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Build a strong safety culture or pay the price
Learn how Kimberly-Clark transformed safety into an all-employee responsibility.

4 facts (or myths) about PAS 55 and its influence on your asset management program
David Berger says approach PAS 55 implementation with skepticism.

Do you have to be a good story teller to be a successful energy manager?
Peter Garforth says energy managers need to be good at painting the picture of benefits.

3 low-cost, no-brainer oil savers
Stanton McGroarty says do more with less on the way to precision maintenance.

Bringing anomalies to light with IR inspection
Use infrared inspection to determine thermal patterns of electrical systems.

How to use ultrasound to improve lubrication practices
Predictive technology can impact bearing failures.

Is your plant performance based on truth or tradition?
Tom Moriarty explores how culture can impede change warranted by factual evidence.

Change management to change the electrical safety culture in your plant
Educated leadership makes better risk-assessment decisions.

How to calculate your maintenance backlog
Stanton McGroarty calculates how much work maintenance departments have piled up.

Why you can't have a successful organization without maintenance
In this Big Picture Interview, Fred Dunbrack says maintenance isn't just a repair thing.

Tie condition monitoring into RCM and RCA
Use information to assess machine health.

Leveraging solar energy's potential might set you apart from your competition
Financing, policy, rebates, and the local cost of energy should all be considered before moving forward with solar.

In the Trenches: Is hiring a deaf machinist a sound decision?
In this edition of In the Trenches, Acme contemplates the ramifications of hiring a candidate with disabilities.