Asset Criticality Ranking: How to Prioritize What Actually Matters
Your plant has hundreds of assets. A few of them can stop production cold. The rest can break down and your operators won't notice for a shift. Treating all of ... Read more.
Why Your Reliability Program Failed Before It Even Got Started
The Problem Starts Before Day One
You've seen it happen. A plant launches a reliability program with real momentum, solid tools, and a sharp reliability enginee... Read more.
Why Your PM Program Is Creating the Failures It’s Supposed to Prevent
Your preventive maintenance compliance is at 96%. You've got the charts to prove it. And your equipment keeps failing anyway.
That's because compliance measures... Read more.
The Maintenance Storeroom Nobody Wants to Talk About
Every reliability improvement initiative I've ever been part of eventually runs into the same wall: the storeroom.
You can have the best planners, the most skil... Read more.
The Reliability Engineer Role Most Plants Get Wrong
I co-authored an entire chapter on the reliability engineer position description in Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers. That was back in 2... Read more.
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling: Boost Efficiency and Cut Downtime
Maintenance planning and scheduling are critical components in ensuring operational efficiency and minimizing equipment downtime. This comprehensive guide will ... Read more.
5 Whys Root Cause Analysis: When to Stop Asking Why in Maintenance
The 5 Whys technique is among the most widely taught root cause analysis methods in manufacturing and maintenance environments. Developed by Sakichi Toyoda and ... Read more.
Seven Causes of Bad Work Order Data That Distort Maintenance Metrics
Over the past 30 years, I have seen very few companies that truly take action to ensure work order data is input every time and reported accurately. This paper ... Read more.
Spare Parts Management: How to Optimize Inventory and Availability
Effective spare parts management is crucial for organizations aiming to maintain operational efficiency and minimize downtime. This guide examines the intricaci... Read more.
Maintenance Management Best Practices for Long-Term Asset Health
Maintenance management is a critical aspect of ensuring that assets operate efficiently and effectively throughout their lifecycle. This comprehensive guide del... Read more.
How Detailed, Repeatable Procedures Cut Failures and Improve Asset Life
If the statement above is valid and the cost of asset failure is not essential to our operation, then your staff must have unlimited, infallible memory – cong... Read more.
Unlocking Vibration Analysis Methods for Effective Diagnostics: Techniques, Tools, and Benefits
Unlock the secrets of precision diagnostics by mastering vibration analysis methods. Elevate your skills and enhance your diagnostic accuracy today!... Read more.
How Three Basic Maintenance Practices Boost Reliability and Uptime
Maintenance in many plants has found that by executing a few new ideas, they can make a major difference in the reliability and reduction in failures and downti... Read more.
Why Visual Inspections Still Matter in Predictive Maintenance Programs
Visual inspection was the first method used for predictive maintenance. Almost from the inception of the industrial revolution, maintenance technicians performe... Read more.
RCM in Action: The Method That Extends Asset Life Dramatically
An RCM process systematically identifies all the asset's functions and functional failures, as well as all reasonably likely failure causes. It then proceeds to... Read more.
Why Maintenance Goals Are Critical to Success in Any Organization
It is essential to establish specific goals for achievement in relation to the plant’s strategic and operational plans, both short- and long-term. Furthermore... Read more.
How Smart Plants Use Weekly Work Schedules to Improve Performance
Ask any manager working in an industrial setting if they would like to see a weekly work schedule developed; they will, of course, reply in the affirmative. Now... Read more.
How Planning and Scheduling Improve Maintenance Effectiveness
The goal of this article is to present a concise description of the planning and scheduling process and to become familiar with the process and know how to inte... Read more.
Single Point Lesson: How to Eliminate Pipe Stress Like a Pro
Maintenance Supervisors: Use this 10–20 minute tool to train technicians, welders, and contractors. Post visibly in the shop afterward.
Pipe stress is cause... Read more.
How a Maintenance and Engineering Manager Drives Plant Reliability
Reporting to the plant manager, the Maintenance and Engineering Manager ensures continuous, effective, efficient, and safe plant capacity and operations through... Read more.
