Emergency Work Orders
Leslie Skelly
Emergency work orders are a common occurrence in a reactive maintenance environment, and many times it’s not really an emergency. In this video from our
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Work Management / Planning and Scheduling
An Exclusive Sneak Peek at IDCON’s Self-Paced Work Management Planning and Scheduling Virtual Training
Michael Lippig
Check out an exclusive sneak peek at our Work Management Planning and Scheduling virtual training provided by IDCON’s Senior Consultant Michael Lippig. Michael deftly explains
How to Calculate the Backlog and Manage Your Resources
Owe Forsberg
Are you finding it difficult to manage your maintenance and reliability resources? Do you feel like you cannot catch up on the work order backlog?
Do We Need Planners?
Christer Idhammar
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
How is an annual shutdown like a family vacation? Without a clear strategy and plan, they can both be a nightmare!
Owe Forsberg
How do you plan your family vacation? In most cases you have to check when you can take off from work, decide where to go,
The Simple Solution for Duplicate Work Orders
Terry Taylor
We have all experienced duplicate work orders in our work order system. The problem is generally rooted in the way the current system is designed
Are your work requests all high priority (1 or 2)?
Torbjörn Idhammar
When all work requests are high priority (1 or 2) the result is a reactive work environment. This is a common occurrence for organizations that
How Many Maintenance Planners and Supervisors do we need?
Torbjörn Idhammar
My personal free time has radically increased over the past six months. Our three sons, ages 12, 14 and 16, all played icehockey until very
Work Order Job Kits
Terry Taylor
The Kitting of parts and materials is a mission-critical component to the successful execution of any Planned job.
How to Improve Your Plant Shutdown Turnaround Maintenance
Owe Forsberg
Part of your work management after a plant shutdown is to do a team evaluation so you can improve your plant shutdown turnaround maintenance process.
Can a CMMS Make You More Productive?
Terry Taylor
Like everyone else, I get too many emails to read so my daily routine each morning is to do a quick glance at all my
Practical Implementation of Work Order [Back] Logs
Torbjörn Idhammar
I interviewed a mine operations manager in Newcastle, Australia, who said, “I have no idea what work orders or reliability improvements have been finished in
Setting priorities Class guide
Torbjörn Idhammar
One of the exercises in IDCON’s Work Management Planning and Scheduling Training is to assign the right priority for jobs. Read the following scenarios and
How Maintenance Planning and Scheduling & Conditioned Based Maintenace Work Together
Torbjörn Idhammar
Most maintenance departments profess to be convinced of the need for maintenance planning and scheduling and condition based maintenance. However, the benefit of using them
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling – The New Profit Center
Chris Hykin
As an industry, we are facing vastly different circumstances than we ever have before. New low-cost producers and an ever-shrinking world market have left the
Setting Disciplined Priorities when Prioritizing Maintenance Work
Christer Idhammar
A Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Perspective Priority, as defined in the Franklin Dictionary, means “coming before in time, order, or importance.” When prioritizing maintenance work,
Proactive Approach to Shutdowns Reduces Potlatch Maintenance Costs
Dave Krings
Potlatch Cloquet’s low-cost maintenance shutdown management techniques focusing on type, quality, and timing of work contribute to an 83% drop in maintenance cost per ton.
A Driving Lesson for Operations and Maintenance
Torbjörn Idhammar
Picture this. Personnel from a plant are driving along a road in an automobile. The maintenance manager is driving blindfolded. Sitting beside the maintenance manager
Survey Results: Why do maintenance planners not plan?
Torbjörn Idhammar
The chart below is from our Poll “Why do planners not plan?” Respondents overwhelmingly agreed on the three top reasons 1. Too Many “Do it Now Jobs”
Improve Basic Work Systems First to Improve Reliability and Maintenance
Christer Idhammar
Many organizations spend too much time searching for—and starting implementation of—new reliability and maintenance concepts, and very little time on implementation and improvements of what
