Up Time Magazine - February/March 2009 - (Page 61) tiple languages. Whether you are targeting efficiency to free up limited maintenance resources, or attacking effectiveness to meet greater reliability needs, Reliability FusionSM provides an automated approach towards achieving all 3-Dimensions of PMOptimization. I can sum it up by saying Reliability FusionSM software fuses common sense, reliability disciplines, and automation to take your PM program to new levels. justify purchasing the 3-Dimensional PMOptimation? Because improvements are percentages on our operation, any site with more than 10 Technicians will obtain positive ROI. Our current customers range from small sites, to Fortune 500 companies. A better measure of justification is the amount of time spent on performing PM activities annually. What would it mean to your maintenance organization if you could free up 40% of this labor? Furthermore, what impact would the reduction in process downtime due to PM (or due to failures), have on the entire operation? upgrade month. Keep in mind that the ROI can show up in several places. Below are a few broad categories: Immediate or Short-Term Payback • Reduction in labor hours to execute PM by 40% • Reduction in parts & materials changed out during PM (although sometimes only deferred costs) • Reduction in production downtime to perform PM by 35% What are some of the immediate impacts that 3-Dimensional PMOptimization can have on overall plant and machinery reliability? It is interesting that you should ask that. The first question that is typically asked is “How much money will this save us?” Consequently we have been forced to make a case on cost savings alone. But like most maintenance & reliability professionals, we ultimately get the most excited about the impact of our actions on the reliability of the equipment. This process, like RCM & FMEA, requires a certain level of analysis. However, it contains means to expedite the analysis considerably. The results addressed herein are achieved with a fraction of the time and resources of other failure-avoidance approaches. Furthermore, much of this analysis takes place, not virtually in a classroom, but in front of the equipment. As a result it is very common to identify significant issues that have, or soon will be negatively impacting the reliability of the equipment. We have also found that during a typical PMOptimization exercise in which the goal is to eliminate the waste of resources, companies have successfully done this while adding on average 50% greater PM coverage in failure modes addressed. To sum it up, not only are we avoiding the activities that do not add value, but we are doing the activities that add the most value, many of which had not been done previously. Let’s face it, we are in the midst of a very tough economy, and budgets are tight. Why is this a good time for a company to invest in the 3Dimensional PMOptimization suite? Today’s economy is the very reason to invest in this process. Because the primary target of the Initial Optimization is efficiency in the execution of PM, many of our clients are proceeding specifically to free up labor to help them survive within their current budget constraints. While there are many things to do with this new found labor, many companies are often able to do reduce overtime and absorb work in-house that was previously contracted at a premium. Long Term Payback • Greater reliability leading to long-term reduction in downtime due to failure • Greater efficiency in corrective work identified by PM if work is planned • Better scheduling and coordination with others requiring time from the asset because corrective work identified by PM is scheduled Tell us a little more about the training products and their effectiveness. How much training time should a company expect for their personnel to become proficient in Reliability Fusion? Since the Reliability FusionSM software is a means to automate and enhance the 3-Dimensional PMOptimizationSM process, the majority of the training is around the process itself. A primary benefit of 3-Dimensional PMOptimizationSM is that it is a complete turnkey solution to optimize PM activities. 3-Dimensional PMOptimization is implemented through a “Total Solution” concept including 4 major components. • The 3-Dimensional PMOptimizationSM Process described herein including all work books, forms, presentations and methods. • PMOptimization Boot Camp: A 4-day hands-on workshop in which the process and tools are conveyed to the client’s teams. • Video Training System: On-demand, streaming video training to refresh, reinforce or expand the PMOptimization efforts so the client can train anyone, any time, anywhere and expand reach across the organization. • Reliability FusionSM Software Most clients can be optimizing PM activities and seeing these benefits within a week. The software itself can typically be trained for basic functionality in only a couple of hours. Do you have an idea of how quickly a company can achieve a positive Return on Investment in 3-Dimensional PMOptimization? Return can be achieved on your first optimization exercise using targeting methodology found within the training system. A recent site optimized an HVAC unit and leveraged the impact across 400 units in their organization. Most realize positive results within the first Can you give us a couple of success stories from companies that have implemented 3-Dimensional PMOptimization? A spotlight in PMOptimization has been the incorporation of PMO within the world’s largest pharmaceutical organization at a global level. Many exercises have surpassed the average results outlined and have been leveraged within 5 languages and 14 countries. Through its optimization efforts, this client has won The Award of Maintenance Excellence under the “Management” category from MEETA, the Irish Maintenance Society. Yet some of the greatest successes are those achievements that cannot be measured in quantifiable terms. 3-Dimensional PMOptimization has become not only a key tool to fill the gaps of companies’ corporate Maintenance & Reliability initiatives, but it has become a cornerstone for these initiatives and with the application of Lean principles is being accepted as an extension of Production Systems World-Wide. The process of 3-Dimensional PMOptimization has been endorsed by the Quality organizations in multiple Fortune 500 pharmaceutical companies, as the only approved process for optimizing PM activities. How can interested people get more information about your 3-Dimensional PMOptimization? Anyone interested can always call us at 800554-0224, e-mail us at info@laireliability.com or visit our website at www.laireliability.com What size of an operation does it take to www.uptimemagazine.com 61 http://www.laireliability.com http://www.uptimemagazine.com
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