Strategy may be theorized in a conference room, but things happen on the shop floor. Leaders often think they know what is ...

Every generation has its movie icons, and among the most famous are those featured in horror films. From Freddy Krueger and Annabelle to Frankenstein and the Werewolf, these monsters are known for ...

To achieve a more comprehensive understanding and to detect a wider range of issues more swiftly, expanding the scope of ...

Maximizing plant reliability and efficiency is crucial for success. Unexpected downtime and inefficiencies can lead to lost ...

I have seen a blend of organizations who regularly audit their reliability functions and those who don’t. For those that do audit themselves, they tend to be those that are well disciplined and ...

What is a Fishbone Diagram? A fishbone diagram is a cause-and-effect discovery tool that helps figure out the reason(s) for defects, variations or failures within a process. In other words, it helps ...

Things break. No matter what you do, there is always a chance that products will fail. The same holds true for bearings, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t prevent many of the issues that result in ...

Total productive maintenance (TPM) is the process of using machines, equipment, employees and supporting processes to maintain and improve the integrity of production and the quality of systems.

Lean manufacturing or “going lean,” refers to a series of methods, philosophies and tools to minimize waste in your business and maximize production. Read about different ways your company can go lean ...

A maintenance program is only as good as its measurement data. Poor data may be worse than no data at all because poor data may lead to the wrong analysis, resulting in working on the wrong thing. One ...

BASF is taking measures to avoid the creation of overcapacities as a result of a massive decline in demand. The company announced November 19 that it is temporarily shutting down around 80 plants ...

Creating a maintenance plan is generally not difficult to do. But creating a comprehensive maintenance program that is effective poses some interesting challenges. It would be difficult to appreciate ...