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Let's explore the communal accountabilities that should be considered in the design phase of an asset life cycle, and the roles that different parts of an organisation play to...

Being at the tail end of the operational chain, supply can often bear the brunt of poor decisions made by asset designers, or during operations and maintenance.

While it is tempting to focus on processes and systems as being at the core of good asset management, the right behaviours and attitudes are also key.

There is often confusion among those new to maintenance management and reliability improvement regarding the difference between availability and reliability.

The Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM) launched version 3 of its “Asset Management Landscape” on June 5, 2024. This article outlines the scope of this document,...

The AMAF details mandatory asset management requirements and guidance for government organisations, and how to support service delivery objectives.

In February 2016, the Department of Treasury and Finance introduced the AMAF, which is aligned to ISO 55001 and catered towards the Victorian public sector.

Let's discuss some of the practical issues surrounding root cause analysis implementation within organisations, and how to obtain success from these processes.

There is a school of thought, particularly among more highly qualified engineering personnel, that problem solving and root cause analysis is best performed by “experts” in their fields.

A growing number of root cause analysis processes are being supported by software. We need to be careful not to oversell the benefits of software in effective RCA.

Experience tells us that, in practice, there are several barriers that inhibit the success of implementation of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) practices.

Almost every Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) contains a field where you can set the work order priority, but few define how it is to be used.

Even with access to extensive resources on the requirements of an effective asset management competence framework, businesses still seem to struggle to sustain capability.

As a general rule, we need to be very careful in using punishment as our first and primary response to any safety or reliability incident.

Finance is an integral part of Asset Management. Value can be financial or non-financial, and achieving the balance between these requires coordination across an organisation.

To become a certified ISO 55001 auditor you need to meet the competences outlined in ISO 17021-5:2013 - Part 5: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of asset management...

Let's discuss the vital role that asset management objectives play in the asset management planning process. Without clear asset management objectives, you risk taking your organisation in the wrong...

Let’s explore an approach that will generate a Strategic Asset Management Plan that is useful and usable, using the ISO 55001 and ISO 55002 standards.

In this article, we offer a detailed example of what a good asset management strategy may look like in the context of ISO 55000 and ISO 55001.

How do we empower our workforce to be more innovative? In this article we discuss the steps towards a competent and forward-thinking workforce.

Usually KPIs focus on the outcomes of our processes, but if we aim to manage processes for more predictive outcomes, we need to develop KPIs that support them.

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

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?"

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

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

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.

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

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.