Goldilocks is all about finding the balance that’s “just right.” Whether it’s porridge that’s too hot or too cold, a chair ...

When trying to involve operators in the plant reliability management equation, one of the best places to start is by getting the operators to work correctly and consistently by standardizing ...

In the week ending January 3, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims was 467,000, a decrease of 24,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 491,000, the U.S.

Unplanned downtime has been the nemesis of manufacturing since the very beginning. Now, with the push toward a smarter, more ...

AssetWatch, Inc., the fast-growing leader of end-to-end predictive maintenance and condition monitoring solutions, today ...

Today, plant assets play a key role in overall enterprise efficiency. That is why manufacturers are turning to reliability-based maintenance (RBM) more and more, using RBM as a strategy to help ...

Maintenance Backlog is a measure of maintenance work that is ready to be done, but has not yet been completed. Backlog may be measured in hours or weeks based on the total capacity of the maintenance ...

"This is not rocket science," says Mark Calkins, a maintenance organization senior manager for Boeing, a company that knows plenty about rocket science. Boeing is the planet's largest manufacturer of ...

To continually increase operational efficiency and strategically reduce downtime, industrial facilities invest in various maintenance strategies that go beyond reactive repairs and quick fixes. One ...

In the mid-1980s, United Air Lines produced a commercial that clearly defined the life of an effective troubleshooter. This corporate problem-solver could never return home, bouncing from one ...

The Coronavirus is spreading around the world as I’m writing this article, and many companies’ finances are shaken to their core. If you are in charge of maintenance, you are probably constantly under ...

One of the latest unfortunate trends in maintenance and reliability is to take shortcuts. This approach, which rarely succeeds, is often determined at the senior leadership level without all the ...