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 Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | Aug 2, 2021 | Planning & Scheduling, Workforce Issues
I’ve shared this story elsewhere over the years, in print and in presentations. That doesn’t matter. The lessons learned from it are worth repeating. As I have often mentioned, motorsports racing, and pit-crew methods can provide invaluable insights for...
by Heinz Bloch, P.E., Editor | Aug 2, 2021 | Asset Management, The Bloch Files
Some pump specialists have expressed the belief that process plants are lacking when it comes to applying fundamentals and that chasing after high-tech solutions makes little sense if a plant has not mastered the basics. You can easily check if this notion is true...
by Howard Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP | Jul 31, 2021 | Asset Management, Electrical Reliability
Incorrect settings in a variable-frequency-drive (VFD) application have an impact on the windings of an electric motor. If a drive is not set correctly, or not tuned when straight volts/hertz settings aren’t used, stresses occur between the turns in a winding....
by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | Jul 26, 2021 | Newsletter Column, Plant Operations
I’ve been an advocate of manufacturing all my life. Growing up in manufacturing and maintenance, educated in and then teaching tooling and machine design, and spending nearly four decades consulting on and writing articles about the people side of...
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...
by Howard Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP | Jul 26, 2021 | Electrical Reliability, The Sustainable Plant
In the context of this article, the term “smart device” is defined one that is programmed to be capable of some independent action. We also use terms such as big data, cloud, neural networks, artificial or augmented intelligence (AI), virtual reality,...
by Ken Bannister, MEch (UK), CMRP, MLE, Editor | Jul 26, 2021 | Maintenance Management, Workforce Issues
It’s been said before, “The times they are a’ changin’.” When it comes to today’s RAM arena, that statement is so very true. Industry’s need for quality maintenance-skilled trades has never been more acute. This difficult situation is due, largely,...
by Heinz Bloch, P.E., Editor | Jul 25, 2021 | The Bloch Files, Training & Qualification
In virtually every modern process plant, we will always find operating, maintenance, and reliability/technical job functions. The most profitable of these facilities have managed to train their personnel. They also will have implemented organizational and other...
by T.A. Cook, Part of Accenture | Jul 25, 2021 | SPONSORED INFORMATION
From Mike Asquini, PMP, CMRP LSSBB, RMP, Senior Manager T.A. Cook (tacook.com) Shutdown, turnaround, and outage (STO) events are complex undertakings for which organizations may spend between 12 and 36 months to prepare. The targets for these types of events...
