Do you need Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)?

September 20, 2019September 20, 2019

Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is without doubt the most effective method to determine your failure management policies, yet it is sometimes seen as an expensive and time consuming endeavor used to produce what some (mistakenly) believe they can get from manufacturer recommendations and other sources. The naysayers see it as a “gold plated” approach to a relatively simple challenge – produce a decent maintenance program. Read more “Do you need Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)?” →

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Achieve results using RCM

September 6, 2019September 6, 2019

In the field, we know that there are no “quick fixes” or “silver bullet solutions” when it comes to improvements in maintenance management. Many separate conditions and events must come together properly to achieve “schedule success” – i.e.: the high level of compliance to a schedule of planned work as produced by your planners. That list of includes: Read more “Achieve results using RCM” →

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Maintenance Excellence – no quick fixes

September 4, 2019September 20, 2019

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Rapid PM program deployment

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019

In the first installment of this series we described the basics behind proactive maintenance and some of the considerations users need to make.

The second installment describes RCM – the “gold standard” for reliability program development and physical asset related risk management. This article is for those who are in “panic” or “fire fighting” mode. If you don’t have a proactive program, equipment runs until it breaks and you can’t seem to get ahead of it, then this one is for you. In a few cases you may have a PM program but your not getting the results you want. You could be overdoing overhauls, not doing enough predictive work, not following up on what you find, or the maintenance actions are simply inappropriate for the failures that occur in your circumstances. Read more “Rapid PM program deployment” →

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Do you want a PM program that really works

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019

Reliability Centered Maintenance – Re-engineered (RCM-R®)…

… is the world’s leading method for identifying maintenance and other activities required to sustain reliable performance of physical assets. Previously I discussed the various maintenance approaches you can use. This method (RCM-R®) is a structured approach to making those choices. If you want a proactive maintenance program that really works, then Reliability Centered Maintenance is the most thorough approach you can take to get there. Read more “Do you want a PM program that really works” →

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The basics of PM programs

August 12, 2019July 23, 2019

Do you replace your car headlights at regular intervals of six months? Do you wait to replace your tires until they wear through? Do you check your car engine oil with some sort of oil analysis before replacing it? Each component and system in your car has a function that is prone to failure. Each of those has consequences – some with little importance and others with great importance.

Your ability to make decision on what to do (or not do) will be based on a few factors: Read more “The basics of PM programs” →

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Planner help us solve the skills shortage problem!

July 31, 2019July 21, 2019

This article takes about two minutes to read. It was first published in PEM Magazine, now incorporated into MRO Magazine.

Skilled labor is in short supply. Companies are struggling to find talent. Education systems throughout North America have done a poor job of producing ‘job ready’ graduates. Companies have cut back on training and apprentice program funding. Immigration programs did not prioritize the intake of needed and ready-to-us skills. Read more “Planner help us solve the skills shortage problem!” →

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Maintenance and finance – partners

July 18, 2019July 21, 2019

This is a 2 minute read! CFO – you need to know that maintenance can help you be very strategic in achieving greater outputs, at low cost and for a minimal investment. Maintenance and Asset Management managers, you need to enlist Finance as your ally. Both Finance and Maintenance / AM are after the same results. Understanding this, is a key to becoming partners in sustaining our businesses. After all, we both have the same goals in mind.

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Are you informed, or data distracted?

June 28, 2019June 29, 2019

This article takes about 4 minutes to read. We want to make “evidence based decisions”. Evidence of what is going on can be very useful. Increasingly, we are turning to our computers for that evidence. But do we find it? Or do we end up searching through data looking for that “needle in the haystack”. Do we spend our time making informed decisions, or seeking information from an increasingly large and confusing array of data? Information technology is complex, difficult to manage and a challenge getting people to use it. It can also be either a tremendous corporate asset or a huge drain on resources. Read more “Are you informed, or data distracted?” →

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Teach and ask, don’t observe and judge. Maintenance assessments…

June 21, 2019June 21, 2019

(4 minutes to read)

In my book, Uptime, I talk about doing a review or assessment to determine your current state as compared with your vision of some desired future state. This suggests to many that a formal assessment is needed. However, you might also notice that I removed the Appendix containing sample assessment questions. Here’s why… Read more “Teach and ask, don’t observe and judge. Maintenance assessments – do they really help” →

Reliability Centered Maintenance – Re-engineered (RCM-R®)…

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