Protect Your OT Systems
The pandemic has forced organizations to rethink traditional work environments and many employers...
Root Cause Elimination Is A Winning Mindset
The ASQ (American Society for Quality, Milwaukee, WI, asq.org), says, “A root cause is defined as a...
Metrics Key To Sustainable Success
Use the SMART approach to establish KPIs that will improve your lubrication practices. By Mark...
TBM Can’t Stand Alone
Q: What’s wrong with time-based maintenance? A: Time-based maintenance (TBM) is running out of time...
ON THE FLOOR
Each month we talk with maintenance and technology professionals about their views and pressing problems on the factory floor.
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Educate for the TradesBy Dr. Klaus M. Blache, Univ. of Tennessee Reliability and Maintainability Center (RMC) and Dr. Paul Kirkland, Grants Management, Monroe County Schools, TN Q: When should you start recruiting skilled trades/technicians? A: Many parents today are focused on sending their children to college as a measure of success. I’m all for a university education if […]
Line of Site Clarity Drives Engagement
Line-of-sight (LoS) has been called goal cascading and business-plan deployment. Most companies...
Schedule 100% Of Available Hours
By Dr. Klaus M. Blache, Univ. of Tennessee Reliability and Maintainability Center (RMC) and Jeff...
Standardize Before Improving
When you make changes (anticipated improvements) in an unstable process, you introduce chaos. While...
Secure Your Plant’s Supply Chain
Management support is a key component to establishing a system that effectively evaluates risks and...
Develop Continuous Improvement Muscle Memory
Q : Is a Kaizen event or coaching kata best for continuous improvement? A : There are many tools...
Should You Benchmark?
A benchmark is a standard or reference point against which things can be assessed. Probably the...
3D Metal Printing Produces Turbomachinery
SupportFree capabilities allow an 80% reduction in build time. While it may take hundreds of parts...
Jumpstart Maintenance Profitability
These three strategies will help your maintenance department contribute to the company’s bottom...
