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Deloitte’s Tim Gaus discusses best practices for successful AI implementation and how it intersects with maintenance and reliability.
In my previous post, I discussed Asset Criticality and why organizations use it to prioritize maintenance activities and allocate limited resources. Asset Criticality is an excellent starting point but it should never be the final destination. Organizations identify which assets are critical. The next question to be asked is “What are the consequences if those […] The post Integrating Reliability, Asset Integrity, an
Why 20 Percent of Your Failures Deserve 80 Percent of Your Attention Every plant generates more failure data than any team can act on. Sensor alarms, work orders, breakdown reports, shift handover notes. Buried inside that noise is a small number of failure modes responsible for most of the downtime. Finding them, and acting on […] The post The Pareto Principle in Plant Reliability appeared first on Accendo Reliabili
Green dashboards, breakdown heroes and bad culture get a reality check about what really drives plant reliability.
A colleague and friend, Bill Barto, worked up an example concerning two pieces of equipment. By simply not assuming a constant failure rate the …. well, let Bill tell the story…. Here’s the story in Bill’s own words via Youtube. [just in case you not able to view the video – here’s the text.] Imagine […] The post Assets and MTBF appeared first on Accendo Reliability.
High dropping points do not guarantee longer grease life; understand how base oil, additives, operating conditions and relubrication affect bearing performance.
In a Plant Wellness Way EAM System-of-Reliability, all 15 ways to operate and do maintenance are done. The result is less maintenance, fewer maintenance people, lower maintenance costs, and all while ensuring your plant runs reliably for longer! Most of the 15 topics covered are new to operations management and maintenance management. Each one reduces […] The post 15 Ways to Reduce the Size of Your Maintenance Crew!
OEM-recommended fluids and routine sampling help protect compressors from wear, contamination, overheating and unplanned downtime.
Maintenance and reliability professionals increasingly recognize that total cost of ownership (TCO) provides a comprehensive framework for evaluating asset investments. TCO encompasses all costs associated with acquiring, operating, maintaining, and disposing of an asset over its lifecycle, extending beyond the initial purchase price. This approach enables informed decision-making, optimizes resource allocation, and
The SMRP 2026 keynote offered an unexpected lesson for maintenance teams: the best results often depend on preparation nobody sees.
Why Asset Criticality Is About Consequences, Not the Equipment In last week’s edition, we explored why failure rate alone is not enough to determine which spare parts should be stocked. Failure data tells us how often equipment is expected to fail. But before deciding maintenance strategies, inspection frequencies, or spare parts inventory, we must answer […] The post What Makes an Asset Critical? appeared first on A
Discover training robots for maintenance tasks through digital simulations and real-world validation to improve reliability, safety, and workforce readiness The post Training Robots for Maintenance: From Digital Practice to Real-World Reliability appeared first on Maintenance World.
In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Joe Kuhn discusses maintenance ownership, operator responsibilities and the risks of blurred accountability.
Having explored reliability and risk management in Reliability Bites #21-30, this next phase moves into probability and statistics for reliability, aligning with Part III of the ASQ Certified Reliability Engineer Body of Knowledge. That may sound like the point where reliability engineering becomes mostly mathematics. But statistics is not mathematics for the sake of it […] The post Probability and Statistics for Rel
Modern galvanizing methods impart a tight, uniform layer on steel surfaces. When placed in service, the outer surface will develop a passivated layer that protects the metal underneath. However, if the galvanized steel is not conditioned properly before startup, white rust corrosion may occur. The post Controlling White Rust Corrosion in Cooling Towers and Cooling Systems appeared first on Maintenance World.