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Professional Development & Growth

The key to growing your knowledge and career

qtq80-OjQuRs To increase your knowledge, you need to learn new things, try new things and generally push outside of your comfort zone. One of the key components of growing your knowledge is knowing what is new and happening in Maintenance, Reliability, and Asset Management.

I recently had the privilege to attend and present two papers at the Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professional’s 2016 Annual Conference in Jacksonville. This premier event was 5 days long. The conference had 3 Days of workshops and […]

By James Kovacevic|2019-04-19T15:49:56-04:00October 24th, 2016|Business R&M Strategy, Capability, Capability, Knowledge, People, Competency, Knowledge Management|Comments Off

Standards? We Don’t Need No Stinking Standards

How Your Organization Can Benefit from Standardization

qtq80-zXIPOW Imagine if every day you had to relearn a process or use a different CMMS. Chances are you would get virtually nothing accomplished, leaving your plant operating poorly. Now we all know that we having to relearn a process every day or using a new CMMS is not practical nor is it rooted in reality (not to be confused with the Rooted in Reliability podcast). But this type of thing happens more often than you may think.

When people change positions in an organization, the […]

By James Kovacevic|2019-04-19T15:49:57-04:00October 10th, 2016|Adherence to Standards, Data Standards, Knowledge Management, Standard Work, Succession Planning|Comments Off

Speaking the Same Maintenance & Reliability Language

The Importance of Understanding the Terms and Definitions of the Maintenance & Reliability Language

Imagine being asked to discuss a breakdown during a production meeting. Only you are not aware of a breakdown, but production is claiming there was one and it could have been prevented by some Preventative Maintenance. You ask what equipment the breakdown was on and check the records. The records show there was a minor corrective action on the equipment last night, but not a breakdown.

After some discussion, the production manager explains that there was a […]

By James Kovacevic|2019-04-19T15:50:06-04:00February 1st, 2016|Capability, Knowledge, People, CMMS, Data Standards, Organizational Management, Teamwork|Comments Off

5 Reasons Why You Need to Be Using Procedure Based Maintenance

Using Procedure Based Maintenance to Improve the Performance of Your Operation

Imagine an operation in which there are no lost time accidents, OEE is increasing and there is a plan to address the skills shortage. These sites do exist and chances are they using procedure based maintenance. Procedure Based Maintenance is simply having all maintenance activities documented in a procedure. The procedures are followed step by step when conducting breakdown, corrective and preventative maintenance.

Benefits of Procedure Based Maintenance

Procedure Based Maintenance reduces the variation that occurs […]

By James Kovacevic|2018-01-24T04:54:10-05:00October 5th, 2015|Advanced Work Planning, Knowledge Management, Standard Work, Work Management|Comments Off