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Leaders are not average people. Good leaders can zig when others zag. |
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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The success of your reliability program will be defined by the the worst behaviors leadership is willing to tolerate. |
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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Be aware that others hear and see what you say and do. Strive to be your best in everything. |
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Jun 9, 2020 |
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"We will" produces more results than "we should" |
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Jun 2, 2020 |
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Choose your conversations wisely. Leaders should always engage in conversations that make a difference and promote growth. |
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May 26, 2020 |
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Know when it's more important to be kind than right. |
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May 19, 2020 |
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Knowing the difference between a skill gap and a will gap is a key to success. |
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May 12, 2020 |
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Use your time wisely, yesterday doesn’t count. |
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May 5, 2020 |
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Don’t be a robot, be yourself and lead with character. |
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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Develop your team, nurture your future leaders, and create a team that is smarter than you. |
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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Share your vision. The more the team knows, the more they can be part of the same goal. Leadership Excellence strives for good alignment. |
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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No matter how uncomfortable the truth is, don’t be afraid of it. Avoiding it wont fix anything. |
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Apr 1, 2020 |
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If you don’t believe in it, they won’t believe in it. Leaders must advocate by living It and breathing It, even when no one is watching. |
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Feb 3, 2020 |
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As leaders, everyday we should strive to communicate better, listen better, execute better... just be better. |
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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Managers talk a lot. Leaders listen a lot. |
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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Always take the hard right over the easy wrong. |
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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Fear is the enemy, challenge yourself and your team to step out of the comfort zone. |
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Jan 6, 2020 |
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Challenge status quo at every turn, there is no growth when the standards are accepting just good enough. |
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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When making a mistake own it, get up, dust yourself off and drive on. |
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Dec 9, 2019 |
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"It's the name on the front of the jersey that matters most, not the one on the back" -Joe Paterno |
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Dec 2, 2019 |
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Always work hard, be courteous and stay curious. |
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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Engage every task with discipline, focus, and integrity. |
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Do what you say & say what you mean. |
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Nov 4, 2019 |
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Use data not emotions to drive decision making. |
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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Leadership Excellence Is a Process of Turning Excuses Into Results |
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May 17, 2019 |
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Leading is NEVER about you, It is ALWAYS about them |
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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Leaders must truly understand reward systems in order to be effective |
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Dec 21, 2018 |
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Managers Reward Firefighters, Few Reward Proactive Activity |
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Nov 16, 2018 |
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Manager notes are not only used to document employee issues, but also to capture a job well done or an employee that went above and beyond. |
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Oct 19, 2018 |
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Tailor Your Leadership Style to the Individual, Not the Group! |
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Sep 14, 2018 |
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GEMBA refers to the place where value is created. Schedule time each day to visit where value is being added and encourage the great efforts. |
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Aug 8, 2018 |
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Show a genuine interest in your team members and learn something personal about them; send a handwritten birthday wish or a job well done note. |
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Jun 15, 2018 |
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Leadership visibility makes it easier for employees to approach with suggestions or complaints. |
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Jun 8, 2018 |
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Supervisors that clearly define goals believe employees have greater success when they understand how individual goals tie into departmental and company goals. |
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May 4, 2018 |
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When determining which leadership style to use, first determine what style will have a positive or a negative impact. |
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Feb 15, 2018 |
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Addressing issues as they surface is the best way to minimize impact and keep morale high. |
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Jan 18, 2018 |
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When addressing problems, separate the person from the issue. This will help resolve problems regardless of the source. |
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Sep 29, 2017 |
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Gemba Walks are the best means to understanding what’s going on under your nose. |
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Aug 25, 2017 |
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A true Leader knows how & when to use authority. |
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Jul 25, 2017 |
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5 traits of Great Leaders; Defining Vision & Mission, Developing Business Strategies, Clearly Outlining Goals, Establishing the Best Organization, and Strong Change Mgmt Skills |
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May 23, 2017 |
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There is a difference between motivating employees and stimulating better performance. |
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May 4, 2017 |
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The best leaders customize their management styles to motivate employees. |
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Apr 18, 2017 |
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High-productivity Supervisors talk about their teams accomplishments; Low-productivity Supervisors talk about their own accomplishments. |
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Mar 30, 2017 |
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The most critical time for an employee is the first 48 hours of their employment. |
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Mar 14, 2017 |
