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Sep 164 min read
How to schedule maintenance during an operating shift - When is 8 hours equal to 5
I am looking for a fight. Maybe, an open discussion of why anyone should schedule an individual 8-hour shift, 8 hours of work orders, and...
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May 14, 20234 min read
Your outage's duration shouldn't be divisible by eight all of the time.
Could you walk into a manufacturing facility and get an accurate read on the maturity to plan and execute planned outages with a single...
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Apr 16, 20236 min read
Which asset management metrics should you start with?
You just left college life and joined your first maintenance and reliability team. With eyes as wide as saucers on day one, you quickly...
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Nov 6, 20224 min read
One lock, one key. Always.
You may have interpreted through organization surveys or transformational change exercises on the subject of safety, that the...
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Oct 2, 20224 min read
Stop gerrymandering the asset hierarchy
Malcolm Gladwell in Season 3, Episode 7 of Revisionist History, talked about his 12 Rules For Life. I was so moved by this podcast, that...
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Jun 20, 20224 min read
How is your backlog?
If you are managing an organization, I will assume that you have experienced the overwhelming sensation of uncovering a backlog that is...
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Mar 3, 20223 min read
Did we get a good deal trading production time for scheduled maintenance?
Regardless of whether you have production units that are reliable or unreliable, I would like to propose a different type of performance...
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Jan 13, 20222 min read
You know Murphy? So do I.
In manufacturing, we reference things like “Murphy will get you” or “Murphy’s Law” when describing unpredictable results and scenarios...
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Jan 5, 20222 min read
Implementing COVID preparation into your outage planning. Alabama’s Coach Saban might have it right.
In a recent article on AL.com, The University of Alabama’s head football coach, Nick Saban, was interviewed talking about bowl...
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