Close The Reliability Gap
Seeing was believing at the Dana Driveline Toledo plant when it came to choosing a maintenance and...
Wean Your Site From Spreadsheets
A CMMS can jump-start your plant’s digital-transformation efforts and, in the most basic of terms...
IIoT Produces Plant Efficiency
By Lorraine Howell, Illumiti The Internet of Things (IoT) attracts plenty of media coverage these...
Use These Steps to Refurbish Assets
By Kristina Gordon, Illumiti
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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Outsource? Internalize? It Depends.By Dr. Klaus M. Blache and Dr. F. H. (Skipper) Yocum Univ. of Tennessee Reliability and Maintainability Center (RMC) Q: Is it better to outsource or internalize maintenance functions? A: Why outsource? The plants of the first company are located in industrial regions where many skilled workers are available. The company’s maintenance structure is a maintenance […]
Maintenance Mobility Adoption Should Grow in 2019
Monitor Assets With Counter-Based Plans
By Kristina Gordon, Illumiti In past issues, we have discussed the flow of single-cycle maintenance...
Metrics That Gauge Plant Reliability
By Kristina Gordon, Illumiti In previous articles, we’ve focused on some SAP reports that help with...
Monitor, Manage Fleet Maintenance
By Kristina Gordon, Illumiti In the SAP system, in addition to cars and trucks, the “fleet object”...
Equipment Health Monitoring for Complex Business Models
Reports Keep Maintenance Organized
By Kristina Gordon, Illumiti In the July 2018 SAP article, we explored different ways to tag...
Brush Up On ISO-Compliant Asset Management
Despite increased adoption of the ISO 55000 Standard for Asset Management released in 2014, there...
Use These Tools for PM Compliance
By Kristina Gordon, Illumiti An Efficient Plant reader recently asked if I would explain how to...
