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While no technology can prevent normal equipment wear or the need for maintenance, predictive analytics and the latest advances
in predictive diagnostics are now helping plants to overcome their challenges by detecting impending problems early and allowing
plants to take control of their operations. Dow (...)
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Published:
2012-03-05
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Reliability driven maintenance (RDM) focuses on understanding the "asset health" to determine what maintenance work should
occur and when something should be done. It enables preemptive intervention before failure occurs, whereby failure would mean
that equipment is not delivering required performance re (...)
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... Dofasco identified equipment reliability as the strategy for better
business performance, leading to improved product quality, increased production output ...
Published:
2005-01-18
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The metric of plant maintenance should now be in the ability of the plant to meet the strategic goals of the company beyond
customarily expected cost savings, such as improved plant output, performance predictability, product quality, customer service,
safety, environmental control, etc. (...)
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... A focus on reliability driven maintenance might improve equipment reliability
and close the value gap of maintenance effectiveness versus maintenance efficiency ...
Published:
2005-01-17
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The main cause of lean maintenance failure is that companies fail to focus on asset reliability. The reliability approach
to capacity, which includes risk prioritization analyses of assets, can help a company achieve lean success. (...)
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... Identify proactive tasks that need to be taken to identify a potential failure—a reduction of equipment
reliability leading to functional failure. ...
Published:
2005-07-12
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Is Ventyx a true "total solution provider" for energy and utility companies? TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic discusses
Ventyx's strategy with its product marketing team. In 2012, there is still no such thing as a true “total solution provider”
for energy and utility companies. These companies j (...)
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Published:
2012-02-02
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Abstract:
Reliability driven maintenance (RDM) focuses on understanding the "asset health" to determine what maintenance work should
occur and when something should be done. It enables preemptive intervention before failure occurs, whereby failure would mean
that equipment is not delivering required performance re (...)
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equipment reliability:
... Dofasco identified equipment reliability as the strategy for better
business performance, leading to improved product quality, increased production output ...
Published:
2005-01-18
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Abstract:
The main cause of lean maintenance failure is that companies fail to focus on asset reliability. The reliability approach
to capacity, which includes risk prioritization analyses of assets, can help a company achieve lean success. (...)
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equipment reliability:
... Identify proactive tasks that need to be taken to identify a potential failure—a reduction of equipment
reliability leading to functional failure. ...
Published:
2005-07-12
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Abstract:
Using our EAM Evaluation Center, we compared Mincom Ellipse, CHAMPS, and IFS head-on. For the overall rankings, we looked
at the vendors in two basic configurations: with back-office (HR and financials) functionality, for a total of eight main
modules, and without, for a total of six main modules. To eli (...)
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Using our EAM Evaluation Center, we compared Mincom Ellipse, CHAMPS, and IFS head-on. For the overall rankings, we looked
at the vendors in two ba...
Published:
2007-04-27
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Abstract:
Companies are looking for more areas to squeeze savings out of operations. One such area that may be fertile ground to explore
is equipment maintenance. The class of software that can help to cultivate these savings is computerized maintenance management
systems (CMMS). This article discusses the basics (...)
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Companies are looking for more areas to squeeze savings out of operations. One such area that may be fertile ground to explore
is equipment mainte...
Published:
2003-07-07
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Abstract:
Companies are looking for more areas to squeeze savings out of operations. One such area that may be fertile ground to explore
is equipment maintenance. The class of software that can help to cultivate these savings is computerized maintenance management
systems (CMMS). This article discusses the basics (...)
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equipment reliability:
Companies are looking for more areas to squeeze savings out of operations. One such area that may be fertile ground to explore
is equipment mainte...
Published:
2003-07-07
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Abstract:
Managing Business Risk in Industrial Equipment & Supply. Find Free Blueprint and Other Solutions to Define Your Project
Implementation In Relation To Business Risk in Industrial Equipment & Supply. Industrial equipment manufacturers and maintenance,
repair, and operations (MRO) distributors can’ (...)
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... Business Risk (Wikipedia). Managing Business Risk in Industrial Equipment & Supply
... Faceted Business Expansion; Product and Service Level Reliability for Customer ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
A number of lean manufacturing tools and practices have long been used to reduce manufacturing waste. These include the five
S's, visual controls, standardized work, mistake proofing, total productive maintenance, cellular manufacturing, single-digit
setup, pull systems, sequencing, activity-based costin (...)
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A number of lean manufacturing tools and practices have long been used to reduce manufacturing waste. These include the five
S's, visual controls,...
Published:
2006-02-14
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Abstract:
As companies continue to look for more areas from which to squeeze out revenues and reduce expenses, enterprise asset management
(EAM) and computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) software continue to receive good press as the systems providing
an answer--and with justification. But what softwa (...)
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As companies continue to look for more areas from which to squeeze out revenues and reduce expenses, enterprise asset management
(EAM) and compute...
Published:
2004-03-15
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Abstract:
This article looks at where computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) end and enterprise asset management (EAM)
takes over, focusing on features and functionality of EAM software. It also compares CMMS and EAM software and explores the
two key differentiators. (...)
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equipment reliability:
This article looks at where computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) end and enterprise asset management (EAM) takes
over, focusing on f...
Published:
2009-08-24
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Abstract:
Despite all of these great advances in our work environments the great majority of plants and industrial organizations continue
to operate in a reactive state of maintenance. Why is this so? Today the functionalities of CMMS, or the technology to manage
maintenance, have outstripped our abilities to do s (...)
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... It then becomes obvious that while the content of this particularly simple example, the reliability
focused equipment strategies, are of course critical, the ...
Published:
2003-03-31
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Abstract:
Energizing Utilities for the Economic Stimulus Plan: Strategies for Greater Efficiency and Sustainability. Find Free Scenario
and Other Solutions to Define Your Project In Relation To the Energizing Utilities and Sustainability. For years, utilities
have seen a growing need to enable a smarter electric gr (...)
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Energizing Utilities for the Economic Stimulus Plan: Strategies for Greater Efficiency and Sustainability. Find Free Scenario
and Other Solutions t...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
When the product alone was the primary basis of competition, the life of a design engineer was a lot simpler. No more. Design
engineers are being asked to make an increasingly complex set of trade-offs, requiring a very cross-functional and inter-enterprise
approach to the design process. (...)
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When the product alone was the primary basis of competition, the life of a design engineer was a lot simpler. No more. Design
engineers are being ...
Published:
2004-11-02
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Abstract:
Infor's latest acquisitions and vertically-focused "assembler strategy" are furthering its goal to be number three (after
SAP and Oracle) in the world of enterprise resource planning vendors. (...)
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equipment reliability:
Infor's latest acquisitions and vertically-focused "assembler strategy" are furthering its goal to be number
three (after SAP and Oracle) in the w...
Published:
2006-04-27
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equipment reliability:
... and safety programs by demonstrating tool and machinery reliability through the ...
of tools and identification, to properly calibrate tools and equipment as part ...
Published:
2008-07-25
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Abstract:
Finding Opportunity in Rising Fuel Costs: Strategies for Industrial Equipment Companies. Maximize your profits when fuel costs
increase. The rising price of fuel has set in motion a series of more profound changes for both consumers and industry. But
those companies that take comfort from the recent easi (...)
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equipment reliability:
Finding Opportunity in Rising Fuel Costs: Strategies for Industrial Equipment Companies. Maximize your profits when fuel costs
increase. The risin...
Published:
2010-03-11