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See also – “Root cause, a discussion” There are six key steps in addressing the root cause of problems 1 – Describe all the symptoms of the problem in detail 2 – Identify
A fundamental component of your reliability programme is a well-structured equipment inspection process. If good design standards (such as the use of mesh safety screens for belts and couplings) have been followed during the
One of the most important relationships that exists in any manufacturing operation, and in many institutions, is the Operations (or building manager) /Maintenance partnership. As has been covered in some of our other articles,
“Schedule compliance” or “Adherence to schedule” is a commonly-used Maintenance KPI (Key Performance Indicator) and is a measure of how much of the maintenance work scheduled for a maintenance crew, usually in one week,
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A very common complaint that I hear from Maintenance people in manufacturing operations where capital projects involving plant modifications have recently been completed, is that they are expected to maintain the new facilities but
In any organization there are many departments that must work closely with other departments, for example in manufacturing Maintenance and Operations must work as partners, no matter what the relationship is called. One vital
Related articles: Repairable spares Serialized spares In last month’s articles I suggested that assigning serial numbers to components and tracking them to identify “rogue” parts is not a good way to ensure reliability.