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ISO 55001:2024 introduces the concept (and requirement for) a "Decision-Making Framework". This has caused some consternation amongst those seeking alignment or certification with the standard. This article...

Assetivity is pleased to announce that two of our Asset Management training courses have been endorsed by World Partners in Asset Management (WPiAM) as meeting their requirements for training...

Many organisations still struggle to make their maintenance planning and scheduling as effective as it should be. Here are a few tips that will help.

Let's take a detailed look at what a good Strategic Asset Management Plan document may look like for your organisation.

We often hear companies say that people are their best asset. Why is it that the sum of good people and good systems does not always produce good performance?

Due to significant growth, we are seeking a full-time Consultant to join our Perth team to assist in delivering consulting assignments throughout Australia and overseas. This role would be...

The amount of effort required to implement a revised optimised maintenance program is often underestimated.

Maintenance sits at the heart of any good asset management system. Here are 10 tips to start improving your work management and deliver results.

Before you rush in and cut the maintenance budget, here are a few questions you should ask your maintenance manager (and the risks if you don’t).

Lean maintenance is an approach to help identify and eliminate waste, and deliver bottom line improvements if implemented and managed in the right way.

In this article, we compare the most recent version of ISO 55001, published in 2024, with the previous version, published in 2014. The focus of this comparison is to...

In this article, we compare the most recent version of ISO 55000, published in 2024, with the previous version, published in 2014. The first thing to note is that...

Let's discuss the types of things that an asset management policy should contain, how long it should be, and how to develop one for your organisation.

Let's discuss the essential elements for a successful performance measurement system, and how to motivate your organisation towards higher performance.

Let’s take a closer look at two approaches and how you can apply these to selling your reliability improvement program to senior management.

How are big data, the internet of things, predictive technologies and predictive analytics impacting on preventive and predictive maintenance activities?

Let's look at arguably the most important document in any asset management system - the plan that captures the actions to be taken on each asset.

In preventive maintenance optimisation, the key objective is to review the current PM program, starting by assembling all of the tasks that it consists of.

Most organisations have some sort of investigation process, ranging from a basic incident report form through to a mature root cause analysis (RCA) process.

Let's compare reliability centered maintenance (RCM) and preventive maintenance optimisation (PMO), and determine which approach is best for you.

This video introduces the PF Interval: one of the core principles that underpins reliability centred maintenance and preventive maintenance program development.

In this short video we give 4 practical tips that can help you to improve the productivity of your maintenance function.

We are fascinated by disasters, yet everyday in our workplaces, mini-disasters occur with monotonous regularity. Why should we accept that failure is the norm?

Let's explore some ways in which maintainers and maintenance management can impact on equipment reliability, and some suggestions to improve reliability via better maintenance.

Your asset register is the foundation on which your asset management information systems are built. Here are 5 tips to make sure yours is rock solid.

Let's explore the key ways in which operations management can impact on equipment reliability, and offer some practical suggestions to improve reliability.