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Last Thursday, our team had the privilege of spending a day at the Foodbank WA Centre for Hunger Relief.

It was great to attend the Asset Management Council’s annual AMPEAK conference in Canberra once again. Here are the key themes and trends from the event.

Thanks to the hard work of our team, we published 36 new articles in 2021. Which were the most useful to you? Let's reflect on our top articles of...

When you are in the reactive maintenance "death spiral", it takes a major change of approach to break out of it - not just fixing the symptoms of bigger...

How many times have you heard maintenance staff blame the planners? Let's discuss how to avoid common shutdown planning issues, to help your teams cooperate.

Using a value driver tree to estimate Economic Value Added can help reliability and maintenance managers build a business case for improvement initiatives.

It can be necessary to change the management culture, in order to improve maintenance processes and save money and increase reliability in the long run.

Using past experience as a case study, let's take a look at how supply, warehousing and stock control can be improved from a shop-floor perspective.

Let's explore how we might go about selling the vision for asset management, and engage with senior leadership so that they can provide ongoing support.

The 5 Whys technique offers a simple, effective way to uncover the root of an issue. It is best used in troubleshooting and quality-improvement initiatives.

Due to my background in maintenance execution, I have had to deal with the pointy end of maintenance for more years than I care to mention. I have done...

Every company has a different idea of what a mechanical supervisor is responsible for, but there is still a core focus that should apply to anyone in the role.

Your computerised maintenance management system may be the right fit for your organisation, but it can only be as good as your end users and their training.

Proper maintenance planning and scheduling is key in keeping component wear-out manageable and predictable. Let's explore what can go wrong if we ignore it.

There is no perfect off-the-shelf CMMS. Let's discuss how you can tailor your business processes to match your information system workflow, and vice versa.

Let's discuss the issues that can be caused when a management of change procedure is not followed (or in this case, does not exist).

Reliability engineers should be focused on guidance, analysis and improvement - not on managing the day-to-day execution of maintenance tasks.

Stopping a root cause analysis at human error, or at the obvious component failure level, is unlikely to prevent future failures.

It doesn’t matter where in the organisation structure you are, you have the capability to influence others - and this is at the core of leadership.

There is little point in having a strategic vision unless you actually allow your people to learn and apply their new skills.

As organisations move into the planned maintenance environment, the nature of the relationship between production and maintenance changes.

Let's use the example of apron feeder maintenance to illustrate how you might develop a better maintenance strategy for your key assets.

Want to encourage change within your organisation? Here are some tips to build a successful environment and answer the question: "what's in it for me?"

Let’s examine how you might estimate the costs and benefits associated with a reliability improvement program, to develop a sound business case.

Last Thursday we were thrilled to once again participate in the preparation for 65 Roses Day, hosted by Cystic Fibrosis WA.

Most maintenance organisations are looking to move from a repair-focused to reliability-focused culture, but how can we shift from one to the other?

We were proud to once again participate in Mainstream. Here are some of the key themes discussed at this year's conference.