October 30, 1991: An enormous extra tropical low created havoc along the entire Eastern Atlantic Seaboard at 0700 EST. Labeled…
The definition and use of Overall Equipment Effectiveness over the years has been widely debated. Many practitioners have found that…
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“You mean we’re going to have to work on the equipment before it breaks down?” “What a novel idea,” you…
Data: Individual facts or statistics Information: Knowledge gained through study, communication, or research Turning data into useful information is the…
The “breakthrough strategy” discussed in my last column works. (See the “Breakthrough Strategy for Changing Behaviors” post.) Equipment becomes more…
Can you reduce equipment downtime by more than 50 percent in less than one month? This company did! All…
Overall equipment effectiveness (O.E.E.) has been used as one of the more important “maintenance metrics” since Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)…
A broken clock is right exactly twice each day. But did you ever think about what “right” really means? …
And Change the Culture Along the Way “Here it comes again: another new maintenance program. I wonder how long this…