Suzane Greeman, president and principal asset management advisor of Greeman Asset Management, discussed in a recent webinar 6 steps to establish an effective maintenance planning and scheduling process. Several attendees submitted questions to Greeman during the webinar, and Part 1 of her answers focus on asset master data management. The asset master data management includes…
Suzane Greeman, president and principal asset management advisor of Greeman Asset Management Solutions Inc., covers 6 steps to establish an effective maintenance planning and scheduling process. Greeman will first discuss how maintenance activities become costs and help attendees understand the difference between doing maintenance and maintenance management. She will explain the drivers for maintenance management…
Over the last 20 years, there have been major advancements in maintenance technology. Evolutions—whether in Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) software or Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) systems, such as Maximo—have focused almost exclusively on streamlining workflows and controlling costs by facilitating preventive maintenance regimens. The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is distinguished from previous generations…
Suzane Greeman, CMQ/OE, CAMA, CAMP, CMRP, is president and principal asset management advisor of Greeman Asset Management. She is an accomplished asset management leader with more than 21 years of experience integrating business, risk and quality management principles into asset management strategies in cement manufacturing, power generation, wastewater treatment and furniture manufacturing. Greeman’s areas of expertise…
Doug Plucknette, president of Reliability Solutions, Inc., discussed in a recent webinar how focusing on asset life cycle can bring about long-term change and improve reliability at a plant. Several attendees submitted questions to Plucknette during the webinar, and his answers can be found below. What are some effective predictive maintenance procedures that you recommend…
Eruditio Founding Partner Shon Isenhour covers five things that can make it difficult to get a reliability program started and how to tackle each of these obstacles and move on. It’s worth spending extra time at the start of your initiative because you have some important decisions to make. Elements like implementation style, roll out…
Collecting vibration data is a critical measurement for various aspects and can reveal a lot about the health of a machine, ultimately preventing equipment downtime. Handheld tools and wireless remote sensors can both be used for monitoring the condition of a pump. Handheld tools are mainly used for spot checking or diagnosis as part of…
Join Fluke Accelix at NFMT 2019 held March 26-28 in Baltimore, Maryland. Be sure to stop by the Fluke Accelix booth 1920 to meet the staff and get firsthand product experience. The National Facilities Management & Technology Conference/Expo includes up-to-date advancements and practices in management, operations, maintenance, renovation and construction of non-residential buildings. The show,…
Visit Fluke Accelix at the Grainger Show 2019 March 3-5 held in Orlando, Florida at the Orange County Convention Center. The Grainger show brings customers, exhibitors and Grainger team members together in one place to share product innovations, ideas and strategies for working smarter and saving time and money. Stop by booth 1409 to meet…
Fluke was named twice in the Automation World 2019 Leadership in Automation as the First Team for both machine safety and maintenance and reliability software. Fluke Accelix provides maintenance software through eMaint, a computerized maintenance management system for managing work orders, PM schedules and parts inventory; Fluke sensors, portable wireless sensors that stream to mobile dashboards; and Fluke…