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2010/May
Author: Randall K. Noon, P.E., Cooper Nuclear Station
Most plant personnel understand the value of root-cause analysis (RCA). Properly conducted, an evidence-driven RCA can be a strong performance-improvement tool. It fixes problems that waste time and resources, and it mitigates risk.
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2010/February
Author:Adam Lund, Emerson Process Management
Putting it as simply as possible, application of new design principles in capacity-assurance technologies is boosting usability and productivity.
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2010/October
Author:Al Poling, CMRP and Richard B. Jones, Ph.D HSB Solomon Associates LLC
Industries everywhere are finding themselves operating in a new reality. Here's a new standard for dealing with it.
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2010/August
Author:Andrew Teich, President, Commercial Systems, FLIR Systems, Inc.
With all the talk about the "new normal" in today's economy, one can not only appreciate that times are indeed tough, but that much of the news media is still trading in yesterday's headlines.
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2010/August
Author:Barbara Hulit, President, Fluke Corporation
While Fluke customers seem to be enjoying 2010 more than 2009, they can't really say the falling knife isn't still falling. Most are seeing growth—though not at the production levels they had in early 2008. They tell us they're being hit from all...
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2010/June
Author:Bill Moore, SKF USA Inc.
Are the pricing demands of your purchasing department undermining the reliability of your plant's rotating equipment?
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2010/September
Author:Bob Williamson, Contributing Editor
In last month's column, we documented the rise and fall of the fictional Billy Ray Motorsports team. A new organization with the potential to win was hit with spotty reliability and declining performance.
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2010/January
Author:Bob Williamson, Contributing Editor
In many businesses, having easy access to critical assets and the people who maintain them—as well as adequate time to make lasting improvements—is a rare opportunity.
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2010/February
Author:Bob Williamson, Contributing Editor
My contention that we can "Beat China" when it comes to manufacturing sets the stage for this month's column. In my December 2009 column, I listed the seven "strengths" of American industry that we need to exploit now.
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2010/March
Author:Bob Williamson, Contributing Editor
“What d’ya think I’m stupid? Checklists are for dummies.” “I know what I’m doing…done it for years. Why would I ever need a checklist?”
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2010/April
Author:Bob Williamson, Contributing Editor
Policy: A deliberate plan of action to guide decisions and achieve rational outcome(s). Policy merely guides actions toward those behaviors that are most likely to achieve a desired outcome.
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2010/May
Author:Bob Williamson, Contributing Editor
What happened to employee training? I mean REAL training AND qualification to do specific tasks right the first time, every time.
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2010/June
Author:Bob Williamson, Contributing Editor
To me, the term or label "Made in America" represents quality, variety and domestic production for domestic jobs. You name it: We make it, we use it, we export a lot of it for other countries to use.
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2010/July
Author:Bob Williamson, Contributing Editor
Well, we are here! We're now in the era of the aging Baby Boom Generation. For the next two decades, this generation will be marked by an unprecedented growth of older workers and retirees in the U.S. and most of the world's industrialized nations....
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2010/August
Author:Bob Williamson, Contributing Editor
"RACE TEAM FOR SALE: Complete shop, racecars, hauler and staff. Currently competing. Active sponsors. Owner forced to sell due to health reasons. Please call (555) 123-4567 for more information. SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY."
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2010/October
Author:Bob Williamson, Contributing Editor
"We have too many equipment problems: Too much downtime, too many breakdowns. Maintenance is out of control around here!" What does that mean?
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