Continuous Improvement
Five Minute Facts
Glossary of Industrial Maintenance Technology
It can be challenging to understand what all the terms for industrial maintenance technologies mean. IIoT, Industry 4.0, AI, PdM 4.0. We try to distill it down to a simple glossary...
- Ken Madsen
- Petasense
Nine Minutes of Knowledge
Utilizing the Ishikawa Technique as Part of the Root Cause Analysis
In this very brief presentation, the Ishikawa technique, also known as the fishbone technique, will be described as a tool that can be used to determine the root cause of the problem or failure.
- Jason Tranter
- Mobius Institute
Two Minute Tips
Frontline Supervisors are Key to Continuous Improvement
Supervisors and team leaders are crucial to Continuous Improvement (CI) efforts. The reason is that often it is a frontline supervisor who provides personnel time to participate on the CI teams as well as the production equipment for the..
- Mark Jolley
- Marshall Institute
Five Minute Facts
Myth Busting: KPIs Are Always Helpful
Many believe that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it. That’s just not right. Measurements can only count what is countable...
- James Reyes-Picknell
- Conscious Asset
Two Minute Tips
Does This Formula Need To Be Revised?
There is one formula in the book SMRP Best Practices that I couldn’t digest, and I think that it needs either to be clarified or to be revised by SMRP...
- Ahmed Kotb
- TRANSCO
Two Minute Tips
Reliability Highlights in the Mining Industry
Peter Finn talks about reliability practices that have stuck out to him during his career in mining…
- Robert Kalwarowsky
- Rob's Reliability Project
Two Minute Tips
Root Cause Analysis: Maximize Effectiveness Through Accountability
Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is great tool, but only if you know when and how to use it.....
- Jason Apps
- ARMS Reliability
Nine Minutes of Knowledge
Merge Improvement Programs and Expand Your Network for Maximum Value Creation
All improvement methodologies match with the reliability principles. If you can take the best tool sets from each and merge them into an overarching improvement methodology, you will create value for your plant…
- Robert Kalwarowsky
- Rob's Reliability Project
Two Minute Tips
Enhance Control of Reliability & Assets Management Programs – 4 Keys to Effective Use of KPI
The way to achieve Maintenance Excellence. Many companies and organizations prepare periodic reports to monitor performance which include tables and charts of key performance indicators, but many of these reports are not used optimally as required to achieve the desired goals.
- Alaa Omar
- Egyptian Natural Gas Co.