If you’ve spent any time on LinkedIn or attended a maintenance or reliability conference lately, you’ve probably noticed how much attention metrics get. Everyone talks about them as if posting a chart ...
In many plants, reliability is treated like a luxury; it’s something to be addressed once the "real work" of fixing breakdowns is done. But the truth is the opposite: you can’t have reliability ...
Taking infrared temperature measurements is certainly a lot easier than it used to be. The tricky part is understanding when an infrared reading is accurate as is and when you need to account for ...
Companies today must be fast and nimble enough to react quickly to changes in customer demand and do it with little inventory. Gone are the days when manufacturers could stockpile large quantities of ...
Planning isn’t sexy. Tom Clancy will not write an espionage thriller entitled “The Maintenance Planner.” You won’t put your buddies on the edge of their bar stools recounting the time you took all the ...
Many manufacturing companies are pushing their production equipment for every ounce of capacity while, at the same time, trying to cut their overhead costs. This has put a strong emphasis on the ...
Electric motors in U.S. industrial applications account for more than 60 percent of electricity use; even small increases in efficiency improvements can make a big difference in energy savings. Two ...
The manufacturing industry is experiencing a growing talent shortage. Data from Deloitte shows that by 2025 the manufacturing skills gap will widen, creating the need for 3.4 million skilled workers, ...
What is a Fishbone Diagram? A fishbone diagram is a cause-and-effect discovery tool that helps figure out the reason(s) for defects, variations or failures within a process. In other words, it helps ...
Whether you are a plant manager or business owner, managing your site and preventing staff and visitors from suffering accidents will require vigilance, strong processes and the right materials.
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board has identified more than 60 fatalities since 1990 due to explosions and fires from hot work activities on tanks. Hot work is defined as “[w]ork ...
Criticality analysis is defined as the process of assigning assets a criticality rating based on their potential risk of failure. Criticality analysis is defined as the process of assigning assets a ...