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Types of Failure Consequences in Maintenance
Failure consequence refers to the impact of a certain failure mode, primarily used in evaluating assets when using reliability centered maintenance (RCM).
Reliability
View ArticleHow to Benchmark Maintenance Performance
Benchmarking is a process of evaluating a company’s performance by comparing metrics and processes with those of other companies.
What Is Lockout Tagout? 7 Steps to Reach LOTO Safety
Lockout/tagout also known as LOTO refers to safety practices and procedures that ensure dangerous machines are properly shut off.
What's a function and what's functional failure?
A function describes the intention of a piece of equipment, while functional failures detail conditions that would prevent equipment from peak operation.
Asset Managment
View ArticleUseful life of an Asset: Definition & Examples
IRS Publication 946, Appendix B, lists useful life estimates by industry and application. These estimates can be used as a baseline.
Asset Managment
View ArticleWhat Is Scheduled Maintenance Critical Percent?
Scheduled maintenance critical percent (SMCP) is an effective way to prioritize inspections, checks, repairs, and more.
Maintenance, Reliability, Manufacturing & Plants, Asset Managment, Facility Management, Food & Beverage Manufacturing, Preventative Maintenance
View ArticleWhat is Mean Time Between Failure MTBF? [Calculation & Examples]
Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) is a metric that defines the average time that equipment is operating between breakdowns or stoppages.
Healthcare, Inventory Management, Reliability, Maintenance
View Articlewhat-is-risk-based-maintenance
Risk-based maintenance addresses risk-sensitive systems and machinery. RBM determines the most economical way to distribute resources to repair a system.
Preventative Maintenance, Maintenance
View ArticleProgrammable Logic Controller (PLC)
A programmable logic controller, PLC for short, is the brain of a modern-day facility that depends on various machines and equipment.
Maintenance, Preventative Maintenance
View ArticleWhat Is the Theory of Constraints?
The theory of constraints looks at what's holding back an objective in manufacturing and supercharges a team to make necessary changes to revitalize progress.
Manufacturing & Plants, Maintenance
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