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1998/September
Author:Bill D. Parker, MCI Systemhouse Corp.
Approach any plant manager who has recently been through the experience of implementing a new computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) and ask this question: “How did the project go?” Chances are you will get an answer that...
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1998/April
Author:Blaine L. Pardoe, Enterprise Management Systems
Helpful information for getting a failing CMMS implementation projectback on track.
You spent a quarter of a million dollars and countless hours of productivity to purchase a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS). Good. Smart move. But...
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1998/January
Author:Bob Baldwin, Editor
I've been a proponent of the Internet as a maintenance tool since I began using it in the office and at home.
Looking back, it is hard for me to believe that I got along with a 2.4 Kbps connection to Compu-Serve and America Online. But it was fast...
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1998/February
Author:Bob Baldwin, Editor
Commenting on the Internet's World Wide Web last month in this space, I said: "it gets better and better."
Now, after spending a month exploring the World Wide Web over a high-speed Internet connection, I'm beginning to wonder. Not wonder about the...
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1998/March
Author:Bob Baldwin, Editor
"AT&T cuts workforce by 14%, adds services." That front-page headline in USA Today was the topic of conversation at a recent executive member meeting of the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals. A number of the attendees had...
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1998/April
Author:Bob Baldwin, Editor
For a number of years, MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY Magazine has been looking forward to the opportunity to sponsor a conference and trade show designed specifically for its readers. We know that members of the maintenance reliability community have a...
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1998/May
Author:Bob Baldwin, Editor
I love technology. But recently I have been having heretical thoughts that technology may be getting too far ahead of ordinary business practices. However, I kept those thoughts under control as I walked into COMDEX Spring 98 in Chicago's McCormick...
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1998/June
Author:Bob Baldwin, Editor
Kaizen means continuous improvement. It was one of the few Japanese words I understood, until I had an opportunity to spend some time with Masaaki Imai, chairman of the Kaizen Institute and author of Gemba Kaizen ...
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1998/July
Author:Bob Baldwin, Editor
I’ve heard tales of woe from a number of maintenance professionals about the tremendous effort required to install enterprise-wide software. They have had to thoroughly examine their work processes (some for the first time) to see...
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1998/September
Author:Bob Baldwin, Editor
Reliability is rapidly gaining acceptance as an active partner with maintenance in the minds of people responsible for equipment asset management and plant capacity. Perhaps it is the results of the formation of the Society for...
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1998/October
Author:Bob Baldwin, Editor
Circle December 1–3 on your calendar. Those are the dates for MAINTECH, a new conference and trade show for the maintenance and reliability community sponsored by Maintenance Technology Magazine. We plan to hold it twice a year,...
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1998/November
Author:Bob Baldwin, Editor
You don’t often get an opportunity to travel back in time but I could have sworn that was what happened to me during a recent weekend when I got caught up in Warpstock. As soon as I walked into the event’s exhibit area I was taken...
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1998/December
Author:Bob Baldwin, Editor
At the recent executive member meeting of the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals, representatives from host Shell Chemical Co. provided some insight into how they do maintenance and ensure reliability. One of their...
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1998/March
Author:Bob Williamson
The "breakthrough strategy" discussed in my last column* works. Equipment becomes more reliable, costs go down, and behaviors change along the way. The key is focusing on results--the kind of results that will get people's attention on the plant...
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1998/June
Author:Bob Williamson
In nearly all of the 250 or so equipment-intensive plants and facilities I have visited, taught, and worked in over the past 30 years, I have observed the relationship between the skills of employees and the reliability ...
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1998/October
Author:Bob Williamson
Working with many different types of manufacturing facilities seeking improvement programs around North America proves to be most insightful. We have been working with several locations to improve communications about equipment and...
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1998/December
Author:Brad Peterson, Strategic Asset Management Inc.
Maintenance through the past several decades was a relatively monolithic central function. It was usually staffed for peak activities, and often had excess capacity waiting for a breakdown to occur. With the advent of international...
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1998/June
Author:Daniel L. Davis and Ronald Hemming, Maintenance Technologies International, LLC
Solid management process supported by CMMS can ensure that parts and materials are available and costs are documented.
A plant's maintenance storeroom is set up to provide maintenance personnel with the parts and materials needed to keep the...
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1998/July
Author:Drew D. Troyer, Entek IRD International
Relying on oil analysis simply to guide oil change decisions leaves lots of valuable information on the table about a machine’s health. Here is an overview.
Historically, machine condition monitoring and predictive maintenance activities...
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1998/January
Author:Eric R. Saller
As the number and importance of permanently installed vibration sensors increases, so does the importance of proper installation and operation.
Proper sensor selection requires special attention to three main issues: sensor design, dynamic...
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