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According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics data released in December of 2020, 5,333 Americans died on the job in 2019. While 40% of these deaths were cause by transportation incidents and 15% were attributed to workplace violence, nearly 2400 on the job deaths were a direct result of one of the following causes;
· Falls, trips or slips
· Contact with objects or equipment
· Exposure to harmful substances or environment
· Fire or explosion
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I have been very involved recently with ongoing LI discussions with respected and noted experts in the Safety community, revolving around the perceptions those in Safety have of Reliability, and vice-versa.
In Safety today, there are ‘new’ approaches emerging being lead by noted Safety researchers like Sidney Dekker, Erik Hollnagel and Todd Conklin. Such ‘new’ approaches are being labeled Safety Differently, Safety II, Human and Organizational Performance (HOP), Resilience Engineering and a few more.
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Asset Management involves extracting value for the owners and users of physical assets throughout their entire life cycle. Decisions made in design impact on the performance, operability, reliability, and maintainability of physical assets. Get it wrong and life cycle costs can be high. Making changes later in the asset life cycle, say after it is built, or after it has been operating for some time, is difficult and costly, often impractical. Many risks arise from failures of our physical assets resulting in consequences that can injure or kill people, harm the environment, and create substantial business losses. Having a well-designed reliability program based on knowledge of how things fail and what consequences they give rise to, can substantially reduce and mitigate those risks.
Good Asset Management entails a number of activities including demand forecasting, preliminary design, detailed design, acquisition, construction, installation, commissioning, operating, maintaining, modifying, retiring, and disposal of the assets. Most of these activities are managed by different groups, often quite independent of each other, yet having substantial impacts on each others’ success. With good Asset Management, we bring together a holistic perspective on managing those assets that reduces our risks, and provides value, however we see it, and at the right cost.
When humans are well, they are in a state where body, mind, and spirit are holistically integrated, and, as a result, are healthy, happy, and resilient. The same can be said for a thriving business. Industrial and Manufacturing Wellness: The Complete Guide to Successful Enterprise Asset Management explains how to use reliability engineering principles to design and build companies that are robust, reliable, self-improving, integrated business systems best suited for achieving optimal results. Written by asset management expert Mike Sondalini, creator and author of The Plant Wellness Way, this revolutionary work goes beyond basic plant management. Instead, it reveals a completely new way to engineer and implement business processes and work flow strategies that deliver overall operational excellence.
The author introduces risk management, decision-making methods that prove the worth or not of a change before it is initiated in the organization, thus protecting a company from making the wrong choices. His universally applicable process improvement concepts empower readers to take a system-wide approach that can be repeated infinitely to deliver maximum success.
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The benefits of proactive maintenance are the avoidance of consequences that occur when something fails. If you knew that you were going to suffer a heart attack and roughly when it would happen, wouldn’t you do something to avoid it? Or maybe you would just prepare better so the consequences of it occurring are minimized.
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I’m sure you’ve heard people referring to COVID-19 as a ‘Black Swan’ – something that no-one could have seen coming – but is that actually the case?
Terrible though it is, I don’t think it’s accurate to describe the current situation as a Black Swan because we’ve had to deal with highly contagious, deadly diseases before.
Calling this a ‘Black Swan’ is, therefore, a way to excuse a confused response: ‘how could we have prepared for something that no-one could see coming?’
However, genuine Black Swan events do exist and we need to understand these because the consequences can be significant. It’s also useful to know what we can and cannot do to prepare for Black Swans due to the uncertainty that these involve.
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Are you trying to advance your quality engineering skill set?
Are you working within an industry that mandates risk management and assessment?
Do you need to communicate to stakeholders the risks of the products and processes you develop?
Are you leading your organization’s enterprise-level risk analysis or mitigation efforts?
If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, then you are in the right place!! Welcome to “FMEA in Practice: From Plan to Risk-Based Decision Making”.
