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Maintenance and the D Word
There is one word that grinds my gears when working with maintenance teams to lift their game. The D word. Deferred. The premise that a business, from a financial or process viewpoint, can “defer” maintenance is not entirely unreasonable. We are in business to...
IOT 4.0 and AI in the Maintenance World
Buzz Words and Fashion Industry thrives on buzz words and fashion, and maintenance management is no stranger to this world. RCM, RCA, TPM and other 3 -letter acronyms have all been rolled out as the holy grail, yet to find true industry success in the long term is...
Medical Aid Ship Aided by Management System Gift
The crew of the medical aid ship YWAM Koha are now able to sail around the Pacific assisted by the latest generation maintenance management system thanks to the benevolence of a Kiwi maintenance management company. The YWAM Koha was built in 1968 as a buoy tender for...
PM Task Optimisation- Use Operational Science to Move From FAT to Lean
If you look at your PM tasks, do you ever wonder where they came from? We recognise seriously engineered assets like ships and planes and the process of asset management and reliability engineering, designed to evaluate the risks and wear out characteristics of the...
Using Industry 4.0 To Improve Maintenance Management
We have been hearing about Industry 4.0 for some time now, and like any fashion, stories of innovation and success abound. However, some of us are still left scratching with the concepts and applications. More so, in the rush to adapt tech fashion it is...
Engineering Your Future
Maintenance engineers are joining the new wave of certified maintenance planners forging a proactive maintenance management approach to plant reliability. Engineers are learning how to move from a belts and braces approach to professional management, delivering...
The Journey from Inspiration To Implementation in the Maintenance Department
Does being an engineer qualify you to implement a maintenance management system? Sadly, NO, and re-inventing the wheel when you want to move from reactive maintenance is a recipe for non-achievement. A maintenance management system requires process skills, and these...