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by Mike Sondalini Leave a Comment

How Industrial Operations use Plant Wellness Way to get World-class Production

How Industrial Operations use Plant Wellness Way to get World-class Production

An Executive Report for CEO’s, Executives, and Senior managers in industry and manufacturing.

Utmost operating profits, lowest maintenance costs, world class reliability, & outstandingly effective physical asset management the Plant Wellness Way

Let a Plant Wellness Way EAM System-of-Reliability halve your Annual Maintenance Costs

In the Plant Wellness Way (PWW) you do nothing to your business until you have total confidence that what you do, and how it will be done, will be extraordinarily successful.

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Filed Under: Articles, Life Cycle Asset Management, on Maintenance Reliability

by Larry George 1 Comment

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Reliability?

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Reliability?

My first task at Apple Computer was to recommend the warranty duration for the Apple II computer. Apple didn’t have a warranty! So, I looked at competitors’ warranties and recommended the same, one year. I wish I had known Apple’s computers’ and service parts’ reliabilities before that recommendation; I would have used actuarial forecasts of warranty returns to compare alternative warranties. Apple’s hardware warranty is still one year. Is that equitable to Apple, its customers, and society?

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Filed Under: Articles, on Tools & Techniques, Progress in Field Reliability?

by George Williams Leave a Comment

Self-Leadership Part 2

Self-Leadership Part 2

Self-leadership is the constant step of focusing on forward motion, and taking out your compass to make sure you’re always still heading north. Constant action in the wrong direction can be just as harmful as standing still, sometimes worse.

This is a constant three step process. As your journey keeps moving forward, you need to keep checking your sails to make sure the wind is moving you in any direction: this is self-leadership.

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Filed Under: Articles, on Maintenance Reliability, ReliabilityXperience

by Sanjeev Saraf Leave a Comment

Is Workplace Safety Merely Common Sense?

Is Workplace Safety Merely Common Sense?

Surprisingly, many organization and professionals believe that safety can be achieved by common sense. Here is an excellent article from Kevin Jones’ Safety at Work blog about common sense and safety:

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Filed Under: Articles, on Risk & Safety, Operational Risk Process Safety

by Bryan Christiansen Leave a Comment

How To Use CMMS To Support FRACAS Methodology

How To Use CMMS To Support FRACAS Methodology

Organizations can face a wide range of failure problems, ranging from technical to process failures. These common failures include equipment breakdowns, product failure, quality issues, and environmental incidents. These failures typically require a more systematic approach. This involves failure tracking and corrective measures implementation — in comes the FRACAS methodology. 

The FRACAS process tracks and manages failures and problems in products or systems. Almost every industry uses this approach. The goal of FRACAS is to uncover the cause of errors and take corrective action to avoid similar occurrences in the future. The process of FRACAS involves failure documentation, conducting failure examination, corrective measures implementation, and continually seeking ways to enhance the process. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Articles, CMMS and Reliability, on Maintenance Reliability Tagged With: CMMS, FRACAS

by Fred Schenkelberg 1 Comment

First Steps with Data

First Steps with Data

Once word got out that I was taking graduate-level courses in statistics, I dreaded the knock on the door. Colleagues, some of which I knew and others from some far reach of the company, would ask if I could take a look at their data. I didn’t learn the necessary first steps with a stack of data in class.

I’ve lost count of the number of data sets I’ve reviewed and analyzed. I know there are important considerations and questions before creating the first plot. Let’s review the essential first steps you should take when presented with data.

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Filed Under: Articles, Musings on Reliability and Maintenance Topics, on Product Reliability

by JD Solomon Leave a Comment

The #1 Thing Facilitators and Technical Experts Get Wrong About Qualitative Assessments

The #1 Thing Facilitators and Technical Experts Get Wrong About Qualitative Assessments

A facilitator leads a group of participants to solutions that are created, understood, and accepted by all. Effective facilitation cannot be achieved without the role of people and social sciences. Understanding Likert scales as a viable technique is necessary to improve qualitative assessments, including risk assessments, condition assessments, and prioritization.

Likert scales were originally developed by Rensis Likert, who was concerned with measuring psychological attitudes and wished to do this in a “scientific” way. Specifically, he sought a method to produce attitude measures that could reasonably be interpreted as measurements on a proper metric scale, such as a thermometer.

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Filed Under: Articles, Communicating with FINESSE, on Systems Thinking

by Christopher Jackson Leave a Comment

Complex Processes Become your Product (not your Actual Product).

Complex Processes Become your Product (not your Actual Product).

I was recently asked by a product design engineer why their organization struggles with reliability even though they have a very ‘robust’ design process that seemingly has lots of different ‘good’ reliability engineering activities embedded in it. And when I say ‘good’ reliability engineering activities, I mean activities that have (in the past) shown to have a really good impact on reliability.

