This article covers some of the leading asset management strategies that help drive efficiencies across plant operations and ...

To explore how this integrated approach is reshaping condition monitoring, we spoke with Hari Viswanathan, Senior Director of ...

MTTR is a metric used by maintenance departments to measure the average time needed to determine the cause of and fix failed equipment. Anytime you see the phrase "mean time to," it means you're ...

Predictive maintenance (PdM) is maintenance that monitors the performance and condition of equipment during normal operation to reduce the likelihood of failures. Also known as condition-based ...

Although every company is unique, there are some maintenance and reliability truths that apply to most organizations. These case studies look at many forms of maintenance, leadership, processes, ...

Criticality analysis is defined as the process of assigning assets a criticality rating based on their potential risk of failure. Criticality analysis is defined as the process of assigning assets a ...

Managing a work order backlog is not the most exciting of maintenance tasks, but without a complete and up-to-date backlog, important work will be forgotten. Indeed, good backlog management is a ...

Poka-yoke (pronounced PO-ka yo-KAY) is the use of a mechanism or device that helps an equipment operator (or anyone) avoid mistakes. In Japanese, poka-yoke translates ...

Total productive maintenance (TPM) is the process of using machines, equipment, employees and supporting processes to maintain and improve the integrity of production and the quality of systems.

The 5 Whys tool is the straightforward process of asking "why?" in an interrogative fashion to get to the root cause of a specific problem. Read about when and how to use 5 Whys, see 5 Whys examples ...

Lean manufacturing or “going lean,” refers to a series of methods, philosophies and tools to minimize waste in your business and maximize production. Read about different ways your company can go lean ...

The Proactive Asset Reliability Process is shown in Figure 1. It is an integral part of a larger manufacturing business process. The Proactive Asset Reliability Process focuses on the maintenance of ...