Treating Humans As Our Most Important Assets
No matter how automated and robotized our plants become, we’ll always need highly skilled human assets to pay attention to the reliability and performance of our high-tech physical assets.
Responding To Climate-Change Issues Is Tailor-Made For Maintenance Teams
RAM professionals may be asking what they and their teams can do to help combat problems associated with climate change. According to this article, the answer is “quite a lot.” It provides details.
Lagging Metrics For Asset Management: OEE’s Second Element (Yield/Speed, Part 2)
Equipment-induced OEE losses are the focus here. The primary causes for equipment-induced forced derating of machines are many. This article explains these concerns and more.
Priorities, Part 1: Choose The Right Priorities
How do best-in-class companies achieve their standing, and what causes other operations to come up short? There’s something to be said about the different paths they take.
Part II, The Possibilities Of Probability: In MTBF
As the author puts it, equipment or systems with poor MTBF will stand out, regardless of the cause. This means opportunities can be quickly identified without in-depth research.
Paying Attention Pays Off, Often In Big Ways
Preventive maintenance (PM) seems to be straightforward. But that’s not always the case. Listening carefully to those who actually perform required PMs is a must for reliability improvement.
Lagging Metrics For Asset Management: OEE’s Second Element (Yield/Speed, Part 1)
The Yield/Speed metric may be the most challenging of OEE’s three elements to calculate. And the way it’s sometimes used can break the rules for using OEE as a measure of production success.
Introspection Is Key To Improvement, Even In Today’s Maintenance Operations
Looking inward and seeing ourselves as others see us can lead to meaningful change in our personal lives. The same holds true for teams and departments in plants and facilities.
Some Notes On New And Expansion Projects For Those Who Desire Reliable Plants
Ignoring the value of subject-matter experts in plant operations and entrusting the “ship” to helmsmen without a feel for rudders that might break is no way to become or stay “best in class.”
Part I, The Possibilities Of Probability: In Reliability And Predictive Maintenance
This article begins a series on probability and statistical analysis with regard to the life of electric machines. The ability to understand and speak this “language” is crucial in reliability and PdM efforts.
