Five Minute Facts
Four Steps to Lower Operating Expenses and Increase Efficiency
Manufacturing organizations often use Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) as a key metric in assessing operations. While OEE is really three metrics rolled into one percentage, the components that make up the overall metric, availability, performance, and quality, are all important areas to benchmark.
- Adam Napolitano
- Triple Circle Partners
Build, Buy, or Partner – Why Partnerships Should Receive Stronger Strategic Consideration
When evaluating a new offering or market organizations may evaluate whether the most effective approach is to build, buy, or partner. Given current interest rates and somewhat more hesitant capital investment, this can make acquisitions or organic build-out more difficult.
- Adam Napolitano
- Triple Circle Partners
Be Curious, Not Judgmental
In the field of maintenance and reliability, the position and honor of being a maintenance and reliability leader is pivotal in fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence. One of the most effective ways to achieve this is by embracing curiosity over judgement. Here’s why and how you as a leader can cultivate this mindset.
- Joey Cantrell
- Constellium Muscle Shoals
Detecting Elusive Loose Electrical Connections
Intermittent faults caused by loose electrical connections are difficult to detect with standard inspection methods, and if left unchecked they can be expensive and dangerous. Is it possible to flag these problems early without breaking the bank?
- Brad Nanna
- IRISS Inc.
Why Do Most Predictive Maintenance Programs Fail?
Christian Benk, director of product management at B&K Vibro, draws from an industry study and his own experience to describe why most companies experience failure in their predictive maintenance programs…
- Christian Benk
- BK Vibro
The P-F Curve We Were Taught Kills Productivity and OEE
Roy Giorgio demonstrates why the older model of the P-F Curve can be misleading, using an example of a conveyor gearbox in which problematic data was disregarded…
- Roy Giorgio
- AssetWatch
How Oil Analysis Speaks Louder than Vibration
Roy Giorgio demonstrates the power of oil analysis in industry, using examples from a gearbox in a steel mill and a plastic extrusion manufacturer…
- Roy Giorgio
- AssetWatch
What Do P-F Curves Really Look Like?
The traditional P-F Curve does not cover all scenarios. Roy Giorgio of AssetWatch demonstrates what a P-F Curve in the field could look like, using a case study of simple precision lubrication…
- Roy Giorgio
- AssetWatch
The Human Element of Sustainable Solutions
The pharmaceutical industry has been slow to embrace sustainability due to the absence of strong consumer demand and the perception that sustainability is costly. However, digitization and stricter ESG demands from investors are driving change...
- David Mierau, PE
- Life Cycle Engineering