On The Floor

TBM Can’t Stand Alone

Q: What’s wrong with time-based maintenance? A: Time-based maintenance (TBM) is running out of time. Maintenance thinking has gone through many changes since the 1978 Nolan and Heap report for United Airlines. The report compiled information on the conditional probability of failure versus operating age for numerous electrical and mechanical airline-industry components. Its findings challenged […]

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Schedule 100% Of Available Hours

2 months ago

By Dr. Klaus M. Blache, Univ. of Tennessee Reliability and Maintainability Center (RMC) and Jeff...

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Make Realistic Goals And Stick to Them

3 months ago

Q: Will you keep your 2021 reliability and maintenance resolutions? A: Based on 2019 data: • 7% of...

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Develop Continuous Improvement Muscle Memory

6 months ago

Q : Is a Kaizen event or coaching kata best for continuous improvement? A : There are many tools...

Maintenance • On The Floor • Reliability

Bad Systems Beat Good People

7 months ago

Q: Do you have metrics or KPIs? A: Metrics are detailed measures that feed and supplement KPIs (key...

ON THE FLOOR

Each month we talk with maintenance and technology professionals about their views and pressing problems on the factory floor.

On The Floor

ON THE FLOOR

TBM Can’t Stand Alone

Q: What’s wrong with time-based maintenance? A: Time-based maintenance (TBM) is running out of time. Maintenance thinking has gone through many changes since the 1978 Nolan and Heap report for United Airlines. The report compiled information on the conditional probability of failure versus operating age for numerous electrical and mechanical airline-industry components. Its findings challenged […]

On The Floor