What is In and Out in 2018: The Maintenance and Reliability Edition
Out In
ISO 55000 No Standard*
Finance driven spare parts* Maintenance driven spare parts management
Price based spares Risk-based spares
Managing KPIs […]
Building a Recommended Course of Action
How to Translate an Assessment into an Action Plan
An assessment was performed and many opportunities identified, but it has been three months, and nothing has changed. Does this sound familiar? As discussed in a previous post, the goal of an assessment is to identify gap to best practices and provide the basis to develop a plan to move forward. However, many times an assessment is performed, the results put into a binder and put on the shelf (does this sound like your RCM initiative?).
10 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Next Maintenance Assessment
Assessments are a key tool for driving sustainable improvements in you Maintenance, Reliability, or Asset Management program.
When you hear the work assessment or audit, does it send shivers down your spine? Do you envision a week or two of some “expert” digging through your data, processes, and performance, looking to get you in trouble for something you did or didn’t do?
While some audits may be to find issues or wrongdoing, most assessments should be viewed as a key activity to improving your […]
Plant Hexcellence™ – People
Plant Hexcellence™ drives culture change. People drive sustainability.
We as employers, hire employees but what shows up every morning are people. They carry with them baggage, but the same things that create the imperfect person, also are the same things that give them strength, integrity, loyalty, and ingenuity.
It was not an accident that the top and most prominent position of the model is People. Success or failure of your company/organization all starts with your people (if you haven’t read the book by Cliff Williams, titled “People – A Reliability Success Story,” you […]
Taking a Lean Approach to PM Optimization
How You Have Your PMs Addressing The Right Issues, Make The Effective
In the previous articles, we looked at what type of analysis to use to evaluate the effectiveness of the PMs and if they are cost effective. Once the PMs have been optimized to ensure they are addressing the right failure modes, then they need to be made efficient. Below is an excerpt from a recent article in SMRP’s Solutions Magazine on how to make PM efficient using the lean tools.
PM Optimization is often thought of as an […]