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Plant Hexcellence™ – Proactive Maintenance

“Ensuring our Assets are managed in the most cost effective manner”

Proactive maintenance is key to successful organizations’ long-term strategies for managing costs and equipment.  Using modeling, analyses and audits in conjunction with proactive maintenance measures can ensure smoother operations, resulting in less downtime and money saved.

Proactive maintenance is usually reserved for those organizations who have worked their way up from being reactive and fire fighting. […]

By |2019-04-19T15:49:25-04:00November 6th, 2017|Asset Management, Business R&M Strategy, CAPEX Management, Equipment Strategy|Comments Off on Plant Hexcellence™ – Proactive Maintenance

Is Your PM Worth Doing? Use a PM Cost Benefit Analysis to Find Out

How To Determine If The PM Activity Being Performed Is Worth Doing

Would you spend $100 every week to prevent a possible issue that will result in a loss of $10?  Probably not, so why is that we do that with our maintenance programs every single day?  Often, PM and PdM activities are put into place without any thought to the economic impact of the activity.  While in theory the PM or PdM activities will prevent or mitigate the consequences of the failure, is implementing one of these activities the right thing to […]

By |2019-04-19T15:49:37-04:00May 8th, 2017|Equipment Strategy, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Zero Based Budgeting|Comments Off on Is Your PM Worth Doing? Use a PM Cost Benefit Analysis to Find Out

Establishing the Frequency of On-Condition Maintenance Inspections

Ensuring The Inspections Will Catch the Defect Before A Functional Failure Occurs

Ever wonder how some organizations make their vibration or thermographic program work, and not only work but deliver huge results to their organization?  They use a systematic approach to establishing the correct frequencies of inspection.   Establishing the correct frequencies of maintenance activities is critical to the success of any maintenance program.   Too infrequently and the organization is subjected to failures, resulting in poor operational performance.  Too frequently, and the organization is subjected to excess planned downtime and an increased probability of […]

By |2019-04-19T15:49:45-04:00March 6th, 2017|Equipment Strategy, Reliability Centered Maintenance|Comments Off on Establishing the Frequency of On-Condition Maintenance Inspections