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Feb. 10, 2012

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Six Keys to an Effective Lubrication Program

Following these steps will help drive down equipment failures....More
Feb. 10, 2012

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TPM Delivers a Maintenance Fix

Laminations saw an opportunity to improve its maintenance activities. Total Productive Maintenance provided the solution....More
Feb. 7, 2012

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Maintenance Best Practices -- Forward to the Basics with Grease Guns

Employ these tips to take your asset management strategy to a more precise and effective level....More
Jan. 11, 2012

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Transformation to a Predictive Enterprise Improves Plant Efficiency, Reliability and Safety

How Air Liquide reduced unplanned maintenance actions 95% over three years, representing millions of dollars in avoided cost and unknown savings in avoided lost production....More
Sep. 27, 2011

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IndustryWeek

The MRO Dilemma: Safety Stock vs. Service Levels

Poor decisions drive costly results....More
Aug. 9, 2011

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Five Common Lean Maintenance Missteps

How to avoid the five most common mistakes made by manufacturers on their journey to lean maintenance....More
Aug. 2, 2011

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IndustryWeek

The Essential Metric of Reliability

If you aren't measuring 'mean time between failure,' then you're missing out on improvement opportunities....More
Jun. 21, 2011

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IndustryWeek

Revisiting OEE

Its a frequently misunderstood metric that provides critical information, says one manufacturing expert....More
Jun. 17, 2010

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IndustryWeek

Basics of Lean Maintenance

When properly applied to maintenance processes, lean strategies can remove waste and improve equipment performance....More
Jun. 15, 2010

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IndustryWeek

Culture Counts

'When you embark on lean, you're not just trying to engage the hands of your employees. You want their hands, their hearts and their minds,' Mike Fitzgerald, director of lean and reliability services for Advanced Technology Services Inc. asserts....More
Jun. 15, 2010

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IndustryWeek

Lean for Machines

Applying continuous-improvement strategies to maintenance can help your plant run like a well-oiled machine....More
Apr. 1, 2009

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IndustryWeek

5S Tools and Tactics

In this session at the 2009 IW Best Plants Conference, Alan Mauer, Senior Project Engineer for Stryker Instruments, delivers a straightforward look at what 5S was designed for, what its benefits are and how to use its tools for maximum effect. You see examples of 5S audit sheets, Visual Standards and Action Item maintenance. Mauer also discussed how "Plan Do Check Act" applies to 5S....More
Jan. 11, 2009

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IndustryWeek

OEE: The Heart of the Matter

Measuring overall equipment effectiveness can help a plant do more of what it does best: making products....More
Mar. 8, 2007

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IndustryWeek

Operations: Maintenance Miscues

The consequences of missed or ignored equipment maintenance can range from lost production to costly and perhaps even fatal safety mishaps. Here's what you can do to keep costly breakdowns at bay....More

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