March 25, 2009
Call for Presentations and Papers - IMC-2009/PdM-2009
November 17-19, 2009
Daytona Beach Florida
Theme: Aligning Maintenance with Operations
Reliabilityweb.com and Uptime Magazine are pleased to announce a formal call for papers for the IMC-2009 the 24th International Maintenance Conference and PdM-2009 Predictive Maintenance Technology Conference including LubricationWorld.
These three collocated learning events focus on:
• Maintenance Performance Management
• Condition Monitoring & Predictive Maintenance
• Lubrication
All segments of the maintenance and reliability community are invited to submit abstracts electronically for consideration by March 27, 2009
March 25, 2009
Reliability Engineering Excellence
As a participant in the Life Cycle Institute’s new, 5-day course you’ll learn what it means to be a Reliability Engineer, how to build and sustain a strategic Reliability Engineering program, and how to gain support from other departments to achieve your facility’s reliability goals.
March 25, 2009
Advanced Machine Condition Analysis Training
A comprehensive 3-day training seminar that will enhance both your knowledge and capabilities in ferrographic and used oil analysis – May 5-7, 2009.
March 25, 2009
Contamination Control
An iPresentation Tutorial by Paul Dufresne, Trico Corp
Contamination accelerates the aging process of lubricants. This iPresentation will provide and an understanding of the major causes of contamination of lubricants in industry and the countermeasures needed to combat them.
March 25, 2009
Preventive Maintenance M Ratio Analysis
A 12 minute iPresentation Tutorial by Don Olszewski, The Timken Company
Learn to perform a ratio analysis using any CMMS – comparing or identifying preventive work orders on an asset or individual equipment by evaluating whether or not corrective work orders were issued in a given time frame (pending the frequency of PM). If a corrective work order or repair issue was not identified in the last three to six times during a PM for that equipment then your PM periodicity needs to be either increased or the task eliminated thereby saving dollars and valuable maintenance man-hours.
March 25, 2009
Crisis Compels Change
Crisis Compels Change
by Ron Moore P.E., Author - Making Common Sense Common Practice, Models for Manufacturing Excellence
In a major market shift, disruption, or downturn, cost cutting may be essential. But even before the current situation and major downturn, most manufacturers had already cut costs substantially, even “to the bone” some would suggest. Now, many of those same manufacturers have announced even more cost cutting and major layoffs. They may be engaged in what Gary Hamel referred to as corporate liposuction – they had already sucked the fat out, and now they’re unknowingly going for the vital organs. How do we manage under these very difficult circumstances, when demand has suddenly plummeted? How do we position our businesses to survive in the short term, and perhaps even more importantly prosper on the backside of this recession?
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