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Maintenance Management
Articles
70/30 Phenomenon
   by Christer Idhammar
90% of all Training is Wasted!
     by Christer Idhammar (7-4-05)
A Framework for Achieving Best Practice in Maintenance
     by Sandy Dunn
A maintenance post-mortem
     www.mpactlearning.com (12-05-05)
A plan for breaking out of budget jail
      IDCON – Maintenance Management Consulting (11-30-07)
All Win - A Maintenance Partnership in Three Pulp Mills: Reasons, Results and Lessons
     by John S. Mitchell
An Introduction to the Maintenance Scorecard (PDF: 329KB)
     Daryl Mather (4-18-05)
Are all maintenance organizations overstaffed?
     by Christer Idhammar (4-17-06)
Are happy employees more productive?
     from RP news wires (1-23-07)
Availability in a Supply Constrained Environment is the #1 Issue for Refinery Executives
     www.smartsignal.com (1-28-08) (PDF: 692KB)
Avoid Waste: Lean maintenance can reduce overall costs
     Joel Levitt (7-27-09)
Best Performers
     by Christer Idhammar

BP fiasco provides reliability lessons
     Drew D. Troyer, CRE, CMRP (9-11-06)

Can Operations Manage Maintenance?
     by Christer Idhammar
Can you really justify RCM?
     Christer idhammar (01-09-06)
Can you really justify RCM II?
     Christer idhammar (01-16-06)
Can Your Mill Produce the Right Results?
     Christer Idhammar (12-08-03)

Centralized vs. decentralized maintenance
     www.reliableplant.com (1-26-09)

Community Colleges Offer High-Tech Training
     By Mollie Romano (10-10-05)
Contract Maintenance or not? (part 1)
     Christer Idhammar (10-12-03)
Contract Maintenance or not? (part 2)
     Christer Idhammar (10-26-03)
Corrective Maintenance Task Generation
     Robert Apelgren, Senior Reliability Engineer (9-27-04)
Creating Reliable Equipment Information
     Brian Moore (10-03-05)
Dealing with a reduced maintenance staff
      from ReliabilityPlant.com (8-5-2010)
Defining "Maintenance costs"
      IDCON – Maintenance Management Consulting (9-3-07)
Design Out For Reliability & Long Term Profitability (PDF:241 KB)
     by Dibyendu De (11-10-03)
Direction Is Not Supervision
     Robert Apelgren, Senior Reliability Engineer (9-27-04)
Do You Listen When Your Equipment Speaks to You?
     by Torbjörn Idhammar & Michael Lippig (9-19-03)
Enhancing Overall Equipment Effectiveness Through TPM (pdf: 295 KB)
     P Sharmaa,*,Vishwas Bhaveb,Dr. H.B. Khurasiac,B Shikaria (4-4-05)
Evolution of the "Grease Monkey"
     by Joel A. Leonard

Focus on Reliability (part 1)
      Maintenance Management Consultant - IDCON (4-26-04)

Focus on Reliability (part 2)
      Maintenance Management Consultant - IDCON (5-10-04)

Foundation First – The Building Blocks  to Creating an Effective Plant ...(pdf file:2.45MB)
      By Paul Dufresne (1-8-09)

Front Line Leadership and Performance Indicators
      Christer Idhammar, (1-19-03)

Global indicators for maintenance, availability performance
      from RP news wires (1-23-07 )
Headcount Reduction
     by Christer Idhammar (12-08-03)
Hiring of Maintenance Management Personnel – Top 10 Mistakes
     Lori Davila and Louise Kursmark (11-22-04)
How much is ignorance costing your organization?
     www.mpactlearning.com (10-04-04)
How To Begin A Training Program
      By Raymond L. Atkins, www.mt-online.com (10-16-08)
How to Build an effective business relationship
    (Video) High Speed connection (Video) Low speed Connection
 David Maister (11-22-04)
How to Cut Your Maintenance Budget (Without Cutting Your Throat)
      by Ray Atkins (3-23-09)
Improved Storage Leads to Improved MRO
     By John Alfieri, Lista International Corporation (10-03-05)
Internships: An Under-Utilized Maintenance Resource
     by Joel A. Leonard
Is maintenance a supplier or partner?
     by Tor Idhammar, Idcon (6-16-08)
Is Maintenance Included in Your Strategic Plan?
     from powertransmission.com (9-15-08)
Is people your most valuable resource?
       By Christer Idhammar, Idcon (09-06-04)
“Know Why” Training
     by Christer Idhammar (6-21-04)
Leaders in Maintenance, part 3
     Torbjorn Idhammar (5-6-06)
Leaders in Maintenance, part 4
     Torbjorn Idhammar (7-3-06)
Lean Manufacturing Can Save American Manufacturing 
     by Jack Rink(2-20-06)
"Lean" on your maintenance materials
     Steve Stephenson (10-05-09)
'Lies, damned lies and statistics'
     www.reliableplant.com (6-16-08)
Maintenance - A Business Centre Approach (PDF: 130 KB)
     by Chris Thomas
Maintenance Crisis Song
     www.mpactlearning.com (1-24-05)
Maintenance Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)
     IDCON – Maintenance Management Consulting (11-30-07)
Maintenance Management as a Quality Process
   by Jeffrey Lewis (1-23-13)
Maintenance Management - Defining, Clarifying 'Reliability'
     Torbjorn Idhammar (01-23-06)
Maintenance management legends part 1
     by Torbjorn Idhammar (11-01-04)
Maintenance management legends part 2
     by Torbjorn Idhammar (11-08-04)
Maintenance management legends part 3
     by Torbjorn Idhammar (11-15-04)
Maintenance management legends part 4
     by Torbjorn Idhammar (12-13-04)
Maintenance management legends part 5
     by Torbjorn Idhammar (12-27-04)
Maintenance management legends part 6
     by Torbjorn Idhammar (1-3-05)
Maintenance management legends part 7
     by Torbjorn Idhammar (1-10-05)
Maintenance Outsourcing: A step towards Product Service Systems (pdf file: 787KB)
     Amir Tossi, Helen Lockett, Emma McDonald, Rick Greenough,Ewout Roozendahl (8-5-2010)
Maintenance Planning
     by Torbjorn Idhammar (4-25-05)
Maintenance Standards at Weyerhaeuser Company
     by Pat DiGiuseppe
Maintenance Training and Maintenance Seminars
     by Torbjorn Idhammar (7-4-05)
Management: Missing in Action
      David H. Maister (6-7-04)
Managing Maintenance As A Business
     by C. Paul Oberg
Massive shortage of electricians predicted for U.S.
     from RP news wires (1-23-07 )
Mechanical Quality Assurance: The Next Progression of Reliability
     by Joseph F. "Joe" Dolniak (3-30-09)
Need of Motivation for Maintenance Staff
     Sanjay B. Chari (5-14-07)
News from SMRP Indiana (PDF:13KB )
     from Reliability Engineer Global Knowledge Management, Inc (11-6-06)

