Up Time Magazine- February/March 2008

capabilities that rise above the normal, and Very easily a company can get very focused be proactive rather than reactive. on to many things and become an inch deep From the foundational items of operational and a mile wide. We have done this in the and equipment reliability things need to past and it does not work. So you can see our progress and grow towards removing waist vision sets the direction for where we want and variability in the processes and equipto be. The mission is how we go about realment we use to manufacture products. With- izing the vision. We have begun to build the out the foundation nothing above it can be reliability plan it is still a work in progress sustained for any substantialnew ideas period of time. but I am happy to say that it is well works for you and your company • Learn • Get information that on its In the growth of• Get Certified to the process you have way and so are we. and meet new people • Network Interesting note. 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MISSING ELEMENTS Larry Hoing If your foundation is not strong and sustainReliability & Centered Maintenance RCM-2008 - The ReliabilityEngineering Systems Manager Managers’ Forum able your new processes will March 18-20, 2008 eventually fail. Wells Dairy, Inc. The Orleans Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV Just like this faulty pyramid. It might stand PO Box 1310 Le Mars, Iowa 51031 for a while Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Reliability Analysis, Failure Analysis, PM Optimization, Reliability Incident Management but the more you top load it the P-712-548-2328 more unstable it will become. 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When the ball starts to roll in the reliability Root Cause Analysis, Technology Innovations journey, when people start to catch the vision you have to have a plan to follow and CMMS-2008 - The Computerized Maintenance Management Summit some direction, how to keep on track, you December 2008 Florida need leadership and discipline. Remember the journey has a destination, itsComputerized Maintenance Management Systems for Small to Midsize Companies reliability. A reliability effort like ours at Wells Dairy has had many different aspects to it. In some cases they are passions around the next best technology or they could be simple things like getting all the work done on work orders, or even completing all the PM’s on time. Vibration, ultrasonic’s, condition monitoring, lubrication, work flow, and so on. 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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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