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Contents
My apologies for the delay in issuing this edition of the newsletter (it was due last month). Look forward to receiving Edition 49 in two weeks time.
In this edition...
Feature Article - Defining Asset Management
Feature Article - Getting Root Cause Analysis to Work for You
Feature Article - Centrifugal Pumps: Basic Concepts of Operation, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting
Feature Article - Electrical Troubleshooting
2004 CMMS Implementation Benchmarking Survey
Maintenance Survey Survey!
Recommended Books
On the Lighter Side - Engineering Humor
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Asset management is a term that has been getting a lot of press recently. The term implies many things to many people, and there is no industry standard for application. This article, from Bradley Peterson of Strategic Asset Management Inc. defines asset management as a global management process through which we consistently make and execute the highest value decisions about the use and care of our assets. You will find this article at http://www.plant-maintenance.com/articles/Defining_Asset_Management.pdf. Note that you will require the free Adobe Acrobat reader to be able to view this file.
This paper from Sandy Dunn, and first presented at ICOMS 2004 provides several tips regarding how to make the most of Root Cause Analysis to progressively eliminate failures. Specific topics that are covered include:
- The need for training - why Root Cause Analysis is not just "common sense"
- The benefits of a team-based approach to Root Cause Analysis
- RCA Software - is it necessary for effective Root Cause Analysis?
- Creating the organisational environment for RCA success
You can read it at
http://www.plant-maintenance.com/articles/Getting_Root_Cause_Analysis_to_Work_for_You.pdf. Once again, you will require the free Adobe Acrobat reader to be able to view this file. Additional papers from ICOMS 2004 are available for purchase - you can access the list of papers and videos from www.icoms.org.au/icoms_proc.htm
This article, from Mukesh Sahdev, Associate Content Writer at The Chemical Engineers' Resource Page, www.cheresources.com covers all aspects of operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of centrifugal pumps. The article has been written specifically with students and beginners in mind, but is a worthwhile refresher for more experienced engineers. Yet again, you will require the free Adobe Acrobat reader to be able to view this file.
Read the article at http://www.plant-maintenance.com/articles/centrifugalpumps.pdf.
This article from Larry Bush of www.maintenancepolicy.com contains a number of practical tips to assist with troubleshooting of a range of electrical and electronic equipment. The article can be read at http://www.plant-maintenance.com/articles/electrical_troubleshooting.shtml
Our CMMS implementation survey closed recently, with responses from over 100 people. We are analysing the results, and will bring them to you in our next newsletter.
Maintenance Survey Survey!
This is our simplest survey yet. It consists of one question - what topic would you like covered in our next survey?
You can complete the survey, and view the results to date, at http://www.plant-maintenance.com/survey.shtml. The survey will remain open until September 15, 2004, and we will announce the topic for our next survey in our September newsletter.
Here are ten Maintenance-related books that we have reviewed recently, and strongly recommend:
- Managing Maintenance Error James Reason and Alan Hobbs - a superb book that has the potential to revolutionise the way that we think about Failure Elimination
- Reliability-Centered Maintenance by John Moubray - The definitive text on RCM.
- Uptime; Strategies for Excellence in Maintenance Management by John Campbell - An excellent summary of Maintenance Strategy and Improvement techniques for Maintenance and non-Maintenance managers alike.
- Apollo Root Cause Analysis - A New Way Of Thinking by Dean Gano - A simple, but effective way of unleashing the creative problem-solving potential of your workforce.
- Maintenance Planning, Scheduling and Coordination by Don Nyman and Joel Levitt - A very readable, practical "how to" guide on this vital subject.
- Making Common Sense Common Practice by Ron Moore - An illuminating, entertaining, stimulating, and inspiring book, laced with good, down-to-earth, practical common sense, and better than some books that are twice the price.
- Developing Performance Indicators for Managing Maintenance by Terry Wireman - the ever popular (and so far, to my knowledge, only) book on this topic.
- Overall Equipment Effectiveness by Robert C. Hansen. - covers more than the title would suggest - an excellent book on Maintenance Improvement strategy and implementation
- Root Cause Analysis - Improving Performance for Bottom-Line Results by Robert J. Latino, Kenneth C. Latino. - another excellent book on Root Cause Analysis, outlining the Proact approach to RCA.
- Maintenance Management Handbook edited by Lindley R. Higgins and R. Keith Mobley. - the definitive reference book for Maintenance Engineers.
Get more information on these and other books at http://www.plant-maintenance.com/maintenance_books.shtml.
WOMAN - As explained by (male) Engineers
I hope you have enjoyed this newsletter. All feedback,
comments and contributions to future editions are very welcome (as are enquiries
about contributions to, and sponsorship of, this newsletter).
Alexander (Sandy) Dunn
Plant Maintenance Resource Center
webmaster@plant-maintenance.com
http://www.plant-maintenance.com
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