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10 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Next Maintenance Assessment

Assessments are a key tool for driving sustainable improvements in you Maintenance, Reliability, or Asset Management program.

When you hear the work assessment or audit, does it send shivers down your spine?  Do you envision a week or two of some “expert” digging through your data, processes, and performance, looking to get you in trouble for something you did or didn’t do?

While some audits may be to find issues or wrongdoing, most assessments should be viewed as a key activity to improving your […]

By |2019-04-19T15:49:25-04:00November 13th, 2017|Asset Management, Change Management, Organizational Management|Comments Off on 10 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Next Maintenance Assessment
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Plant Hexcellence™ – Proactive Maintenance

“Ensuring our Assets are managed in the most cost effective manner”

Proactive maintenance is key to successful organizations’ long-term strategies for managing costs and equipment.  Using modeling, analyses and audits in conjunction with proactive maintenance measures can ensure smoother operations, resulting in less downtime and money saved.

Proactive maintenance is usually reserved for those organizations who have worked their way up from being reactive and fire fighting. […]

By |2019-04-19T15:49:25-04:00November 6th, 2017|Asset Management, Business R&M Strategy, CAPEX Management, Equipment Strategy|Comments Off on Plant Hexcellence™ – Proactive Maintenance
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Plant Hexcellence™ – Performance

“If we don’t measure it, it does not really exist.” 

I am not sure where the quote originated. Maybe it was derived from other very similar quotes that I have found through my research, but I did not create it and do not remember where I heard it and do not take credit for it. Nonetheless, it is a very true statement.

This article is the continuing efforts to uncover the ever-elusive gem called Asset Management. I did not choose the reference of a “gem” […]

By |2019-04-19T15:49:25-04:00October 30th, 2017|Asset Management, Business R&M Strategy|Comments Off on Plant Hexcellence™ – Performance
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Plant Hexcellence™ – Policy & Procedures

Meeting all of the regulatory and compliance requirements

This article is the 4th in a series of articles. The series documents the continuing journey and quest for a guide to Manufacturing Excellence. The frame we are using to guide or lead us through this journey is the proprietary model called Plant Hexcellence™.  As we were discussing in the last issue, the Processes Cell is used to visually map out the flow through a procedure or methodology. We also discussed the connection between the Processes cell and the Policy and Procedures cell.

Turning to the P&P […]

By |2019-04-19T15:49:25-04:00October 23rd, 2017|Asset Management, Business R&M Strategy|Comments Off on Plant Hexcellence™ – Policy & Procedures
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Plant Hexcellence™ – Processes

Plant Hexcellence™ – Processes

This is the third installment of six in the Plant Hexcellence exploration journey. The first two articles addressing both the “People” and the “Plant” cells with the corresponding facets.

All of the cells are interrelated and that is what brings the Asset Management strategy full circle, but there are some facets that need to be discussed specifically and how they interrelate.  We will be talking about Policy & Procedure in the next issue, but Processes have so much inter-dependency with that cell that it requires a brief discussion now. […]

By |2019-04-19T15:49:25-04:00October 16th, 2017|Asset Management, Business R&M Strategy|Comments Off on Plant Hexcellence™ – Processes
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