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The number one reason for initiative failure is due to poor communication and lack of visibility from leadership. |
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Feb 6, 2017 |
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Operator rounds can reduce unplanned downtime with simple visual, noise and temperature observations. |
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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Supervisors & Managers Remove Obstacles Not Create Them |
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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Generic Strategy Libraries are a starting point, not a finish line. They need to be reviewed and challenged by all invested parties. |
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Feb 1, 2019 |
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Every strategy task requires a justification so the reader is able to understand why the strategy is value adding and effective. |
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Dec 7, 2018 |
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A ‘No Schedule Maintenance’ Strategy Needs a Return to Service Plan Which Considers; Spares, Tools, Materials, Skills and Procedures. |
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Nov 2, 2018 |
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Tasks should be written to a standard such that anyone with the relevant qualification could repeat it to the same standard. |
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Oct 5, 2018 |
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Condition Based Tasks Need Clear, Acceptable Limits, and Corrective Actions |
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Aug 31, 2018 |
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Developing an Effective PMO Analysis Plan Will Greatly Improve Focus and Outcomes |
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Jul 27, 2018 |
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Terminology can influence perception. Run to fail = "Don’t Care" to the uninitiated. Consider using "No Scheduled Maintenance" instead. |
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Jun 29, 2018 |
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Celebrate your strategy wins. Don’t become a victim of failure mode bashing. |
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Apr 20, 2018 |
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Failure history assessment process highlights strategy improvement opportunities across all business systems; not just PMs. |
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Feb 1, 2018 |
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Asset walk downs with a print of the strategy is a great way to practically challenge the strategy, see gaps, and sort the tasks. |
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Oct 19, 2017 |
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Failure rates of similar components vary between like industries; the differentiator is failure-mode influence management. |
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Sep 12, 2017 |
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APM benefits are realized when labor savings from PMO are reinvested in defect elimination and process improvements. |
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Aug 8, 2017 |
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Excluding Operators and Trades during maintenance strategy development ultimately costs more in the long term. |
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The frequency of inspection should align with the Failure Mode decay rate and PF theory, not a person’s availability. |
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May 18, 2017 |
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Control failure-mode influences = Control the functional failure. Influences may relate to; mgmt, storage, installation, operation, PM... |
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Apr 27, 2017 |
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Inspections don’t prevent failures; it’s only the corrective action performed after finding an unacceptable condition which do. |
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Apr 11, 2017 |
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Criticality assignments to equipment or processes will assist in determining where to start with the PMO program. |
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Mar 23, 2017 |
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To be in control of reliability we must understand what influences the failure modes. |
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Mar 7, 2017 |
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Organizations should have a formal procedure in place to review asset strategies. |
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Conduct routine risk reviews of your backlog together with both maintenance and operations. |
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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Audit kitting areas and return dated/unused kits to stores. |
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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Utilize a consequence/risk matrix to set the work order priority. |
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Oct 7, 2019 |
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Protect your Planners. Avoid giving them tasks such as back up supervisor, clerical duties, and outage coordinators. |
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Sep 6, 2019 |
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Establish process flow measures to bring visualization and address process bottlenecks real time. |
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Aug 30, 2019 |
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Successful planned work execution ensures efforts are completed in the safest manner, shortest period of time, least disruptive way, and at optimal cost. |
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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Maintenance Planners Should Be Working at Least Three Weeks Ahead |
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Dec 13, 2018 |
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Kitting and Staging Materials for planned work will reduce emergency purchases |
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Nov 9, 2018 |
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Kitting and Staging Materials Will Increase Maintenance Techs Utilization |
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Oct 12, 2018 |
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10% of MRO Stock Accounts for 80% of Storeroom Activities |
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Sep 7, 2018 |
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60% of Active Inventory Is Overstocked |
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Aug 2, 2018 |
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58% of a typical storeroom's inventory has not been used in over three years |
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Jul 6, 2018 |
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18% of a typical maintenance techs time is looking for materials or tools |
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Jun 22, 2018 |
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24%-26% of a typical maintenance techs time is spent walking to & from the job site |
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May 25, 2018 |
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Most companies believe that Maintenance utilization is high. In fact the average is between 18-24% |
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May 18, 2018 |
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Scheduling gives a technician the ability to become more efficient. |
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Oct 6, 2017 |
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Work Preparation (planning) gives a technician the ability to be more effective AND efficient. |
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Aug 31, 2017 |
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Setting criteria specifying detailed level of plans; based on complexity, safety factors, and costs, gives you a measurable quality target. |
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Jul 13, 2017 |
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Planning can’t be completed from the office. Mobile maintenance tools (Planning Optimizer™) let you scope & plan at 1 time, out in the field |
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Jun 8, 2017 |
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An effective Supervisor brings Quality Assurance & ensures the plan is executed effectively. |
