörn Idhammar, IDCON – a Reliability and Maintenance Management Consulting firm Hello, My name is Kimberly, but you can call me
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
Christer Idhammar, reliability and maintenance management guru, discusses two more key beliefs. People cannot be more productive than the system they work in allows them
We know that we need the support of operations in order to reach top-notch reliability in our plants. But does your operations manager know exactly
Developing a common language at your plant for reliability and maintenance is important for eliminating confusion and misinterpretation. The maintenance world has so many acronyms it
Beliefs are very important for an organization. Join Christer in this new video series that details how beliefs connect to improved reliability and maintenance.
What happens when Maintenance is required to report to Operations? This usually happens when organizations go from a centralized to decentralized maintenance. While many tout
A key element of an effective Work Management System is to hold weekly planning and scheduling meetings to confirm the the next week’s schedule, what
In today’s maintenance organization the supervisor is one of the most important positions. The skill of “balancer” is essential to her/his success. The need to
Picture this. The operations and maintenance manager, plant manager and production manager from a plant are in a car speeding down the road. The maintenance
A trailer was repaired after scraping the side a few years ago. The bolts that hold the cross members to the aluminum frame on the
A reliable plant needs a cohesive maintenance strategy. This strategy should include the operations team actively participating in the care and basic inspections of the
To have reliable production, you need reliable partnerships. This means Operations, Maintenance and Engineering working together towards the common goal. So, the question is…what does
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