Planned Maintenance

Doc Palmer argues that even emergency work can benefit from the support of planners and schedulers.

Sheila Kennedy outlines recent advancements that improve motors operations and maintenance.

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Brian Hronchek from Eruditio takes a back-to-basics approach to FMEA planning and execution.

"You can do an FMEA without criticality, but that just means you're going to be over-maintaining your assets or you're going to be misguided in where you're applying your efforts...

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Brian Hronchek from Eruditio explores the benefits of conducting an FMEA.

"Everything that we do has to be taken to the next step. Eventually it has to be turned into value for the business, and the value for the business comes when people put their...

Jeff Shiver demonstrates how PM checklists generated using AI tools often miss the precision tasks that address your asset’s unique operating context, and can vary between multiple...

View this on-demand webinar on how best to use your maintenance workers to achieve plant goals.

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, author and YouTuber Joe Kuhn says don’t wait to start PMs. There is no better time than right now.

Doc Palmer argues that it can even root out childish behaviors among both work teams and managers.

Doc Palmer wonders whether your maintenance staff is sized for firefighting or for profitability.

Doc Palmer says individual work orders are key so managers can help keep things on track, especially emergency work.

Jeff Shiver says unlock the potential of your historical data by transforming it into a library of reusable job plans.

Build an RIT process that ties in with your root cause failure analysis to improve reliability.

Jeff Shiver says both KPIs and qualitative feedback are crucial to capturing tangible results.

Doc Palmer says hyper-accurate labor estimating gets in the way of both completed work and higher quality work.