by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Sep 5, 2021 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
As we continue our discussion of important asset-management metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), let us turn our attention to Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) in the first of what will be several articles on this particular indicator. OEE is calculated...
by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | Mar 7, 2020 | Plant Operations, RAM Tools & Methods
Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) has been used as one of the more important manufacturing metrics since Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) came to the U.S. in the late 1980s. It’s the primary measure used in TPM to identify and quantify the major...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | May 2, 2022 | Asset Management, Plant Operations
Part 1 of this article (April 10, 2022, see link below) covers strategic aspects in upgrading of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Often, the configurations of these Management Information Systems (MISs) are driven by...
by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | Jul 11, 2022 | Newsletter Column, Plant Operations, Workforce Issues
This is the seventh in an ongoing series of columns with the following theme: “If there were ever a time to get serious about lean manufacturing, it’s now. The vision of doing more with less of everything may very well be the new reality in our upside-down,...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | May 15, 2022 | Asset Management, Plant Operations
Part 1 of this article (April 10, 2022) addressed strategic aspects in the configuring of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems for equipment-asset-intensive operations in the manufacturing, process, mining and metals...
by T.A. Cook, Part of Accenture | Apr 22, 2022 | SPONSORED INFORMATION
From Chris Monson Reliability and Maintenance Expert T.A. Cook Part of Accenture (tacook.com) We’re facing one of the most unusual job markets in recent history. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in job losses on a nearly unprecedented scale, with 21 million...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Apr 10, 2022 | Asset Management, Plant Operations
Many organizations are actively undertaking an upgrade of their Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and/or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. This represents a tremendous opportunity to align the configuration to better meet the needs of the business and create...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Apr 3, 2022 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
Over the past six months, I’ve focused on high-level metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for asset management. We’ve addressed Mean Time Between/To Failure (MTBF/MTTR), Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and its associated loss categories, Return on Net...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Feb 14, 2022 | Asset Management, RAM Tools & Methods
In my Feb. 6, 2022, article for The RAM Review (see link below) I addressed the important key performance indicator (KPI) Return on Net Assets (RONA). A measure of management effectiveness, RONA is calculated by dividing an organization’s income statement by...
by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | Nov 29, 2020 | Maintenance Management, Newsletter Column, Workforce Issues
Let’s recap: As noted in Part I and II of this series of discussions (see links below), the concept of engaging operators in the maintenance of their machines has met with mixed reviews since it rolled out as part of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) in the...