Virtual vs. real

Paul Studebaker, CMRP, editor in chief, says that eventually, somebody has to get dirty. More...

Keep an eye out for counterfeits

Russ Kratowicz, P.E., CMRP, executive editor, says piracy, fakery and bogusity have become all too common in the maintenance world. More...

Money matters

Managing Editor Lisa Towers looks at the potential of stimulus spending to renew our skilled workforce. More...

Energy management and the CMMS

David Berger, P.Eng., contributing editor, says what it represents will be here long after "Green" is gone. More...

Climate politics, science and risk

Energy Expert Peter Garforth says regardless of your position on climate change, energy conservation is good. More...

Electricity is hot

Sheila Kennedy, contributing editor, investigates innovations in power distribution, storage and sources. More...

Keep an eye on the road

In this edition of In the Trenches, Acme's driver disqualification criteria collide with the EEOC. More...

The power of reliability excellence

In striving to achieve improvements, many organizations turn to lean manufacturing, six sigma and total productive maintenance (TPM). They’re valid initiatives and proper implementation depends on having stable, repeatable operations. Realize that such operational stability is delivered through a combination of organizational and equipment reliability. More...

Break-through training

Joel Leonard, contributing editor, interviews Martin Tauber and explores how one plant upgraded staff performance. More...

Lessons from history

Tom Moriarty, P.E., CMRP, contributing editor, explores politics, egos and plain-old bad decisions. More...

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Top strategies for asset performance management

The focus of this webcast is to highlight the strategies and business process established by best-in-class companies to maximize return on assets in the midst of decreasing operational and capital budgets. These includes capabilities to leverage real-time asset data for advanced asset management initiatives in addition to having process, organizational, and knowledge management capabilities to stay ahead of the game — both in top line revenue growth opportunity and bottom line cost reductions related to asset maintenance. This webcast will highlight how companies are able to translate these savings and operational improvements to increased profitability and shareholder value by the ability to connect asset performance to corporate performance.

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Reliability Expert: He makes your
equipment better

Reliability Expert Daryl Mather offers up his expertise on improving your plant maintenance operations. Want to be a leaner, more efficient organization and reap the benefits? Visit the Mather archive to employ his proven strategies.

• Visit Mather's blog
• Read the review of his book – The Maintenance Scorecard