Novozymes wins North American Maintenance Exellence Award
      Maintenance Management Consultant - IDCON (4-19-04)

OEE: Overall Equipment Effectiveness
     Feed Forwards Publications (posted 12-1-03)
People Management - Workforce Shortage: Acceptance is the First Step
      John Ha (12-26-05)
Plan a Clear Path to Reliability Improvements
     by Torbjorn Idhammar (1-30-06)
Production Loss Reporting - Asset Utilization Improvement at Hercules Incorporated
     by David E. Brown
Professional Development: Driving the Economic Engine
     Tom Byerley (10-10-05)
Properly aligning projects to corporate strategy
     Michael Stanleigh (12-19-05)
Reducing Maintenance Costs In A Tough Economic Climate (pdf file: 228KB)
      Steve Turner (10-12-09)
Reducing Stores Cost and Lead Times Through a Joint Supplier Venture
     by Wayne Bru

Reliability and Maintenance Current Best Practices
      Ian Farrell (3-22-04)

Reliability and Maintenance Implementation Model – Step I.
      by Christer Idhammar (12-29-03)
Reliability and Maintenance Implementation Model – Step II.
      by Christer Idhammar (12-29-03)
Reliability and Maintenance Implementation Model – Step III.
      by Christer Idhammar (12-29-03)

Reliability and Maintenance Management Current Best Practices I
      Christer Idhammar (3-29-04)

Reliability and Maintenance Management Current Best Practices II
      Christer Idhammar (4-12-04)
Reliability Centered 'Workforce' Maintenance
     John Ha (11-14-05)
Reliability Improvements Drive Down Maintenance Costs
     by Christer Idhammar

School without walls e-Learning
     By Ron LaBrie, (7/9/2010)

Six ways outsourced maintenance saves
    by Ron Hoffman (3-3-2011)
Spare Parts Management Indicators
      Idcon Inc (10-25-04)
Strategic Advantages (PDF: 25 KB)
     Daryl Mather (posted 11-24-03)
Switch In Contract - Maintenance Proves Costly
     by Ron Moore (07-22-03)
Talent management: What's it mean?
     www.reliabilitycareers.com (6-12-06)

There's a Better Way!
      David H. Maister (6-7-04)

The Cost of Doing Nothing
     Management Consulting (7-18-05)
The emperor's new clothes
      IDCON (10-1-07)
The face of effective reliability management
      from reliableplant.com (9-22-08)
The Japanese Path to Maintenance Excellence
     by Mike Sondalini (08-15-03)
The RCM Trap
     by Christer Idhammar
The real value of the plant you're buying
      Drew D. Troyer, CRE, CMRP (10-1-07)
The Reliability Paradox
     Bob Taylor, SAPPI Paper (12-21-03)
The shortest distance between two points is a straight line
   by Christer Idhammar
The totally responsible individual: Dealing with chaos
     Jim Dawson (12-19-05)
TPM and Tecate: The new translation
     from reliableplant.com (6-22-09)

Uptime: Fill Out Work Orders? Who's Got Time For Paperwork?
      from mt-online.com (6-8-09)

Use this game plan to justify an investment in maintenance and reliability
    by Ned Mitenius (8-24-09)
Use P-F intervals to map, avert failures
     www.reliableplant.com (6-16-08)
Visible and Invisible Maintenance Cost Savings
      Maintenance Management Consultants - IDCON (8-23-04)
What comes first?
     Christer Idhammar, Idcon Inc (4-11-05)
What is the True Downtime Cost (TDC)?
   by Don Fitchett (3-13-13)
Where do maintenance professionals come from?
     www.machineryreliability.com (7-18-05)
Whirled Class
     by Paul V. Arnold (9-16-03)
Why improvement efforts fail
     by John Crossan (2-2-2010)
Why many maintenance improvement initiatives fail to deliver expected results I.
     Maintenance Management Consultant - IDCON (5-24-04)
Zen and the Art of Managing Maintenance
     by Paul V. Arnold (9-18-03)
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