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Insights into Preventive Maintenance Made Simple w/ Doug Stangier

I recently had the pleasure to interview Doug Stangier, co-author of Preventive Maintenance Made Simple.  This is another excellent book in the Made Simple series, published by ReliabilityWeb.  During the interview, Doug not only provides insights into his book but also into what world class Preventive Maintenance looks like.   Anyone new to maintenance and reliability, or seasoned experts can benefit from this great book.  Without further delay, here is the interview with Doug.

James: It is my pleasure to interview a fellow Canadian.  Welcome Doug […]

By |2019-04-19T15:49:36-04:00May 22nd, 2017|Equipment Strategy, Lean Maintenance, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Total Productive Maintenance|Comments Off on Insights into Preventive Maintenance Made Simple w/ Doug Stangier

What’s Stopping Your Organization from Improving?

A View From the Shop Floor on What is Preventing Improvement

137803138_2585a3df01_mI recently had a very interesting  discussion with a craftsman at a large automotive manufacturer.  During this discussion, he outlined a few of the issues he saw in his plant, and why they weren’t able to overcome them.

The craftsman indicated that he had been reading my previous posts and that it all made sense.  In fact, he stated, ” it is common sense, but we don’t have that here”.

His organization was unable to make the changes in a sustainable manner.   I […]

By |2019-04-19T15:49:57-04:00October 3rd, 2016|Change Management, Lean Maintenance, Operator Asset Care, People, Teamwork, Total Productive Maintenance|Comments Off on What’s Stopping Your Organization from Improving?

A Smarter Way of Preventative Maintenance

4 Simple Steps to Improving Profitability through Smart PMs

23. Judit KleinHow did the PM routines come to be in your business? PM routines are often the result of a failure and the maintenance department being told to implement a PM to prevent it from happening again. The PM is hastily put in place without much detail or thought. Fast forward a little ways in time and soon you have a monster of PM program, in which you struggle to execute on time. Overtime increases to complete all of the PMs, yet […]

By |2018-01-24T01:15:07-05:00August 24th, 2015|Equipment Strategy, Lean Maintenance|Comments Off on A Smarter Way of Preventative Maintenance