Picture yourself standing in front of a 2011 Chevy Silverado 1500, trying to decide if you’re going to buy it or not. You’ve been thinking about getting a ”new” truck for a few months now. But it’s always risky buying a used vehicle and you really want to have a ”truck” guy with you to […]
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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 cost as a percent of estimated replacement value (ERV) is 4.6% and that this is too high. Best performers, you are told, should have maintenance cost lower than 3% of
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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. A closeout review or critique meeting gathers all the information from the last event so you can prepare for the next event. It is the ammunition your organization can use
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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.
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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 my facial expression was probably one of disbelief. But quickly, my manners and professionalism caught up with me and I posed the same question again, this time with a more
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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 or turnarounds at plants of any type. This process can be applied to both annual shutdown/ turnarounds and outage down days. The six phases of the Shutdown Turnaround Optimization Process
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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 in Raleigh NC, USA; A reliability and maintenance training and consulting company to Industry worldwide since 1972.
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An effective Preventive Maintenance program should result in better equipment and production quality. Let’s look at the tasks you need to develop and manage your preventive maintenance program through the eyes of a new Reliability Engineer. This RE works in a plant that currently lacks documented procedures. Want to learn more about what a Reliability
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Our storeroom and spare parts organization are usually the area with more opportunities regarding reliability operation. What does good look like? What elements are needed? How can we change our stores towards these best practices? Several elements are taken in consideration: Master Data Storeroom Organization Storeroom Operation Inventory Control Quality Program PM program Reports, KPI’s
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Test your knowledge of maintenance methods. How is a cost effective maintenance process established to so that the process generates more money than it costs? The answer is to choose the most cost effective maintenance method for all components. There are maintenance methods for existing components: If you don’t know these concepts, you should purchase
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