January 10, 2007
Submit Your Entry for the Uptime 2007 PdM Program of the Year Awards
What are the Uptime PdM Program of the Year Awards?
Uptime Magazine is a monthly magazine devoted to Predictive Maintenance and Machinery Condition Monitoring. Part of our mission is to promote and acknowledge best practices. We have created the Uptime PdM Program of the Year Awards to provide positive exposure and acknowledgement for predictive maintenance professionals from around the world.
Who can enter?
Any company with an active PdM program can enter. We expect that you have been performing some sort of PdM for at least one year. If you are just getting started – you should consider entering at this time next year!
How much does it cost to enter?
Nothing-Nada-Zero! This is not a commercial activity – it fulfills our mission to promote excellence in predictive maintenance. International entries are encouraged.
January 10, 2007
Audio Interview with Neil Bloom - Author - Reliability Centered Maintenance Implementation Made Simp
Join Joe Petersen in a spirited interview with RCM Implementation Made Simple author Neil Bloom.
Neil Bloom offers controversial repairs for YOUR RCM Program starting with:
* You DO NOT need to establish system and sub-system boundaries
* You DO NOT need to define functions at the system and sub-system level
* You CAN complete an RCM analysis and implement it within a few months
* You CAN do-it-yourself
January 10, 2007
Weibull Log Normal Workshop and Users Conference
The Weibull Log Normal Workshop and Users Conference takes place March 5-9 in Houston.
Led by Dr. Robert Abernethy and Wes Fulton, the event features a major new publication - The New Weibull Handbook, 5th Ed. - and the debut of associated Weibull Analysis Software Version 5.0.
January 10, 2007
Plant Equipment Criticality
From a recent post at MaintenanceForums.com
Are there any simple methods for determining plant equipment criticality?
Some systems go by the experience of stakeholders, others use Reliability Software, others use an RCM type process. What do you use?
Details please.
January 10, 2007
How effective is your maintenance strategy?
“How effective is your maintenance strategy?” is a question that is often asked to engineers, and one that is often very difficult to answer with any degree of certainty. If you have essentially relied on your experience or intuition when trying to determine the most cost effective and risk adverse maintenance strategy for your assets then you’ll know that wrong decisions can be very costly.
If you are serious about your bottom line then you need to be absolutely sure that your maintenance strategy is promoting operational efficiency. Today, technology advancements make this possible, resulting in strategies that engender a very real and positive impact on asset reliability and availability and overall organizational success.
What lies behind these capabilities is the evolution of closed loop reliability-centered maintenance (RCM).
Click here to download the Lawson Insight paper - Next Generation Dynamic RCM
January 10, 2007
Real World Case Studies at the Reliability Centered Maintenance Managers' Forum
RCM-2007
April 3-6
Sheraton Waikiki
Honolulu Hawaii
Learn how other made effective use of Reliability Centered
Maintenance (RCM) to achieve Operational Excellence with case studies like:
- Engineering Asset Management: An Insurance Perspective by Ian Bernard Senior Risk Management Engineer, American International Group (AIG)
- Incorporating Reliability Centered Maintenance Principles in Front End Engineering and Design of Deep Water Capital Projects by Mack Morris and Jim Coe Chevron
- Human Effects on Reliability by Derrick Burley, Cargill
- RCM, Operation and Support Costs, Engineers, and the US Army by Clifton Ellis, US Army
- Asset Management Through the Use of Reliability Centered Maintenance at East Bay Municipal Utility District by Allen Goodson,
- RCM recommended PM task review process by Gary Beasley USS POSCO
- Conditioned Based Maintenance Gap Analysis by Jason Lawler & Douglas Felker, US Army AMRDEC
- The Ups and Downs of CMMS and Reliability Program Implementation by Allan Strickland Lone Star Steel
- Cement Your Reliability Results: RCM at HOLCIM by Steve Lindborg & Hans Burger, Holcim Cement
- Delivering Results Through Classical Reliability Centered Maintenance: A US Postal Service Case Study by Mac Smith & Ray Darragh, USPS
- 20 Steps to World Class Maintenance by Joel Levitt, Author Managing Factory Maintenance
- Beyond RCM - Breaking with tradition! by Daryl Mather Author Maintenance Scorecard
- Developing Emergency Response Plans with Reliability Centered Maintenance at the East Bay Municipal Utility District by Allen Goodson
- RCM Case Study Arnold AFB Engineering Development Center by Ramesh Gulati
- Reliability Tools for Maintenance Managers By Mick Drew
- Developing Best Practice Standards for RCM Facilitator Certification at Cargill by Doug Plucknette, Derek Burley, Rick Baldridge, and Tim Goshert, Cargill Inc.
- Application of Reliability Centered Maintenance for the Combat Tracked Vehicle by COL Zdenek VINTR, Ph.D., Dean of Faculty of Military Technology, University of Defence, Czech Republic
- Focusing RCM To Maximize Return on Investment by Eric Smith, US Navy, Submarine Maintenance Engineering
- The importance of an RCM Standard Panel Discussion Aladon Global Network of Reliability Practitioners
- Reliability Centered Spares Management by Henry Ellmann
- Living RCM: Strategies for Reliability & Optimization with SAP-EAM (PM) by Chris DeFalco, Meridium
- RCM Implementation Made Simple by Neil Bloom, Author
This event is for RCM beginners as well as advanced RCM practitioners.
If you are interested in learning more about making RCM work at your company - make plans now to attend RCM-2007 while early bird discounts and reduced hotel rates are in effect.
Register today - do not be disappointed! All 2006 Reliabilityweb.com Conference sold out weeks in advance - and early registrations are higher than usual for this event. Call (888) 575 1245 or…
January 10, 2007
Turbo-Charging Your CMMS/EAM System
An iPresentation Tutorial by Terry Wireman, Vesta Partners
Description: This iPresentation explains how to be successful when implementing a CMMS/ EAM system. One might ask, “How is success determined?” The answer is actually quit simple – It is measured by the return on investment realized by the implementation and subsequent usage of the system. This 42 minute iPresentation examines the relationship between four factors involved in a successful implementation: Software & Technology Business Processes Personnel & Skills Financial Business Drivers Using some insights from recognized business professionals, this presentation will allow you to increase your probability of successfully implementing and then utilizing your CMMS/ EAM System.
January 10, 2007
Proper Oil Sampling Tools to Obtain Safe & Reliable Results
An iPresentation Tutorial by Rojean Thomas , Trico Corporation
Often overlooked as an integral part of your Oil Analysis Program, the extraction of the oil sample is a key influence on the data integrity and ultimately the success of your program. Proper oil sampling is the most important step taken to ensure you are reacting properly to the data provided in the oil analysis reports and it is the easiest to make consistent. Each time a sample is drawn, you need to make sure the end results are the same regardless of the technician drawing the sample. The purpose of this 14 minute iPresentation Tutorial is to review the best locations and tools for extracting the sample and proper procedures to allow for reliable and safe oil sampling.