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May 9, 2017 |
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A planner enables Supervisors and Tradespeople to be efficient. |
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Apr 21, 2017 |
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When planning jobs spanning multiple crafts, create separate operations or tasks for each one. |
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Apr 4, 2017 |
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Planning is the What & How. Scheduling is the Who & When. |
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Mar 16, 2017 |
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When planning jobs requiring more than one craft, create separate operations or tasks for each one. |
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Asset catalogs have to be reviewed frequently and be kept up-to-date to improve planning and minimize waste. |
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Feb 22, 2019 |
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Classification of Equipment Improves the Transparency of Your Expenditure. |
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Jan 25, 2019 |
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Before you waste your maintenance budget, ensure that equipment has not been decommissioned. |
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Nov 30, 2018 |
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Unplanned repairs of frequently inspected equipment are indicators of an inaccurate CBM program. It’s time for PMO! |
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Oct 26, 2018 |
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Asset Health is not only a smart way to record current readings, but also to trend the historical readings date to allow for further analysis. |
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Sep 21, 2018 |
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Use Asset Health Wisely – It’s Not a Monthly Report, but a Daily Tool for Maintenance & Reliability to Analyze Equipment Performance. |
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Aug 17, 2018 |
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Asset Health should be built in a hierarchical way for easy analysis and drill down to a particular condition reading. |
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Jul 13, 2018 |
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Asset Health Criteria should include all your condition monitoring data along with operator observations and inspection results. |
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May 11, 2018 |
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Asset Health is a helpful tool to prioritize your maintenance tasks to schedule by focusing on equipment that requires immediate attention. |
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Apr 5, 2018 |
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A good asset register assures a more productive Failure Mode & Effects Analysis. |
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Jan 11, 2018 |
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A well-structured asset register ultimately helps to identify where maintenance cost are truly being used. |
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Oct 26, 2017 |
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Organized and controlled asset clarification paves way for more effective P&S of preventive/predictive maintenance activities. |
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Sep 19, 2017 |
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Assets can be replaced and rotated inside the plant, but the Functional Location is static and allows you to track costs accurately. |
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Aug 15, 2017 |
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Be sure to include Functional Location in your hierarchy, one before last level, followed by an asset record. |
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Don't include replaceable components or spare parts in the asset taxonomy; your cost/failure tracking should be on asset level. |
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Multi-site companies should adopt a common taxonomy structure across plants, this will allow benchmarking with greater transparency. |
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May 2, 2017 |
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Do not build your Asset Hierarchy down to a nut and bolt level as this is not cost effective. |
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Apr 13, 2017 |
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Typical hierarchy should be 4-7 levels, starting from corporate headquarters down to a maintainable asset for cost tracking. |
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Mar 28, 2017 |
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Less than 30% of organizations surveyed have confidence their asset hierarchy is accurate. |
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Mar 9, 2017 |
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Asset Taxonomy must include hierarchical equipment structure along with asset classification for ease of cost analysis. |
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Second hand information is like week old bread - you're not sure what you're getting. |
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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"If you do not actively attack the risks, they will actively attack you." - Tom Gib |
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Mar 6, 2019 |
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Six Sigma is a statistical process that measures a process in terms of defects |
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Sep 28, 2018 |
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RCA Is a Formal Step-by-Step Process That Leads to the True Root Cause of the Failure |
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Aug 24, 2018 |
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Only 10% of Failures Are Attributed to Personnel Problems |
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Jul 20, 2018 |
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90% of failures are related to process failures |
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Jun 1, 2018 |
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Mitigation failure is most likely attributed to failing to follow up. |
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Apr 27, 2018 |
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Safety related incidents should be logged in a master investigation system and connected to the asset when equipment is involved in the incident. |
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Feb 8, 2018 |
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APM relies on investigations to be logged against an asset/equipment to ensure best practice lifecycle management. |
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Jan 25, 2018 |
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If there is no system to conduct investigations, the history is likely to be lost. |
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Oct 12, 2017 |
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RCA is a team event! |
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Sep 7, 2017 |
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4 things to consider with RCA: Chronic failure (↓ impact ↑ frequency) or Acute failure (↑impact ↓ frequency) and Easy or Difficult to fix. |
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Jul 27, 2017 |
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Steps of a good FRACAS process are Raise, Accept for Review, Analyse, Recommend Actions, Approve, Implement, and Audit. |
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Be selective on what problems get investigated. |
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May 11, 2017 |
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We often take on too many investigations and get delayed/stopped due to lack of resources. Set a trigger mechanism to avoid this. |
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Apr 25, 2017 |
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Some investigations need only a five why process whereas others might require a detailed cause map approach. |
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Apr 6, 2017 |
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By far, the reason for RCA failure is the failure to implement the corrective action. |
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Mar 21, 2017 |
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RCA should be seen as a process rather than activity. |