In this comprehensive online class, tailored for quality professionals, product designers, and manufacturing engineers and managers, you will delve deep into the world of Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) in the context of risk management.
Unlock the secrets of effective risk management as we guide you through practical applications, from initial planning to informed decision-making. Gain invaluable insights into identifying potential failures, assessing their effects, and implementing proactive strategies to mitigate risks.
Expertly-led by reliability engineer, quality consultant, podcaster and educator, Dianna Deeney, this course consists of over 6 hours of high-quality lectures, dozens of downloadable resources, quizzes, and text-based lectures covering every relevant aspect of FMEA’s. From this course, you will emerge equipped with the knowledge and tools to confidently navigate FMEA processes and drive quality improvements within your organization.
Look at some of the insightful and relevant topics covered in this course:
When you sign up for “FMEA in Practice: From Plan to Risk-Based Decision Making”, you not only get the best FMEA training lectures available and dozens of downloadable resources, but also:
Join us on this transformative journey and elevate your expertise in turning risks into opportunities for success. Enroll now and take the first step towards mastering FMEA and transforming your risks into strategic insights. Sign up today!
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As an Enterprise Maintenance Planner, you manage the backlog, provide a maintenance schedule, liaise with Maintenance and Operations, maintain excellent knowledge of the facility and its equipment, and find ways to optimize productivity. Phew! That’s no small to-do list.
Every day, you’re working hard to:
Punch lines, ad-libs, and instrumental solos, even a single note on a Tibetan singing bowl, all depend on one thing…timing. Project Communication is also about timing and, whilst many people speak and opine with impunity the timing of written communication and converting possibly wild words into black & white can often mean the difference between collaboration and cooperation or resistance and antagonism.
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In this original post, A Mechanic’s Story: Basic Component Fatigue, we took a detailed journey through the physical side of a shaft failure RCA. We stopped at the physical side of that failure, parallel misalignment. However, stopping at the component level of failure does not constitute a credible and thorough RCA. Actually stopping at this level is more along the lines of a Shallow Cause Analysis (SCA). So let’s explore what makes the difference between a Shallow Cause Analysis and a Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
In the previous post we stopped at parallel misalignment. We will continue drilling from that point down. We ask ‘How could we have had parallel misalignment?’ Our team of subject matter experts (SME) hypothesizes 1) it was either misalignment at installation or 2) it became misaligned during operations.
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When you hear the work assessment or audit, does it send shivers down your spine? Do you envision a week or two of some “expert” digging through your data, processes, and performance, looking to get you in trouble for something you did or didn’t do?
While some audits may be to find issues or wrongdoing, most assessments should be viewed as a key activity to improving your current programs or systems. These assessments, are used to compare your current program to industry best practices, identifying areas which could be improved. The assessment typically includes a Recommended Course of Action (RCOA) which highlights what gaps should be focused on first. So, whether the assessment is driven by corporate, internally or externally, how can you get the most out of a Maintenance assessment? [Read more…]
Here’s a case where they didn’t know how to keep the boss out of jail! In Jan 2019, a mine tailing dam (the structure used to contain waste from mining operations) collapsed. The video below shows the event. 259 people were confirmed dead and 11 declared missing. Cause – liquefaction – a commonly occurring phenomenon, and one that this particular mine had been warned about. Outcome – fatalities and associated human cost, suspended operations (for a brief period), company reputation, criminal charges (executives and engineering consultants). Risk management is an often neglected part of our job. [Read more…]
Our business case estimator insights show you both savings and earnings potential for improvements in maintenance and reliability. If you are reading this, you probably think there is some opportunity to improve your operational reliability and maintenance performance. You might want to create a business case for change that you can use to get senior management approval and funding. You are in the right place. We’ve created the tools for you to do that, they are readily accessible and inexpensive (the first step is even free). After a period of isolation and/or skeleton staffing, you can probably see problems that may be more hidden when operating with a full staff. Now is a good time to address those to bring performance up as a part of your “new normal”. [Read more…]
