by Terrence O'Hanlon , Publisher and CEO Reliabilityweb.com and Uptime Magazine
On the song Revolution that appeared on the White Album many Beatles experts think John Lennon wrote “ We all want to change the world” and “We’d all love to see the plan” to express his doubts about the methods being employed by some of the 60s protest movements who wanted to use him as a sponsor or...
In maintenance and reliability, what are the problems that all my peers want to solve and we don't have the slightest idea of how to do it?
Can you please help me make a list by posting a comment here?
Thank you
Terry O
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Someone must have dropped Ecstasy in the news media's coffee with all the hope and positive spin that are pushing this week. 4 days of up markets last week and they think the worst is over. I am just putting on another pot of coffee in hope that members here will wake up and smell it. I am all for hopeful outlooks but what exactly has been done to restart the...
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Editorial comments are based on Reuters News posted here Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:27pm EDT http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE52A6BJ20090311 Choice Quotes from the article: "Revenue from parts and maintenance for engines and other big, expensive machinery is one of the bright spots for General Electric Co (GE.N), the vast...
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IN part 2 of the study from InTech ( www.isa.org ) 49% see the recession as the biggest worry and 14% fear reduced profit generation but no move toward ensuring the assets that they already have deployed will be managed well. Maybe the emphasis on maintenance is reduced because this is an automation society?
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InTech ( www.ISA.org ) just published an interesting study. The first data point shows that only 15% will adopt asset management or predictive maintenance over the next 5 years. More will install wireless! Terry O Direct Link: ...
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I am sorry to lean (no pun intended) once again toward the political but I saw this drawing today and could not resist. It represents the Governments contribution to the US Auto industry. I think you will see Ford better off for not having taken the TARP funds a few years down the road. Could things really be as crazy and non-sensical as they seem or is someone...
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I had a conversation with a friend today who is a reliability manager at a large global pharmaceutical company. He told me that one of the company executives - who has been a supporter of the 10 year reliability journey they have been on - asked him if he could state what the cost effect would be if they reduced reliability to a lower level - say 10% lower than...
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Operations and Maintenance We had some great discussions about operations at IMC-2008 but no matter what your ideas about the relationship between the two, everyone agreed that operations makes or breaks reliability. So what’s a poor maintenance professional to do? Questions: 1) Is the Operations Department the customer of Maintenance...
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Giving thanks I would like to say thank you to everyone who participates and contributes the Association for Maintenance Professionals. I am looking forward to finally seeing the Board and Advisory Council come together to expand the original vision and mission of this organization. These days, much in life seems to be driven by greed and the...
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Sorry if this seems political - I really intend for it to be common sense. Fox Business News reported that the real tax payer liability for this federal bail out to date is over 7 Trillion dollars. The US Population at last count (thank you Google) is 301,139,947 That means each man, woman and child could have been given $23,245.00 to spend or to save as...
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