September 06, 2007
Creative Thinking Tip
Five Sequential Rules for Creative Thinking
1. Seek information.
2. Ask: What do I understand personally and directly?
3. Ask: Am I going to take this problem seriously or not?
4. Have confidence that something can be done and there is a way through.
5. Understand that emptiness is necessary to allow arising of a spontaneous element that is outside of our own control. (Vacuity of the mind but clarity of the goal)
Summarized from “Creative Thinking” by J. G. Bennett, Bennett Books 1964
Tip provided by our friends at the Manufacturing Game
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September 06, 2007
Reliability Tip
The Role of Pareto Analysis in Changing from Reactive to Proactive Maintenance
What do we do with data collected, from our CMMS. Often we see lots of reports and statistics, but in a busy maintenance day, time is not available to take all the actions we would like.
The Pareto principle recognizes that 80% of the benefits are often realized from addressing 20% of the problems.
So, if a regular overview report points us to the vital few failures, that we can action, then our system will gradually have less problems and more time will be available for working “potential” problems.
Tip provided by ARMS Reliability Engineers
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