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The Top 5 Signs of A Reliable Plant

The Top 5 Signs of A Reliable Plant

Having visited hundreds of manufacturing plants in the last 15 years, someone recently asked me if there were any traits the most reliable plants all had in common. I have listed below the top 5 signs of a reliable plant. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Articles, RCM Blitz Tagged With: Maintenance Department

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The Leader of Maintenance Excellence: The Maintenance Manager

The Leader of Maintenance Excellence: The Maintenance Manager

The Roles & Responsibilities of the Maintenance Manager

The maintenance manager is known as the leader of the maintenance department.  But what if they are unclear on where they are going or need to do?  It has the potential to derail the entire department.  That is why this series is going to start with the maintenance manager.   Once they are clear, the rest of the team can follow.

If you followed the steps in first post of the series, you would be ready to review the roles & responsibilities across the department.  This post takes the next step of breaking down the individual role of the maintenance manager to help you on that journey. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Articles, Maintenance and Reliability Tagged With: Maintenance Department

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Are You Driving The Wrong Behaviours?

Are You Driving The Wrong Behaviours?

Are You Driving The Wrong Behaviours?

Use a Balanced Scorecard to Ensure the Right Behaviours are embedded in Your Organization

This post is the third of a miniseries on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). If you haven’t already, please go back and read the first post on what is a KPI and the second post on leading Vs Lagging KPIs. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Articles, Maintenance and Reliability Tagged With: Balanced Scorecard, Business, Business Goals, Maintenance Department, Scorecard

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What Do You Do with Your Reliability Opportunity?

What Do You Do with Your Reliability Opportunity?

The Opportunity

Here is a diagram I generated when I was in the reliability group at my facility.

It came about because I was trying to identify why we may not be showing the value that was expected from the reliability improvement work we were doing. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Articles, Reliability Reflections Tagged With: Maintenance Cost, Maintenance Department

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