It is essential to understand that individual leadership styles suit situations differently, and some are more effective in ...

The traditional view of operational shutdowns, turnarounds and outages (STOs) holds that they are maintenance and engineering events. This simplistic view is held by many organizations. A more ...

It's estimated that 50 to 70 percent of vibration issues in rotating machinery are caused by misalignment, according to Texas A&M's OAKTrust study on coupling misalignment forces. In fact, reliability ...

Universal Flow Monitors, Inc., located in Hazel Park, Michigan, has manufactured flowmeters for a variety of industries for more than 50 years. UFM manufactures flow monitors ideal for most fluids. We ...

The Procter & Gamble Company recognized its top-performing external business partners during an awards ceremony October 7 as the conclusion of the P&G Supplier and Agency Summit in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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 ...

When a maintenance program is successful, every area of the company is positively affected. Today, top organizations are reaping the benefits from implementing well-designed and managed reliability ...

Creating a maintenance plan is generally not difficult to do. But creating a comprehensive maintenance program that is effective poses some interesting challenges. It would be difficult to appreciate ...

Maintenance teams often need to have difficult conversations if they rely heavily on a reactive maintenance strategy. Even the most experienced teams view reactive maintenance as an ad-hoc task.

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 ...

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 ...

Below we'll discuss how reliability-centered maintenance works, how you should implement it and see how reliability-centered maintenance can benefit you. What Is Reliability-Centered Maintenance?