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STOP! Break the Reactive Cycle with Roles & Responsibilities

The key to driving performance to new heights is Roles & Responsibilities.

36. R&R

Your planner is putting together a scheduler to 8:00pm on a Friday night for Saturday morning.  Your storeroom doesn’t have the parts you need and you maintenance supervisor is running back and forth.  On top of this, you are unable to meet your maintenance goals, preventing the organization from achieving its goals.

Depending on your organization, you may walk into this type of chaos every morning, and those that don’t, chances are you did at some point.

So what separates the […]

By |2018-01-24T05:53:55-05:00November 16th, 2015|Business R&M Strategy, Identification of Business Needs', Organizational Management, People, Roles & Responsibilities|Comments Off on STOP! Break the Reactive Cycle with Roles & Responsibilities
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Run to Failure is a Viable Option

35. FailureHow Allowing Equipment to Fail, Will Improve the Uptime in your Facility.

Often times the maintenance team is focused on preventing failures in the facility.  All failures need to be addressed and no failures are acceptable.   This mindset may be holding back the uptime in your facility.  How is this?  After all, if we strive to prevent all failures shouldn’t uptime improve?

Most organizations do not have the resources to prevent every single failure and as such, resources are often pulled from failure to failure.  When the organization focuses on the […]

By |2018-01-24T05:38:57-05:00November 9th, 2015|Business R&M Strategy, Equipment Strategy, Identification of Business Needs', Reliability Centered Maintenance|Comments Off on Run to Failure is a Viable Option
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Completing The Right Maintenance At The Right Time With CBM & PdM

Understanding The Difference Between Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) & Predictive Maintenance (PdM)

34. CBMPdM & CBM are in almost every discussion that involves improving plant performance and reducing costs.  But what is the difference between the two and when should one be used over the other?  This post will address those two questions and a few cautions when using these techniques.

What is CBM?

According the Professional’s Guide to Maintenance & Reliability Terminology, “CBM is the direction of maintenance actions based on indications of asset health as determined from non-invasive measurement of operation and condition […]

By |2018-01-24T05:31:24-05:00November 2nd, 2015|Equipment Strategy, Reliability Centered Maintenance|Comments Off on Completing The Right Maintenance At The Right Time With CBM & PdM
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Root Cause Analysis: The Key To Breaking The Reactive Cycle

Addressing The Root Cause Of Failures Will Unlock The Potential Of The Business

33. RCAYou walk into the plant on Monday morning.  You are immediately confront by the production manager stating “Press 201 is down.  The mechanics are saying it is the clutch again.”  You feel an overwhelming sense disbelief.  You ran overtime last weekend and replaced clutch at a cost of $30,000.   How is it the clutch is failing again?

This scenario may sound familiar.  It happens all the time, across many different industries and plants.  So what exactly happened? […]

By |2018-01-24T05:24:20-05:00October 26th, 2015|Basic Root Cause Analysis, Defect Elimination|1 Comment
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Guarantee Your Performance with Basic Care

Ensuring Your Equipment Is Maintained to a Basic Level of Care

When you hear the term basic care, what comes to mind?

32.I remember hearing a story of a brand new packaging line that was installed.  It operated at high OEE, delivering significant improvements over the old line.  Within 6 weeks, the line was running worse than the original one.   Finger pointing ensued, the OEM saying it was how it was maintained.  With the manufacturer saying it was a poor design.

A few weeks later, a prominent government official was scheduled to visit […]

By |2018-01-24T05:14:52-05:00October 19th, 2015|Autonomous Maintenance, Equipment Strategy, Teamwork, Total Productive Maintenance|Comments Off on Guarantee Your Performance with Basic Care
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