Why your CFO doesn’t like you: 6 ways to align Operations and Finance
A common misconception among operational teams is that value is production output or process throughput, and that once a plant is producing, all is good. However, assets must also deliver financial value, including financial risk reduction. Seeing both sides has been a bone of contention between operations teams and their finance departments. In this webinar,…
Early results from Plant Services survey: Teams have fewer resources, corporate culture looms larger
Maintenance operations have evolved significantly over the past decade and are at a crossroads of sorts today, according to preliminary results from the fifth industry survey by Plant Services magazine. Preventive maintenance is better understood and more valued than ever before, according to the survey. However, maintenance workforce shortages have soared to more than 1…
Combining Reliability-Centered Maintenance and Root Cause Analysis into one winning strategy
Are you approaching Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) as separate practices? If yes, consider uniting them. Both methodologies strongly support uptime and safety goals and are excellent ways to preserve failure mode indicators and other asset-specific information from across the team. This perspective comes from reliability experts Doug Plucknette of RCM Blitz…
How to start a reliability program when you are already 100% busy
Reliability maintenance is experiencing more management-level awareness than ever before. But even with increased support, starting a reliability program can be daunting. Experts John Bernet and Dries Van Loon of Fluke Reliability have spent years advising maintenance teams on how to start and sustain successful reliability programs. In their webinar, “Proactive maintenance strategies to extend…
Preview of the 2020 Plant Services predictive maintenance survey and more
Plant Services recently launched its fifth survey of industry professionals, to identify their approaches and attitudes to predictive maintenance and related Industry 4.0 technologies. Join Plant Services chief editor Thomas Wilk for a preview of the results from the longest-standing survey of its type in our industry. Hear how these results fit in with industry…
How Reliability-Centered Maintenance and Root Cause Analysis work together to solve problems
Plants worldwide turn to reliability tools such as RCM and RCA to reduce maintenance costs and prevent disruptions. They help identify where losses are, develop procedures to mitigate the losses and, ideally, improve equipment reliability and performance. Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) asks what could happen and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) examines what did happen. Though many…
Q&A on transitioning to Industry 4.0
Reliability expert Jack Nicholas discussed in a recent webinar how to transition maintenance teams to Industry 4.0. He discussed how data and advanced analytics will transform operations, maintenance, and reliability (OM&R). In addition, he provided helpful steps for a digital transition. Several attendees submitted questions to Nicholas during the webinar, and his answers can be found below….
Sage advice from an industry veteran about transitioning to Industry 4.0
For many reliability professionals, Jack R. Nicholas is the guru of reliability instruction, guaranteed to teach you something new with every session. In January 2020, he presented at a Best Practice Webinar for Fluke Reliability, sharing his advice on transitioning maintenance teams to Industry 4.0. You can listen to the webinar presentation on demand. Here…
Proactive maintenance strategies to extend the life of your assets
For maintenance pros focused on reliability, the P-F Curve is a useful tool. Proactive steps that you take at the front of the curve, such as precision alignment, asset condition management, vibration analysis, and more, can effectively extend the curve and the life of your assets, experience has proven. In this webinar, Fluke Reliability experts…