Articles tagged with 'Reliability Improvement'

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...

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Let's discuss the challenges that we have observed our clients struggle with as they have implemented their APM solutions, and how to avoid falling for these same traps.

What is an APM system, where does it fit in the Asset Management information system landscape, and what you should hope to achieve through implementation?

Can you make sense of your asset related data? Can you use this data to optimise your business? Integrating data from the EAM system is not always smooth sailing.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Let's consider how to obtain value in maintenance and reliability improvement projects, and approaches that we can take to estimate value from the improvement.

In this article, we continue our exploration by considering how developments such as big data and predictive analytics are contributing to reliability improvement.

Let's discuss some of the key tools and techniques that can be used to contribute to sound equipment reliability, and where these may be applicable.

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.

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.

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

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...

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?