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See How Easily You Can Succeed in Reliability: 7 Critical Steps in Making Reliability a Way of Life

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ChangeWhy is it that Reliability Programs often fail and are not sustained? Bringing about such a change in a large organization is often one of the most difficult tasks that we undertake. This undertaking requires a shift in mindset and in the ways people work. People love the status quo and are often afraid of the change. We must show them that there is nothing to be afraid […]

By |2016-11-09T08:44:21-05:00April 20th, 2015|Change Management, Coaching, Key Performance Indicators, Organizational Management, People, Performance Management, Process Metrics|Comments Off on See How Easily You Can Succeed in Reliability: 7 Critical Steps in Making Reliability a Way of Life
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How to Measure Success: The 7 Key Performance Indicators You Must Measure

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Being able to see what world class Reliability & Maintenance looks like is one thing. Communicating that success and level of performance to non-maintenance people can be difficult. Not to mention, that we always need to improve, and how can we if we only use qualitative measures?

I remember one time, trying to explain how Maintenance Planning & Scheduling has improved our maintenance department. I used explanations like; “The team isn’t wandering around looking for parts” and “They don’t need to leave the job to get the […]

By |2018-05-09T22:46:44-04:00April 13th, 2015|Business R&M Strategy, Key Performance Indicators, Performance Management, Process Metrics|Comments Off on How to Measure Success: The 7 Key Performance Indicators You Must Measure
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The Top 10 Signs That You Have a World Class Reliability & Maintenance Program Part 2

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Last week we had the opportunity to view the first five of the top 10 signs that you are Maintenance & Reliability Best Practices by Ramesh Gulati. I hope you were able to compare your operation to the first five and see where you are excelling and where you may have challenges.

Those first five focus on the specific work streams in Reliability & Maintenance. These next five are a combination of the main work streams and the foundations to a successful operation.

  1. CAPEX Management: All new equipment has detailed specifications including […]
By |2018-05-09T22:39:45-04:00April 6th, 2015|Business R&M Strategy, Identification of Business Needs'|Comments Off on The Top 10 Signs That You Have a World Class Reliability & Maintenance Program Part 2
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The Top 10 Signs That You Have a World Class Reliability & Maintenance Program (Part 1)

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During a recent business trip, I had the opportunity to attend a sister plant in another part of the world. I had been told how good the plant was in Planning & Scheduling. When I attended the weekly planning meeting, I was shocked.   It was chaos and confusion, with the planner writing notifications to be put on next week’s schedule, which started the next day. They thought this was good practice.

Often, we don’t know, what we don’t know. This leads the belief that an operation […]

By |2018-01-23T10:00:54-05:00April 3rd, 2015|Business R&M Strategy, Identification of Business Needs'|Comments Off on The Top 10 Signs That You Have a World Class Reliability & Maintenance Program (Part 1)
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Is Your Operation at Risk?

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(C) Ed Schipul

There are many internal & external pressures on our operations. Many we don’t even think about, or are even aware of. These pressures greatly influence our ability to be profitable, and therefore sustainable. Being aware of these pressures & barriers will allow us to head them off and ensure our profitability.

I remember when I was unexpectedly asked to cut my maintenance staff by 30%. What I wasn’t aware of was one of […]

By |2016-11-09T08:44:22-05:00April 1st, 2015|Business R&M Strategy, Identification of Market Trends|Comments Off on Is Your Operation at Risk?
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