How Did Deming View Reliability?
Q: How much is reliability tied to Deming’s 14 Points? A: There isn’t space to review all of the 14...
Balance Asset Management Objectives Wisely
By Drew D. Troyer, CRE, Contributing Editor In my two most-recent columns (Jan. and Feb. 2019), I...
Power Quality And Automation: Why Problems Arise
Manufacturers are responsible for providing the power quality required by today’s automation...
Reliability Determines Reporting Structure
Q: To whom should maintenance departments report? A : The answer is typically engineering or...
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 […]
Doing The Right Work Right
By Drew D. Troyer, CRE, Contributing Editor Many debate what’s more important: knowledge or skills;...
Innovative Maintenance: A Concept
By Howard W Penrose, Ph.D., CMRP, MotorDoc LLC There’s been a constant buzz in the reliability...
Systems Thinking Leads to Savings
In 2002, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information, Washington...
Electrical Unbalance Kills Motors
By Drew D. Troyer, CRE, Contributing Editor
Winterize Your Plant
Is your plant ready for the challenges of winter weather?
What’s Happening to Maintenance?
Every day we see and read articles, reports, and studies about new technologies and ways of doing...
Determine The Correct Maintenance Prescription
Adapting best practices from the medical arena can help drive uptime in your plant.
Drones Fly Beyond Inspections
Unmanned-aircraft systems are excellent and safe inspectors, but the future is in analyzing the...