When I looked at some of this engineer’s processes as summarized by a ‘process flow chart,’ the reason his organization struggled with making reliable products was quite obvious. 

The process was so complex that it became the ‘product.’ 

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Filed Under: Articles, on Product Reliability, Reliability in Emerging Technology

by James Reyes-Picknell Leave a Comment

Do you have a PHB (Pointy haired boss)?

Do you have a PHB (Pointy haired boss)?

Do you have a PHB, “Pointy haired boss”? If you’ve seen any Dilbert comics, then you know who I mean. Dilbert is an engineer too. The PHB is oblivious to the reality around him, only interested in how things look, and impossible to get to with Dilbert’s good ideas.

The comic is popular, especially among engineers, for a good reason. Scott Adams (Dilbert’s creator) knew that the technical world is full of frustration because of the relationship that engineers have with their own PHBs. Technicians, supervisors, superintendents, and managers in maintenance and reliability almost always have technical backgrounds. I’d hazard to say that we’ve all had PHBs at some point.

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Filed Under: Articles, Conscious Asset, on Maintenance Reliability

by Greg Hutchins Leave a Comment

How to Create Project Performance Curves

How to Create Project Performance Curves

Guest Post by John Ayers (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)

Two schedule tools are widely used for the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) around the world to manage projects. The first one is Microsoft Project (MS Project). The second one is Primavera P6.  They are both very good. Primavera P6 is an Oracle product originally designed for the construction industry. MS Project is simpler and easier to learn based on my experience. It also costs less than Primavera P6. DOD uses MS Project and typically requires it for use on government contracts. Other industries use one or the other depending on the size and complexity of the project.

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Filed Under: Articles, CERM® Risk Insights, on Risk & Safety

by Mike Sondalini Leave a Comment

When To Use Stainless And Alloy Steel In Place Of Plastic Or Carbon Steel Items

When To Use Stainless And Alloy Steel In Place Of Plastic Or Carbon Steel Items

When To Use Stainless And Alloy Steel In Place Of Plastic Or Carbon Steel. There are many times when it is false economy to use carbon steel and plastic items. It is often better to use stainless and alloy steels instead. They last longer and deliver a lower life cycle cost.

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Filed Under: Articles, on Maintenance Reliability, Plant Maintenance

by Ray Harkins Leave a Comment

How Do the Goals of Reliability and Quality Engineers Align?

How Do the Goals of Reliability and Quality Engineers Align?

Reliability engineers and quality engineers both work to ensure that products and systems are functioning effectively and efficiently. However, they have slightly different focus areas and goals.

The primary focus of reliability engineering is designing systems that are dependable and able to function consistently over time. This may involve identifying and addressing potential sources of failure, implementing preventive maintenance protocols, and conducting testing to ensure that the system is functioning as intended. The ultimate goal of reliability engineering is to minimize downtime and ensure that the system is available for use when needed.

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Filed Under: Articles, on Tools & Techniques, The Manufacturing Academy

by Sanjeev Saraf Leave a Comment

Did Trees Contribute To Buncefield Explosions?

Did Trees Contribute To Buncefield Explosions?

Recently, Erik, a reader of this blog directed me to a video his firm has created that explains the role of trees leading to the Buncefield explosion.

Remember the Buncefield incident occurred in oil storage and transport depot. Thus the fuel involved was liquid hydrocarbon. The most probable outcome of a liquid hydrocarbon release is a fire…so it is conceivable that other circumstances such as amount and duration of release and the semi-confinement provided by surroundings may have lead to flame acceleration and increased explosion overpressures.

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Filed Under: Articles, on Risk & Safety, Operational Risk Process Safety

by Greg Hutchins Leave a Comment

Making Smarter Choices in a Changing World

Making Smarter Choices in a Changing World

Guest Post by Patrick Ow (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)

Uncertainty is all around us, never more so than today. Whether it concerns a global pandemic, the economy, or your finances, health, and relationships, much of what lies ahead in life remains uncertain.

Nonetheless, life continues. You still must earn a living, take care of the family, house, and car, and walk the dog. All under these new clouds of stress and uncertainty.

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Filed Under: Articles, CERM® Risk Insights, on Risk & Safety

by Mike Sondalini Leave a Comment

Human Factors in Human Error Prevention

Human Factors in Human Error Prevention

Understanding and Using Human Factors for Human Error Prevention and Mistake Proofing Gets You a Great Safety Advantage

There are many businesses around, even national and international sized companies, who have done an OHS risk assessment for their operations and still have poor workplace safety performance and lousy safety statistics. Clearly they got something seriously wrong when they undertook their operational health and safety (OHS) risk assessment process.

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Filed Under: Articles, Maintenance Management, on Maintenance Reliability

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