By understanding the foundations of RCM, the benefits and potential challenges of this approach, and what is required for ...

One of the latest unfortunate trends in maintenance and reliability is to take shortcuts. By learning why all reliability ...

Today, plant assets play a key role in overall enterprise efficiency. That is why manufacturers are turning to reliability-based maintenance (RBM) more and more, using RBM as a strategy to help ...

Maintenance Backlog is a measure of maintenance work that is ready to be done, but has not yet been completed. Backlog may be measured in hours or weeks based on the total capacity of the maintenance ...

In the mid-1980s, United Air Lines produced a commercial that clearly defined the life of an effective troubleshooter. This corporate problem-solver could never return home, bouncing from one ...

Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. and Bowater Incorporated on January 29 announced a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock merger of equals. The combination will create a new leader in publication ...

Motor testing assesses the integrity of a motor through the use of computer-supported equipment or tools that monitor trends within the motor. Motor testing assesses the integrity of a motor through ...

Preventive maintenance is an established routine of periodically inspecting equipment, noticing small issues and fixing them before they turn into major problems. Downtime due to the lack of proper ...

What is a Fishbone Diagram? A fishbone diagram is a cause-and-effect discovery tool that helps figure out the reason(s) for defects, variations or failures within a process. In other words, it helps ...

Most everyone would agree that striving for world-class maintenance status is a good thing, but what exactly does this mean and how do you know when you get there? An athlete knows there are world ...

34th President of the United States and U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower is famous for making the paradoxical statement, "In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but ...

sedan, Avalon sedan, and the Solara coupe and convertible. How are your company’s numbers? For comparison sake, here are some of Toyota’s: 3 - its rank on the list of the world’s most respected ...