by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, Editor | Sep 12, 2020 | The Sustainable Plant
In my last article for The RAM Review (Sept. 5, 2020), I discussed the relationship between an organization’s asset-management performance per ISO 55000 within the context of its environmental performance and certification per ISO 14000. This week, I’m expanding...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, Editor | Sep 5, 2020 | The Sustainable Plant
If your organization is pursuing, or considering the pursuit of ISO 55000 certification, which I would certainly applaud, you need to read on to understand the important role of ISO 14000, and, in particular, the ISO 14000 series standards that address environmental...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, Editor | Aug 30, 2020 | Newsletter Column, The Sustainable Plant
The Golden Rule: “He or she who has the gold makes the rules.” Increasingly, the Golden Rule is requiring sustainability. Large financial-management firms such as BlackRock, the Vanguard Group, Fidelity Investments, Charles Schwab, etc., control how a massive amount...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, Editor | Aug 22, 2020 | The Sustainable Plant
Industrial plants and facilities are natural drivers for economic growth and development. For the most part, this is great news. Industrial facilities create good, high paying jobs for the people in the community, typically leading to development and generally...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, 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 Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, Editor | Aug 8, 2020 | The Sustainable Plant
Sustainable manufacturing is a relatively new, but important driver in industry. That means many plant professionals involved in manufacturing operations may be seeking good sources of information to help launch their sites’ journeys. Such resources are out...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, Editor | Jul 25, 2020 | The Sustainable Plant
The concept of sustainable manufacturing is new to many companies across the industrial landscape. Organizations in the manufacturing, process, mining, and other heavy industries typically are quite hierarchical in nature. For the most part, that’s a sensible...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, Editor | Jul 19, 2020 | Newsletter Column, The Sustainable Plant
As with any effort to improve performance on aspects of manufacturing, metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) provide a measuring stick with which to gauge progress. The E60.13 technical committee of the American Society for Testing & Materials, now known...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, Editor | Jul 10, 2020 | The Sustainable Plant
In 2015, the United Nations (U.N.) defined 17 Sustainable Development Goals that challenged the world to become more sustainable by the year 2030 (see below). The manufacturing, mining, process, and affiliated industries consume a large percentage of the...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, 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...
