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The exponential power of daily improvement

Calvin Williams has helped numerous companies build continuous improvement programs. In this webinar, he discusses the science behind daily improvement and how to use it to create a sustainable culture of continuous improvement. He relates how a 1% improvement daily amounts to 38 times better results in one year. He’ll also describe the power of…

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Powerful, game-changing software for in-house cleaning and sanitization operations

Learn how CleanMaint helps in-house cleaning crews embrace the digital age to deliver a higher standard of sanitization. In the current and post-COVID-19 world, this cloud-based application from the makers of eMaint upgrades planning and scheduling to handle the more rigorous demands for cleaning requests, resources, and supplies. Users can map work orders to physical…

Figure 1. The five most important responsibilities of a Maintenance Planner, courtesy of Eruditio
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Maintenance planning do’s and don’ts to increase your M&R team’s effectiveness

Those responsible for reliability maintenance and asset uptime should consider adding maintenance planning to your list of critical processes. That’s a major takeaway from a Fluke Reliability Best Practice Webinar in April 2020 in which reliability expert Shon Isenhour scrutinized the quality of today’s maintenance planning practices. Isenhour, a founding partner of asset management consultant…

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So, your planner doesn’t plan? How to move away from unplanned maintenance

What do you mean your planner doesn’t plan? Let’s look at what a maintenance planner should do both for and with your organization. The planner role is one of the most important roles within your reliability program. However, in a recent SMRP Conference session, only 3% said their planners were truly planning work regularly. If…

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Five things to do when no one can be in the plant

With many companies ordered to shut down and people ordered to stay in their homes to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, organizations and teams have had to adapt—and suddenly. If your maintenance team cannot work in your plant, what should you do? How can you leverage this unplanned downtime? We went to some Fluke Reliability…

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5 ways to protect aging systems from cyberattacks

Hackers continue to inflict more and more damage on enterprise companies’ networks, and manufacturing is seen as one of the world’s most exploitable industries. According to a 2019 IBM X-Force report, manufacturing ranked fifth among the top 10 most frequently targeted industry sectors. Today’s condition monitoring sensors and other Wi-Fi-enabled devices possess connecting capabilities and…

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5 Cross-location success stories

A key benefit of eMaint Computerized Maintenance Management System software is how it organizes assets by building, campus, and global locations. Cross-location asset management refers to assets set up in multiple places—near or far. One of the benefits of using eMaint computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) software is cross-location asset management. Within eMaint, users can…

What are the benefits of the Internet of Things?

What are the benefits of the Internet of Things?

The Internet of Things (IoT) and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) are increasingly becoming more commonplace terms in the world of maintenance, reliability and asset management. This technology interconnects billions of devices and equipment, allowing for greater system collaboration. IIoT has the opportunity to reduce the need for intrusive maintenance and provide insights to the actual condition…

Importance of Job Safety Analysis

Importance of Job Safety Analysis

As a proven method for keeping workplaces safe and costs down, Job Safety Analysis (JSA) is designed to enable organizations to make more informed decisions for creating a safer and more hazard-free workplace. During this session, guest speakers John Schulz & Sam Creamer from JSABuilder discuss: – The broad concepts of job hazards and controls–…