Up Time Magazine- February/March 2008

2 Great Keynotes at RCM/EAM/ MTrain 2008 The ABC’s Of Failure – Getting Rid Of The Noise In Your System by Winston Ledet The Value of History Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) arrived as a modern maintenance philosophy in late 1978 and began to hit its stride in the early 1990’s to develop more effective maintenance programs that actually focused on preserving system function – and minimizing the effects of failures. At the same time, PC’s or personal computer use became more widespread, software programs to manage; plan and track maintenance work began to emerge. The ability to design an effective maintenance program and then As part of the process of gathering, analyzing and condensing data enter it into a system to manage the new maintenance plan and from manufacturing sites around the world over the last 20 years of track failures combined to lift some early adopter programs into a our work, it became apparent that it could all be simplified into ABC. “world class” status. Aging of equipment, Basic wear and tear and Careless work habits account for all of the production losses and equipment down time World class maintenance programs learned that Reliability Centered experienced by industry. There are very simple ways to address Maintenance (RCM) replaced costly and ineffective reactive and the ABC’s. Unfortunately the Planned Domain, pursued by most time based activities that often created as many failures as they were industries in the Western World will not get organizations to the intended to eliminate. Enterprise asset management (or computergoal they are trying to achieve since it is an unstable state of ized maintenance management) programs tracked labor, material - and existence. Achieving a high degree of Planned and Scheduled equally as important – tracked failures that could be eliminated by the work is a consequence of working correctly not the goal for “living program” spawned by most RCM approaches. which we should aim. In order to achieve Best in Class At RCM-2008 you will learn to create an effective maintenance program for performance a site needs to be able to get rid of 40% of your critical systems or your entire plant and facility. At EAM 2008 – you will the existing work. The work that must be eliminated is learn to use software to automate your maintenance process, plan more effecthe unplanned and unscheduled work that continutively and track the effectiveness of your work. These two conferences work well ally keeps you in the Reactive Domain. You must together to create a seamless system for creating reliability and managing physical eliminate the “noise” in your system if you exassets at your company or organization. pect to make a real and sustainable change. As the maintenance and reliability professional community ages, we have noted a looming shortage of knowledgeable and skilled workers that can sustain the gains made by effective use of RCM and EAM. To begin to address solutions, we have created MTrain 2008, new for 2008 to combine case studies from leaders who are already creating advanced strategies to keep their workforce operating at the highest possible level and keep their organizations competitive Return on Asset Reliability in the 21st century. by John Schultz Improvements in reliability must be aligned with the overall goals of the company and stakeholders. More importantly - they must make business sense. Reliability expert John Schultz shares his experience from working with both public and private corporations to explain the direct connection between reliability improvements and the company financial statement. Understanding the history of the maintenance and reliability professional community as well as understanding the history of maintenance and reliability at your company can provide guideposts forward as we continue to evolve the discipline required to be “world class” in today’s flat world and efficient global supply chain. We are so confident that you will gain from attending RCM-2008 – EAM-2008 and MTRain-2008 - we offer the industry’s best“100% satisfaction” guarantee – if you are not satisfied with your 3 day conference experience – simply let us know why and we will refund your entire conference fee. We hope you will join us to build a “Culture of Reliability” and to transform the world of maintenance and reliability – one program at a time. Please make plans to attend while early bird and hotel discounts save you money on what is sure to be one of the best events of the year. See you in Las Vegas. Best regards, Terrence O’Hanlon, CMRP Publisher Uptime Magazine® Reliabilityweb.com http://www.Reliabilityweb.com

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Up Time Magazine- February/March 2008 Contents Upfront Upclose: Lessons Learned from the Walter Reed Story Information Technology: Parenting and Asset Performance Infrared: It's Alive! Lubrication: A Sense of Change Maintenance Management: PdM, Standardized Motor Testing: Being Well Connected Precision Maintenance: How to be Marketable Reliability: The Voyage of Wells Dairy Ultrasound: Two is Better Than One Vibration: Diagnosing a Cracked Shaft Upgrade: A Different Kind of Journey

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