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Maintenance world is an article source for maintenance management
and equipment reliability professionals. The topics covered
are meant to include most concerns of maintenance management:
preventive maintenance ,
planning and scheduling ,
Root Cause Analysis (RCA), CMMS ,
maintenance engineering,
equipment knowledge,
and the operations
and maintenance partnership. Maintenance management,
Preventive Maintenance, and planning and scheduling, are the
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Sections. Each section contains suggested reliability and maintenance
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The Results Oriented Reliability and
Maintenance Management Seminar, (pdf 448KB)
Sept. 20 - 23, 2010 – Metro Manila, Philippines |
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For On The Floor: Training Strategies - Many Paths, One Goal
by Rick Carter, Executive Editor, Maintenance Technology Magazine
Posted 8-16-2010
All Maintenance Technology Reader Panelists agree that training is important. The need for it is ongoing, and it is a part of routine strategy for most operations. Today, its value is heightened as manufacturing operations face growing departures of experienced workers. more > |
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Human Factors: Beyond the "Dirty Dozen"
By Charlotte Adams
Posted 8-16-2010
About 80 percent of maintenance mistakes involve human factors (HF), according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The maintenance world has unique HF issues that are more severe and longer lasting than elsewhere in aviation. Operators are looking at various techniques to combat HF challenges. more > |
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Editor’s Notebook: Crushing Barriers
by Joy Finnegan
Posted 8-16-2010
Recently I saw an interesting clip on YouTube. It is a short video produced by NASA astronaut Andrew Thomas. The video shows a young engineer attempting to bring her ideas about a redesign of part of a spacecraft to her superiors. The engineer is met with much resistance from every level. Her ideas are basically dismissed out of hand without the slightest consideration about their validity, applicability or relevance. more > |
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Maintenance Outsourcing: A step towards Product Service Systems
Amir Tossi, Helen Lockett, Emma McDonald, Rick Greenough and Ewout Roozendahl
Posted 8-5-2010
Intense competition in the current global business
environment and the need to increase profit have caused
companies to seek competitive advantage through the
provision of services, In this new service-oriented world
companies are providing integrated 'Product-Service
Systems' instead of selling only tangible products. In
addition, companies are continually trying to reduce
their costs, and one primary focus is to minimise the
cost of processes like maintenance - which has always
been considered a cost centre. more > (pdf file: 787KB) |
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Dealing with a reduced maintenance staff
from ReliabilityPlant.com
Posted 8-5-2010
The economic downturn is, or will soon, affect every one of us, which means we, once again, are going to be asked to do more with less. As maintenance departments lose personnel, decisions will have to be made on how to continue to keep operations running smoothly with fewer and fewer people. A shortsighted option is to drop condition monitoring (CM) programs entirely and let machines run to failure, leading to unforeseen machine failures and production difficulties more> |
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Coal Plant O & M: Condition Monitoring Cuts Mirant Mid-Atlantic’s Costs
Douglas J. Smith, IEng, Contributing Editor
Posted 8-5-2010
Condition monitoring (CM) has become an increasingly important aspect of power plant maintenance philosophy. Today many utilities are using a variety of predictive maintenance (PM) techniques like CM to lower their operation and maintenance expenses. Over the years, gencos have developed a diverse collection of CM programs of various breadth, depth, and formality. All are based on the proven benefits of using CM and PM: lower O&M costs and higher unit availability. more> |
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Norbord [an IDCON Client] Achieves Safety Milestones
by Andy Lollar
(Posted7/9/2010)
GUNTOWN, MISSISSIPPI (June 11, 2010) – Norbord Inc. today celebrated the
achievement of three significant safety milestones at its oriented strand board (OSB) mill
in Guntown Mississippi.more> |
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School without walls e-Learning
By Ron LaBrie, Senior Consultant, HumEng International Inc
Posted 7/9/2010
Nobody really cared that what was learned was a fraction of the knowledge of the previous generations. It did not occur to anyone that the mind is a faculty that forgets, that bad practices are passed on as well as good practices, that information not written down and only passed on verbally degrades, degenerates and is subject to the same principles of entropy that pumps are. And nobody ever expected the changes of the past 10 to15 years, although we were so much fascinated with the future…with the future of technology, not with the future of knowledge requirements for the people that would have to make that technology work. more> |
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Why improvement efforts fail ..
by John Crossan
posted 2-2-2010
Why do improvement efforts fail or perhaps not sustain the gains? There are many reasons, but those most often stated are “lack of commitment” and not “following the process”. But why is there lack of commitment, and why aren’t processes followed? more> |
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Go Execute the Continuous Improvement Plan!
by Beau Groover
posted 2-2-2010
We have been working through the planning phase of CI, and we have communicated the plan, we have developed a clear communication process and we have posted the plan to make it visual. What’s next? more > |
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Smart Choices: Lubrication plays critical reliability role
by Dow Corning. (From PEM Magazine)
posted 2-2-2010
Manufacturers, engineers and maintenance professionals from a wide range of industries rely on their lubricants to provide dependable service. Especially in challenging environments, companies count on lubricants to maximize equipment productivity and operation reliability. By following a few simple guidelines you can minimize downtime and maximize profits: more > |
 Safety DVD: One Will Die:
The John Martin StoryThis 20 minute DVD is a powerful resource and brings a true story to life in an unforgettable illustration of the injuries and life-changing consequences that resulted from John Martin’s unsafe work practices and poor safety attitude. This video will demonstrate how the choices we make each day can impact ourselves, our families and our coworkers. A great training resource! more US$495 |
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