Failure Analysis

Reliability Driven Maintenance--Closing the CMMS 'Value Gap'? Part ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic and Olin Thompson ... Indeed, failure analysis reveals how assets fail and why, and the reason for failure is most often not time-related, since for most assets there are numerous ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/EAM/2005/01/research_notes/TN_EA_PJ_01_17_05_1.asp - 21k - 2005-01-17 Summary: The metric of plant maintenance should now be in the ability of the plant to meet the strategic goals of the company beyond customarily expected cost savings, such as improved plant output, performance predictability, product quality, customer service, safety, environmental control, etc.

IBM's Four-CPU Wintel-Based Rack Servers High Performance, High ...

by R. Krause ... plug power, fans, and PCI slots. In addition, IBM's Predictive Failure Analysis (PFA) provides diagnostic assistance. 7000 M10: ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/1999/09/research_notes/PN_HW_RAK_9_99_2.asp - 14k - 1999-09-01 Summary: IBM's four-CPU servers, the Netfinity 5500 M20 and 7000 M10, yield top notch web-focused benchmark figures, but also very high price/performance figures for mainstream applications.

Lean Maintenance—Does It Impact Reliability? Lessons Learned and ...

by Ricky Smith ... and materials on a just-in-time (JIT) basis, backed by a maintenance and reliability engineering group that performs root cause failure analysis (RCFA), failed ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Crm/2005/07/research_notes/TU_CR_XRS_07_12_05_1.asp - 14k - 2005-07-12 Summary: The main cause of lean maintenance failure is that companies fail to focus on asset reliability. The reliability approach to capacity, which includes risk prioritization analyses of assets, can help a company achieve lean success.

Lean Asset Management--Is Preventive Maintenance Anti-Lean?

by Olin Thompson ... Failure analysis reveals how assets fail and why. Numerous studies tell us that the majority—80 percent—of failures are not time based. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2004/12/research_notes/MI_EV_XOT_12_20_04_1.asp - 15k - 2004-12-20 Summary: How can we determine the right maintenance strategy for a specific asset? To meet the objectives of lean, we need to evaluate the cost of failure in terms of both not meeting business objectives and any extra cost due to the need for unplanned or even emergency repairs.

CMMS Templates for Effective Implementations Part Three: 7 Steps ...

by Daryl Mather ... of maintenance strategy development, it does have a very large effect on the application of processes of failure elimination or root cause failure analysis. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2003/04/research_notes/MI_EV_XDM_04_03_03_1.asp - 24k - 2003-04-03 Summary: With the advances today in technology it has become obvious that there is a need for maintenance management theory and practice to catch up with the advances made in business management theory and practice generally. The current state of CMMS technology is at a very advanced level, in a lot of cases far

Compare ERP

by TEC Staff ... awaiting disposition; Damaged material—corrective action and failure analysis available to vendor on-line; Inspection required indicator ... http://www.rfp-templates.com/Compare-ERP.html - 30k - 2009-04-02 Summary: Compare ERP software: Discover the 8 key modules to base your selection on and tools you must use in order to save up to 85% of time and money you'd spend gathering information on your own. Beyond mere requests for proposals (RFP) templates, get every criteria already responded to by ERP software vendors

Maintenance, Repair, & Overhaul System Evaluation

... Extreme value = value beyond which is anomalous or impossible; this value would be beyond the min/max of the acceptable range Failure Analysis Fifty-two week ... http://eam.technologyevaluation.com/maintenance-repair-overhaul/ - 54k - 2009-04-17 Summary: Compare Business Intelligence Software : Discover the 6 key modules to base your selection on and tools you must use in order to save up to 85% of time and money you'd spend gathering information on your own : Maintenance Management , Customer Contracts (Agreements),Customer Orders, Customer Quotations,

Asset Data for Accurate Lifecycle Management

by Daryl Mather ... The second area is a group of routine maintenance tasks designed to manage the failure mode under analysis. Aside from combinations ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2006/08/research_notes/MI_EV_08_24_06_1.asp - 30k - 2006-08-24 Summary: Among the areas where modern enterprise asset management (EAM) systems provide substantial benefits is the driving out of inefficiencies in business processes. This is why the development of effective maintenance policies is generally the foremost consideration for modern asset managers.

Use CMMS to Improve PdM Performance

by David Berger ... can help identify the root cause of maintenance-related failure or quality ... the training of operators) or condition monitoring, (such as a vibration analysis). ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/EAM/2004/02/research_notes/TU_CM_XDB_02_19_04_1.asp - 20k - 2004-02-19 Summary: Companies that have moved from a highly reactive environment to a more planned one notice significant improvement. A computer maintenance management system (CMMS) or an enterprise asset management (EAM) is a useful tool to create a planned environment, help build accurate equipment history, and develop c

Use a Computerized Maintenance Management System to Improve ...

by David Berger ... can help identify the root cause of maintenance-related failure or quality ... the training of operators) or condition monitoring (such as a vibration analysis). ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/EAM/2008/08/research_notes/TU_CM_XDB_08_06_08_1.asp - 19k - 2008-08-06 Summary: Companies that have moved from a highly reactive environment to a more planned one notice significant improvement. A computer maintenance management or enterprise asset management system is useful tool to create a planned environment, help build accurate equipment history, and develop comprehensive analy