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department | on the floor
Take action to prevent your systems from reaching their tipping
point and creating a catastrophe.
at high altitude." (climate.nasa.gov/news/688/
earths-clouds-are-getting-lower/).
Since the Earth's climate is a living system, I
think that it will try to self-correct to the extent
possible. But natural processes are not sufficient.
Further monitoring is needed to determine the
significance of this observation for global temperatures and its long-term impact.
Similarly, your reliability and maintenance
process is a living system that can self-improve
through workforce efforts. Individuals are using
more technology, working on parts rationalization, and performing PM optimization. Many are
realizing some localized benefits.
If too many related daily practices are over
their tipping point, however, you are at a point
where it's difficult, if not impossible, to make a
meaningful (sustainable) improvement without
major and all-inclusive changes. How can you
properly maintain and respond to production
equipment needs if your backlog is out of control? How can you be assured that parts will be
available, without excessive overstocking,
and/or if parts usage and restocking is not
accurately linked in your CMMS (computerized
maintenance management system)? Are all of
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your jobs entered into your CMMS or do you
respond to verbal requests? How do you control,
plan, and forecast for anything if you don't trust
your data? If you don't improve culture, how do
you expect to get to top-quartile performance?
Realistically assess your current state to
decide if your process is fixable with some continuous improvement or requires a total rework.
Fortunately in R&M you can start over and fix
the system and processes.
This W. Edward Deming quote sums it up,
"It is not necessary to change. Survival is not
mandatory." If your sky is falling, don't wait for
someone else to fix it. They may not come. Some
of the best improvements in R&M processes that
I have seen were started and implemented by
an individual or small team that followed their
vision with tenacity. Doing nothing is a decision
and probably not the correct one. EP
Based in Knoxville, Klaus M. Blache is director
of the Reliability & Maintainability Center at the
Univ. of Tennessee, and a research professor
in the College of Engineering. Contact him at
kblache@utk.edu.
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