Management Insights
Gremlins today
"Gremlins today" is a series of short articles on problems that plague industrial operations the...
Is your project ready for operations?
Is your project ready for operations when you want to start up? Can you commission and start up...
Congreso Héroes del Mantenimiento 2024
James Reyes-Picknell, presidente de Conscious Asset y Jim Fitch, director ejecutivo de Noria Corporation, discuten sobre tecnología, gestión de riesgos y sostenibilidad desde la perspectiva de quienes se ocupan del mantenimiento y la confiabilidad.
Trouble with maintenance planning?
Are you having trouble producing good quality maintenance job plans? Is your "standard job" plan...
Is your maintenance planning delivering results?
Many believe that planning and scheduling will solve their maintenance productivity problems and focus efforts to improve them. But despite their efforts, results don’t change.
Will you accept a “no brainer” opportunity?
If you’re invited to invest some money and get a payback that exceeds your total investment in the first year, will you look into it? Most entrepreneurs and business leaders say yes, as few investments offer such huge paybacks. Yet many managers won’t go for it. Why?
“Our World,” a book for your children
A children’s book! “Our World” is intended to spark curiosity In children about the world around them. It asks questions like, where does the water in my shower come from, how does the electricity in my light bulb get there, and many more.
CMMS & EAM implementation errors and what to do about them
You probably have a computerized system for managing maintenance. It might be part of your...
Inspect and repair as required – myths and reality
“Inspect and repair as required” are well intentioned but make up what is usually an ill-informed instruction to maintenance workers. On 10 April 2024, our Principal Consultant, James Reyes-Picknell, delivered a 1 hour “lunch and learn” webinar for PEMAC – Canada’s Asset Management Association. The subject is inspired by the words often seen in work orders that often lead to a whole lot of unnecessary misery.
Are we ready for Maintenance of the future? AI, ML and IIoT
In April 2024, Fracttal Tech S.A. featured our Principal Consultant, James Reyes-Picknell, delivering a seminar on the future of maintenance using the Industrial Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
How maintenance contributes to financial performance
Industrial operations that use physical assets for production or service delivery need their assets to run optimally, and cause minimal operational disruptions when they don’t. Spending too little overall, or on doing the wrong things, always backfires. These short-term savings inevitably lead to breakdowns disrupting operations that cost much more in lost revenue than was saved by under-spending.
Proactive vs Reactive: which is better for your business?
Businesses often attempt to maximize profits for owners or shareholders by taking measures to reduce costs. A reactive approach to plant and equipment breakdowns is very costly, and it reduces outputs. By failing to do what it takes to become proactive, they take risks against the odds of frequent failure, high repair and downtime costs. A proactive approach is more productive, predictable and less expensive, as it relies on strategic maintenance.to increase equipment life and running times, reduce failure risk, and lower operating costs.
