Top 5 Excuses for Not Tracking Mean Time Between Failures
Most companies don’t measure mean time between failures (MTBF), even though it’s the most basic...
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Maintenance and Reliability
Justify Every Hire: How to Sell Leadership on Your Resource Needs
Guidance for managers seeking efficiency, productivity, and cost-effectiveness. When I worked as a...
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Driving Maintenance Effectiveness with Standardized Work Plans
Appearing at Mastering SAP Connect – Gold Coast, Australia June 5–6, 2025 Despite decades of...
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How Vibration Data Prevented a Catastrophic Roll Failure in Paper Mill
In a critical section of the paper machine, early signs of bearing failure in a guide roll were...
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What’s It Worth? The Dollars & $ense of Upper Quartile Asset Management
Imagine a $10 billion mining company—not underperforming, not best-in-class, just… average. The...
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Effective Maintenance Procedures: The Hidden Engine of Plant Reliability Gains
“My maintenance staff is highly trained and do not like using procedures.” If the statement above...
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What the Large Motor Reliability Studies Actually Found and Why It Matters
One of the most frequently quoted studies related to electric motor reliability is a 1983 Electric...
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Why Most Maintenance Savings Don’t Hit the Bottom Line
There are real cost savings, and there are phantom savings. Real cost savings are reflected in the...
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The Case for Standard Job Plans: 10 Proven Maintenance Benefits
Maintenance is repeatable. We change the same filters, replace the same crusher liners, torque the...
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How to Use ROI to Win Approval for Maintenance Initiatives
Today, maintenance and engineering managers try to do more with less but are still expected to...
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Chain Drive Best Practices for Plant Maintenance Teams
Chain drives are a crucial component of a conveyor system. They transmit needed power from the...
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Reliable Capacity: Why Maintenance Must Evolve to Deliver More
I had the fantastic opportunity to work in a gold mine in South Africa. Their mining operations...
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