Continuous Improvement
Five Minute Facts
Embrace Industry 4.0 to Improve Reliability
Step changes in condition based monitoring technology mean unlocking the benefits of Industry 4.0 to achieve operator driven reliability are now a reality. Oliver Pogmore, of plant reliability specialists AVT Reliability®, explains how digital technology can overcome barriers such as cost and staffing levels to deliver a truly proactive maintenance programme.2
- Oliver Pogmore
- AVT Reliability®
Interviews
Information Everywhere Use REST API to Get Out, and In The Information to Your CM System
In this interview SPM Instrument's Christer Larsson breaks down REST API. In detail Christer explains what REST API is and how it works, what type of data you can get and what are the benefits to REST API..
- Christer Larsson
- SPM Instrument
Two Minute Tips
RIP Predictive Maintenance. Long Live Predictive Maintenance
Companies have been using Predictive Maintenance for 30 years using technologies like vibration, ultrasonic, thermography, oil analysis, and motor current analysis. It is only within the last five years that advances in technology have radically changed what is possible. The future of Predictive Maintenance is...
- Ken Madsen
- Petasense
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