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PMO with Rick Clonan

PMO with Rick Clonan

PMO is a process where you make efficient use of your PMs to understand the operating context of your assets in a better way. Once you have identified your critical assets, you can plan your PMs accordingly. These routine PMs should be designed in a way that they serve the purpose that you want from your assets. It is not just about reducing number of PMs, it is about finding failures and mitigating them. Our primary focus should be to make the PMs, more effective and then we can focus on the efficiency as well.

By |August 13th, 2019|Comments Off on PMO with Rick Clonan

RCA Trends with Chris Eckert

RCA Trends with Chris Eckert

RCA is a process where you get to the root cause of the problem and then solve it by using a systemic approach. To get started with RCA, you need to gather your data first. Once you set your data points to gather meaningful and useful data, then, you can perform RCA to prevent a failure or find a solution to fix it. There are four basic steps for a good RCA. In the first step, you should be able to gather fresh data the minute a failure occurs. In the second step, you have to […]

By |August 6th, 2019|Comments Off on RCA Trends with Chris Eckert

What are Functions with Nancy Regan

What are Functions with Nancy Regan

Reliability Centered Maintenance or RCM is a philosophy that is rooted in the fundamentals of the reliability and maintenance. There are seven steps or principles of RCM that can really help you do RCM correctly. The first four steps of RCM make up FMEA and when you combine the next two with these, it gives you a FMECA baseline. With these seven steps, you can do all the wonderful things that make up a successful reliability program. In RCM, functions are where you start your journey. A function can be defined as what you need […]

By |July 30th, 2019|Comments Off on What are Functions with Nancy Regan

Greatest Manufacturing Challenges with Calvin Williams

Greatest Manufacturing Challenges with Calvin Williams

Every organization s end goal is to have continuous improvement. There are tools out there that can help you with it. One of such tools is the Impruver. It helps you keep your performance up-to-date and notifies you when you miss something and gets you on your way towards what need to be done. Another tool that helps you make continuous improvement is digital action board. It places an accountability process in place where you can see the results for yourself, improve the area that needs it, and keep tracking individual and overall performance. Having […]

By |July 23rd, 2019|Comments Off on Greatest Manufacturing Challenges with Calvin Williams

2nd Habit with Peter Horsburgh

2nd Habit with Peter Horsburgh

Whenever there s a problem in the plant, it always comes to finding the root cause if you are looking to solve it and stop it from reappearing later on. To successfully do that, you need to have what s going on with your plant. You should have the complete understanding of the processes and the events that might have led to that issue in the first place. It isn t always a single root causes that results into a failure. It can be a number of small things that contribute to that problem and result […]

By |July 16th, 2019|Comments Off on 2nd Habit with Peter Horsburgh