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Volume 6:
Welcome:
Please select "subscribe to newsletter" on our contact form. RE: ReliabilityThis month at several reader's request, we focus on reliability. We wanted to get you something new on reliability, not just well known information repackaged. :>) Hi everyone, and welcome to December's issue of our Feed Forward Newsletter! My name is Don Fitchett, the author of "The Maintenance War Newsletter". This first area of the newsletter is for introductions and commentary. I would like to wish you all a happy and safe Holiday. If you are reading this newsletter after someone forward you a copy, you can find an online version on the our website www.feedforward.com.au We have added some new book titles for you to download and new free articles too. Mike Sondalini has written us an article with a fresh perspective on Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM). (For those who do not already know, Mike was the original founder of Feed Forward Publications and this newsletter!) Also of great interest to our readers will be Mike Sondalini's article he is currently collaborating on for January's newsletter. Don't tell any one (:>), but it's a totally new presentation of how maintenance and reliability combine to deliver availability.
The two new books by Ian Sutton added this month are ... Process Hazards Analysis - This book describes in detail how to run a Process Hazards Analysis, and how to effectively identify hazards. Process Safety Audit Protocols - This collection of audit questions and guidelines that addresses the requirements of OSHA's Process Safety Management standard (29 CFR 1910.119) and the EPA's Risk Management Program Regulation Title 40 Part 68. Management Help:Reliability and Availability This months tidbit of management help is in the form of advice in response to a reader's inquiry. Of course we have removed the name and company to protect the innocent. :>) Our reader ask ... Hi Don Our utility company has set targets of Maintenance staff utilization - 90% Electric pumping plant reliability - 40 days Electric Plant Availability - 90% We believe that these targets are high and may be unrealistic. Our organization management measure our performance based on the aforementioned targets. We have not met the set targets for the last 3 months. Don ,do you know if other similar utilities have similar performance measurements? And do you think our planned targets are realistic and achievable? DON: The numbers you now have are great in my opinion. The goal for a utility company is not unrealistic, in my opinion. The very important factor is how does management arrive at those numbers and is that calculation method realistic. All and all, using what ever method they are and as long as management is consistent in the measurement method, you can use the numbers as bench mark. You should be able to show constant improvement so the numbers should go up, even if only a fraction of a percentage. If management’s method of calculating those numbers is flawed, that may be all you can obtain is fractions of a percent increase. The best advice is to bring in an outside consultant to analyze the measurement method, followed by a RCM report. Coincidently, RCM is the topic of this month’s newsletter and Mike Sondalini has written a great article on Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM). There are two basic types of management methodologies... 1. Set unrealistic goals and crack the whip to get your people to strive towards them. 2. Set realistic constant improvement goals and motivate your people to reach higher numbers each time frame. Most managers now days, have realized the motivational technique is much more profitable. But there are the old school types too. I hope this month's newsletter will help you make an increase in your numbers. Thanks The World Wide Web:What's new in the reliability world? Writing the Perfect PM - by Ralph Hackle
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Fate of Proaction When Economic Downturn Occurs Reader requested "continuous vibration monitoring" links... The new ME9601 system, early warning of excessive vibration levels
Power Plant Primer Vibration Monitoring - automationtechies.com A New Generation of Condition Monitoring And Diagnostic Systems - An excellent article at vibrotek.com A Good Laugh! Sent in by our reader, thanks Mikie! The Harley Davidson Joke was offensive to some and we had to remove it. We apologize for the error in judgment. :>) Best regards and thanks for being a subscriber to this newsletter, Don Fitchett www.feedforward.com.au teaches your maintenance crew engineering and asset care knowledge so that they can solve more problems, become more knowledgeable, make better decisions and your plant runs more reliably! Please select "subscribe to newsletter" on our contact form.
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We
also have two new books to offer by author Ian Sutton. Mr.
Sutton has 15 years of experience in industrial risk analysis, and has
extensive operating procedures experience.
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