by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Oct 3, 2021 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
The Availability metric is the first element of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). In Part 1 of this series about Availability, I suggested that to assure the integrity of this metric, we must calculate Availability as total running hours in a year divided by...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Sep 27, 2021 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
In my last article for The RAM Review (see link below), I introduced the Availability metric and discussed how to account for planned unavailability. Availability, Yield/Speed, and Quality are the three elements of the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) metric,...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Sep 13, 2021 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
In last week’s article (Sept. 5, 2021, see link below), we introduced Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). It’s the product of multiplying three input elements (Availability, Yield/Speed, and Quality) to arrive at a number representing the performance of...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Sep 5, 2021 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
As we continue our discussion of important asset-management metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), let us turn our attention to Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) in the first of what will be several articles on this particular indicator. OEE is calculated...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Aug 30, 2021 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
In two recent editions of The RAM Review (see article links below), I discussed Mean Time Between/To Failure (MTBF/MTTF), which quantifies the average time between failure events. This week, my focus is on the Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) metric, which quantifies the...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Aug 23, 2021 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
The first part of this two-part article (see link below) addressed the basics of Mean Time Between/To Failure (MTBF/MTTF), which is one of the most fundamental performance metrics for reliability engineering. To recap: in Part 1, I discussed the fact that MTBF/MTTF...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Aug 15, 2021 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
Having recently concluded my seven-part series (see links at the end of this article) on leading asset-management indicators that drive proactive behaviors in maintenance and reliability, I’m now turning my attention to lagging metrics. Think of leading...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Aug 8, 2021 | Asset Management, Newsletter Column
From a climate change perspective, carbon dioxide (CO2) gets all the press. But methane (CH4), the primary component of natural gas, is growing at a faster rate than CO2, and control of it is much more attainable in the near term. As a greenhouse gas (GHG),...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Aug 2, 2021 | Asset Management, Planning & Scheduling
This week’s article on Overall Materials Effectiveness (OME) concludes our seven-part series on leading metrics that drive proactive behaviors for maintenance and reliability. Along with Overall Planning Effectiveness (OPE), and Overall Scheduling Effectiveness...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Jul 26, 2021 | Asset Management, Planning & Scheduling
In this week’s edition of The RAM Review, we continue our focus on proactive leading metrics. Last week, we addressed Overall Planning Effectiveness (OPE), which helps drive down Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) and drive up work quality. This week, as the above title...
