by T.A. Cook, Part of Accenture | Apr 22, 2021 | SPONSORED INFORMATION
From Tim White, Senior Manager T.A. Cook (tacook.com) The key benefit of a digital asset management (DAM) strategy is that an organization can move from descriptive and diagnostic analysis to predictive and prescriptive analysis. Rather than making decisions based on...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Apr 18, 2021 | Plant Operations, RAM Tools & Methods, RAM's Human Factor
We’ve all heard it, again and again: “What gets measured gets done.” That’s not entirely true, however. In reality, what gets measured tends to get rewarded or punished, which, in turn, results in things getting done. In last week’s issue of The RAM Review, I...
by Ken Bannister, MEch (UK), CMRP, MLE, Editor | Apr 17, 2021 | Maintenance Management, Newsletter Column
If you have ever heard anyone in your organization state, “We’ve always done it that way,” chances are that you’re stuck in a paradigm. And it’s a paradigm that’s likely ill-suited to your current needs and requirements. This paradigm...
by Howard Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP | Apr 17, 2021 | Electrical Reliability, Plant Operations, The Sustainable Plant
Standard approaches to industrial and commercial surveys and audits have inherent problems. If it is an energy audit, the focus is strictly on energy savings. If the audit is on waste-stream or reliability and maintenance, the focus, typically, is on just those...
by Heinz Bloch, P.E., Editor | Apr 17, 2021 | Asset Management, Plant Operations, The Bloch Files
As with other industrial-business pursuits, a well-trained workforce is essential to safety and reliability performance. Process plants and utilities can reverse unfavorable trends in those areas by paying attention to training topics that limit exposure to...
by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | Apr 17, 2021 | Training & Qualification, Workforce Issues
This article is a follow-up to my April 5, 2021, newsletter column, “Skills-Training Quick Start.” To recap, in the column, I noted, among other things, that maintenance training doesn’t t have to be complicated. It can be straightforward when focused on...
by Jane Alexander, Managing Editor | Apr 11, 2021 | Solution of the Week, Solution Showcase
According to FLIR, Wilsonville, OR, its new Boson radiometric camera core represents the best of the company’s high-performance, uncooled thermal-imaging technology, in a small, lightweight, low-power package. The recent introduction of this product means FLIR...
by Heinz Bloch, P.E., Editor | Apr 11, 2021 | Newsletter Column, Plant Operations, The Bloch Files
Several years ago, during a round of technical pump-related communications with a reliability engineer in Europe, he sent a particularly thought-provoking note. This engineer worked for a prominent oil refiner and, clearly, wanted to let me know all that glitters is...
by Ken Bannister, MEch (UK), CMRP, MLE, Editor | Apr 11, 2021 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
Working with clients to design and implement improved maintenance models, I have found it important to interview those working in a site’s maintenance department to understand how they see themselves. It’s just as important, however, if not more so, to...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Apr 9, 2021 | Plant Operations, RAM Tools & Methods, RAM's Human Factor
My last article for The RAM Review (April 4, 2021, see link below) explored the important role middle managers can play in achieving transformational change. In it, I discussed the concept of psychological inertia. In physics, we refer to a force that has both rate...
