Staying in touch

As a Maintenance Manager its sometimes easy to get caught up in meetings and other time-consuming activities to the point that you forget that the real reason for your existence in the plant is

Work Order Coding

Related article – “Database management principles” One advantage of a maintenance computer over a paper-based work management system is its ability to filter and sort work orders in many different ways. If the necessary

The danger of ignoring hidden costs

  Some costs in Maintenance are easy to measure, but some of the most important results of changes, such as the impact on “maintenance effectiveness” or productivity are notoriously difficult to quantify. When making

Measuring reliability

In an industrial setting, reliability is the “product” of Maintenance, so its very important that it be measured. Maintenance is expensive, and you should know what it is buying you. There are many ways

Allocating and analyzing downtime

  As a part of a reliability improvement programme, many process industries assign the losses resulting from each downtime or lost production event to the department “responsible” – usually operations, mechanical or electrical (and