February 28, 2008 Maintenance Tip
Schedule Compliance
Do not count hours worked on standing work orders towards schedule compliance. Standing work orders are not planned and scheduled, therefore they should not have a positive impact on the maintenance work schedule. You should count only work that is planned and scheduled at least one week in advance.
Tip provided by Verl Davis
AssetPoint
Phone (864) 458-3333
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February 28, 2008 Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Tip
The success of your RCM effort is totally dependent on task implementation.
Experts in Reliability Centered Maintenance around the globe all agree that in order for your RCM effort to be successful, the tasks from each RCM analysis must be implemented. As soon as you complete your RCM analysis you should immediately develop a plan for implementation that identifies a specific individual assigned to each task, and a due date for which the task should be completed.
If you want your tasks to be implemented remember, never assign them to a job title such as planner or supervisor.
Tip provided by Doug Plucknette
RCM Discipline Leader
Allied Reliability, Inc.
Toll free: 888-414-5760
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February 28, 2008 Infrared (IR) Window Tip
Don’t Let Rust Compromise Your IR Window Installation
During installation of Infrared windows, once you have cut the hole into the metal cabinet or cover, you will need to treat the surface with paint or a rust inhibitor. Doing so will ensure that the integrity of the IR window installation is never compromised due to corrosion. This is especially critical in humid and outdoor environments.
There are several quick drying products on the market, which means that this additional step should be quick and easy, and should not slow down the installation process.
Tip provided by IRISS Inc.
Sarasota Florida
Tel: +1 (941) 907-9128
Email:
February 28, 2008 Top 10 Common Sense Fallacies in Maintenance
#6: Skimping on maintenance is OK because this building/equipment is scheduled for retirement
Are the demands or expectations of a piece of equipment or facility being reduced and if not they must be maintained to full capability and functionality. One of the main requirements of Reliability Centered Maintenance is that the functional requirements of an asset must meet the needs of the user. If the assets or facility does not, then it has functionally failed hence the asset or facility must be maintained to full functionality until shutting it down permanently.
Tip by Ricky Smith, Asset Reliability Advocate
Co-author Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers
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February 28, 2008 MTrain-2008 Maintenance Training Conference
March 18-20
Las Vegas
Is your training program designed to deliver the competencies you need to meet the maintenance and reliability challenges of an aging workforce, lack of written procedures, increased workload with decreased workforce?
If you would like to learn how to build an effective competency based training program MTrain-2008 is an event you should attend.
In just 3 days you will learn to develop an effective maintenance training program that included pay for performance, certification and competency mapping.
To learn more about MTrain-2008 case studies and workshops please call our conference specialists toll free (888) 575-1245 or…
February 28, 2008 Increase your OEE by designing reliability into your plans upfront!
Design for Reliability
There’s more to reliability than taking care of equipment. Register today for this new course and you’ll explore the principles of Life Cycle Asset Management, a holistic approach that addresses not only infrastructure needs, but also the supporting people, business processes, data and enabling technologies that are critical to success.
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February 28, 2008 Creating Useful Work Order Information
While recently working with an organization a realization became very apparent to all of us concerning assumptions.
The assumption was everyone understood the fundamental concepts of work order management, like what Work Order Type to use and when to use it when submitting Work Orders.
A bad assumption to make, after canvassing both maintenance and operations personnel we discovered the following:
• 60% of the production personnel were not even familiar with the Work Order system
• 20% assumed that the only Work Order type they should be utilizing was EMERGENCY
• 100% of operations personnel had never seen any documentation describing the Work Order types
• 20% of the maintenance personnel had never entered a Work Order within the system
• 10% responded to radio calls on Emergency’s only
• 45% understood why we need to categorize the type of work maintenance performs
• 100% of maintenance personnel had never seen any documentation describing the Work Order types
• 100% of maintenance and operations personnel agreed it would be nice to know
You know the old saying about assume…. Insert answer here.
The easy fix for this issue was to document each Work Type with an explanation of what it means and when to use it. This was shared among the organization and the results were immediately realized.
Tip provided by Dave Bertolini
People and Processes
(843) 813-6198
February 21, 2008 EAM-2008 Enterprise Asset Management Summit
EAM-2008 Enterprise Asset Management Summit
March 18-20
Las Vegas
The Conference Board reports that only 16% of [maintenance] application software implementation earns a positive return on investment (ROI). Our own research shows that less than 20% report successful implementation of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS).
In just 3 days you can learn what it takes to have effective maintenance management software that supports your program with excellent full day workshops and real world case studies by companies who have successfully navigated software implementation.
To learn more about EAM-2008 case studies and workshops please call our conference specialists toll free (888) 575-1245 or…
February 21, 2008 Top 10 Common Sense Fallacies in Maintenance
#7: Not enough maintenance staff
You will never have enough maintenance staff if you do not stem emergency maintenance requirements of failing assets and you will never stop the failing if you don’t develop and manage a true PM program.
Tip by Ricky Smith, Asset Reliability Advocate
Co-author Rules of Thumb for Maintenance and Reliability Engineers
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