by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Aug 16, 2020 | Asset Management, Safety Matters, The Sustainable Plant
Methane is the primary component of natural gas. As a country, the United State has been rapidly transitioning, and continues to transition from coal to natural gas as the fuel of choice for generating electrical power. That’s a good-news story for the environment...
by Tim Dunton, CMRP, CMRT | Aug 14, 2020 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
In last week’s article (Aug. 7, 2020), we discussed elements involved in building a plan for implementation of precision maintenance at a site, including the selection of candidate equipment/machines for improvement and metrics. This week, the focus is on tools. Note,...
by Tim Dunton, CMRP, CMRT | Aug 7, 2020 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
In the last week’s article (Aug. 3, 2020), we discussed how to develop the strategy for implementing precision maintenance in a plant. This included setting strategic, tactical, and application goals and metrics. These goals set out what we are going to try to...
by Tim Dunton, CMRP, CMRT | Aug 1, 2020 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
In last week’s article, we took a quick look a what precision maintenance is and the four main steps for implementing it. Those steps include: 1) Creating the Strategy, 2) Building a Plan, 3) Applying the Work, and 4) Capturing Results. Here, we focus on the first of...
by Tim Dunton, CMRP, CMRT | Jul 25, 2020 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
Many reliability practitioners think of precision maintenance as merely “maintaining machines the right way.” In their view, as long as technicians are trained and given the latest shiny tools, they will be successful. While training and tools are...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Jul 4, 2020 | Asset Management, The Sustainable Plant
Within the plant and equipment asset-reliability-management community, we spend substantial time and energy focusing on asset operation and maintenance. However, the design of the equipment represents the DNA—the genetic code—of reliability. Consequently, there is...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Jun 27, 2020 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
Technology has changed behavior patterns in industrial operations tremendously. Some changes have been good and others not so good. As an example of the latter, I’ve observed that managers and engineers spend the majority of their time on computers and in meetings,...
by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | Jun 21, 2020 | Asset Management, Newsletter Column
We’re finding ourselves in a world of new-tech on the plant floor, including in areas related to the never-ending quest for improved worker productivity and reliable equipment. In other words, we’re looking at a lot of opportunities right now. But...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Jun 5, 2020 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
Digital Manufacturing, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Smart Manufacturing, Industry and/or Manufacturing 4.0 are a few of the buzzwords that have become pervasive in the industrial- equipment asset-management space. We are all excited. Even CEOs have been known...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | May 30, 2020 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
When approaching the challenge of cost-justifying investments to enhance reliability of plant equipment, reliability professionals sometimes struggle to quantify the benefits. Although costs are typically rather easy to define, the benefits often hang us up and...