“PM Procedures are not Built to Stand Alone – Without Effective Replacement / Restoration Procedures Failures will Continue”
In the field of maintenance the traditional approach has been to rely upon the intuitive knowledge and skill of the crafts-persons who conduct it. There is a great deal of pride of workmanship [...]
Continue Reading →Proactive Maintenance Foundational Requirement # 1 - “Striking the Right Balance Between PM and PdM”
Having the right balance between PM and PdM is key to successful identification of proactive work. Identify how the PF Curve works with Proactive Maintenance vs Reactive Maintenance . The early detection of a defect on the [...]
Continue Reading →It may be hard to believe, but the success or failure of your shutdown (outage, turnaround) is determined long before you shutdown the equipment and begin the event. While many treat the shutdown as a marathon event that must be survived, the insightful amongst us know that it is the actions [...]
Continue Reading →Maintenance Planning and Scheduling are key elements that influence the true success of any organization. Many times we have a planner or planner/scheduler, but do not know how to use him or her effectively or efficiently. When we talk about maintenance planning, we are talking about higher wrench time. At this time of economic [...]
Continue Reading →In 1980 a young maintenance professional left Exxon Company USA, the largest company in the World at the time, and went to work for an unknown company, Alumax, Mt Holly. He was tested for four weeks at night in order to see if his knowledge and skill met the minimum requirement to work [...]
Continue Reading →Have you ever wondered why people keep writing about the same thing over and over again? I guess they must be bored or lack more knowledge. A great place I found for awesome articles is: http://www.gpallied.com/resource-center/published-articles/
Knowledge is sacred and so please share your articles to the MaintenancePhoenix. Send them to [...]
Continue Reading →Why do people not understand the PF Curve? I quess we could say it is because ”you don’t know, what you don’t know” however I believe people just do not truly understand the value of it.
The number one questions I receive all the time is: “What is Proactive and what is [...]
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