asset strategy
Articles
When you Write and Execute a Schedule, how do you Allow for Emergent Work?
We acknowledge that there will always be some emergent work, and we consider that it may be (for example) 10% of the overall work. When you write and execute a schedule, how do you allow for emergent work? Or do you allow for emergent work?
- Mike Gehloff
- Allied Reliability
Case Studies and Stories
Separator Fan Cleaning Prevents Lost Production and Repair Costs for Cement Plant
A global cement manufacturer needed an affordable wireless predictive maintenance solution to monitor their tier-II critical machine assets at their flagship North American plant. Wired solutions were too expensive and route-based solutions were not feasible on most of these assets.
- Jaidev Krishnan
- AssetWatch
Interviews
Introducing: AssetWatch, Formerly Known as Nikola Labs
Today, Will Zell and Jaidev Krishnan sit down to introduce AssetWatch, formerly known as Nikola Labs. Nikola Labs started out as a company that was focused on wireless power transfers. Now, as AssetWatch, they attack the problem of unplanned downtime, and eliminate it forever.
- Jaidev Krishnan
- AssetWatch
Articles
Checklist for Implementing an Electrical Preventative Maintenance Programme
Electrical equipment failures especially motors account for nearly half of facilities downtime, and the difference between a poor Electrical Preventative Maintenance programme and an excellent one is approximately 12 times.
- Mark Gurney
- 3Phi Reliability
Articles
Extend Asset Life with Oil Mist for Storage Preservation
Balancing today’s lengthy lead times/supply chain issues with the need to keep critical operations running smoothly, petrochemical and refining plants are hedging their bets by proactively ordering new or replacement equipment (e.g., pumps and motors) a year or more in advance of the anticipated install date.
- Keith Macaluso
- T.F. Hudgins, an Allied Reliability brand
10 Minute Talk
Developing a PMO Process from Scratch
When creating a PMO process from scratch, we need to start with strategic alignment. It can’t be something off on the side that no one aside from the reliability department will care about. It’s important that the process not be based on a single personality…
- Brendon Russ
- U.S. Sugar
Two Minute Tips
How PMO Fits into Asset Strategy
Brendon Ross describes how PMO fits into asset strategy…
- Brendon Russ
- U.S. Sugar
Articles
Asset Strategies
Many organizations suffer higher costs and lower productivity than is possible. They react to equipment health problems. They don’t have good plans on how to best care for equipment. Without a good plan, or if unable to execute the plan, it is nearly impossible to get ahead of the maintenance cycle of doom, or to keep from falling back into it.
- Tom Moriarty
- Alidade MER, Inc.
Five Minute Facts
How to Perform PMO
You might have tens of thousands of assets, and those assets have tens of thousands of PMs. You won’t be able to devour the entire elephant at once and will have to take one bite at a time, so that’s where…
- Brendon Russ
- U.S. Sugar
