Facilities directors are a busy lot. Emergencies seem to arise from nowhere, and coordinating a response takes quick thinking and good leadership skills. It is little wonder, then, that day-to-day maintenance is often put on a backburner. Sadly, the more frequently time and resources are diverted from maintenance to handle emergencies, the more emergencies you [...]
Author: Drew D. Troyer, Cre, Cmrp In the July/August 2006 issue of Reliable Plant magazine, I wrote an editorial entitled “Zen and the Art of Operator Maintenance.” In this article, I offered my views on involving operators in the plant reliability management equation. I suggested that the best place to start is to get [...]
All task and activities that we want to do must have a reason and purpose. This shall include total productive maintenance activity. But before we answer why do we need total productive maintenance or so caled TPM let us ask 1 question. Are machines design to breakdown? Of course not. If not nobody or factory [...]
