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Managing the Business Effect of An Aging Workforce
Recently I sat on panel to discuss the aging of the workforce. The panel was made up of representatives of several manufacturing companies, and they outlined their company’s current situation regarding the coming retirement of so-called baby boomers, the first of whom are now into their sixties. I happen to be one of them.
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
With great power comes great responsibility
Based on comments from my last post, I picked a "Joe's Dope Sheet" that focuses on management. I hope you enjoy!
- Bill Barto
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Motion Magnification Real-Life ODS
Real life ODS is a new way to visualize the vibration of a machine in the same way you used to do it using conventional ODS. Thanks to the technology developed by Erbessd Instruments you can collect data with your accelerometers and after that, just take a picture and you’re ready to complete a motion magnification analysis.
- Michael Howard, DSc
- ERBESSD-INSTRUMENTS
5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Began Leading My Company
You can’t do everything yourself. One of the biggest challenges when building a company is finding the right people to be a part of your team.
- Jeff Roscher
- eWorkOrders
Everactive Solution Offers 24/7 Screening Tool to Optimize Vibration Programs
The benefits of wireless monitoring can be boiled down to a simple premise—optimizing maintenance resources to maximize uptime and reduce costs. Real-time awareness lets you direct resources when and where they are needed.
- Tom Ross
- Everactive
3 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Wait for Warning Signs to Maintain Your Assets
As we talk to others in the reliability industry, we’re occasionally confronted with the viewpoint that asset health and condition monitoring is a cure-all when it comes to preventing asset failure. Understandably, people like the idea that they can continuously monitor their assets and only intervene or perform maintenance when there’s degradation. However, what seems ideal is not always practical, and there are limitations to what can be achieved through monitoring.
- ARMS
- ARMS Reliability
How Important is a Bill of Materials?
The key to effective asset and maintenance data management is accuracy. An EAM system can only do so much with poor quality data and the same applies to BoMs. BoMs can provide accurate material information in real time to ensure all parts are stocked and identifies which parts are needed to complete work orders.
- Adanna Anyalachi
- HubHead
How to Extract More Value from Your Criticality Assessment
Criticality assessments are a routine aspect of reliability work and are usually conducted for two main purposes.
- Jason Apps
- ARMS Reliability
Why You Need a Maintenance Bill of Materials Right NOW!
Asset-intensive companies are heavily dependent on proper spare part management to ensure seamless operations alongside cost reduction. BoMs can be extremely useful for these companies when maintaining equipment and ordering spare parts. Some of the benefits include increased accuracy with work orders, reduced downtime, decreased duplication, and much more.
- Adanna Anyalachi
- HubHead