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Fast Track RCM: Improving Plant Performance & Profitability

A Proven Framework to Improve Performance and Build Ownership of the Equipment

Fast Track RCM

Understanding the how equipment failures along with utilizing a proven and effective approach to developing an equipment strategy is a winning combination for manufacturers everywhere. When combing the knowledge and the system, manufacturers can yield significant improvements in their operation, such as a reduction in PM workload of 22% with gain 4% in line efficiencies. Or how about a reduction of 42% of PMs, without a single loss in equipment availability. It is […]

By James Kovacevic|2018-01-24T04:47:41-05:00September 28th, 2015|Equipment Strategy, Reliability Centered Maintenance|Comments Off

How Equipment Fails, Understanding the 6 Failure Patterns

Knowing How Equipment Fails Allows Effective Plans to Be Put In Place and Improve Equipment Reliability

Identifying How Equipment Fails

Steve Jurvetson

In the 1960s the failure rate of jet aircraft was high even with the extensive maintenance programs that were put in place to prevent the failures. The programs required overhauls, rebuilds and detailed inspections which required the various components to be disassembled. All of these activities were based on an estimated save life of the equipment.

Under the guidance of the FAA, extensive engineering studies were conducted on […]

By James Kovacevic|2018-01-24T04:16:35-05:00September 21st, 2015|Equipment Strategy, Reliability Centered Maintenance|8 Comments

3 Ways to Improve Profitability with a Criticality Analysis

Making the Criticality Analysis Work for You and Drive Improvements in the Maintenance Strategy

Most manufacturers do not have an up to date criticality analysis and those that do have one, do not use it to drive decisions. Having a criticality analysis facilitates improved decision making and prioritization within the site and business. How many times are there debates regarding which work needs to be done, which PMs will be dropped from the schedule because the planned downtime was reduced? These debates occur regularly, but to not have to occur. A […]

By James Kovacevic|2018-01-24T04:03:44-05:00September 14th, 2015|Asset Criticality, Equipment Strategy|2 Comments

What is a Criticality Analysis? How does it Work?

Understanding The Risks Allow Effective Mitigation Plans To Be Put In Place

Where is your biggest risk to the site? If you can’t answer that, than your maintenance program is most likely not adequate. As previously discussed, an effective maintenance program must align with business and its needs. A criticality analysis allows the site to understand where there are risks that must be managed.

A criticality analysis is a systematic approach to evaluating potential risks, therefore consequences that can impact the business. The criticality analysis has defined criteria that outlines the potential consequences so that they can be evaluated, categorised and prioritised. […]

By James Kovacevic|2018-01-24T03:55:41-05:00September 7th, 2015|Asset Criticality, Equipment Strategy|1 Comment

A Smarter Way of Preventative Maintenance

4 Simple Steps to Improving Profitability through Smart PMs

How 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 James Kovacevic|2018-01-24T01:15:07-05:00August 24th, 2015|Equipment Strategy, Lean Maintenance|Comments Off