Finding the Elephant in Maintenance

Maintenance improvement practices take on many different appearances.   When looking for an elephant, many people think they need to…

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Surviving Changes in Management

Tips for helping your improvement process endure. One of the biggest barriers to maintenance and reliability improvement initiatives is management…

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The ‘Perfect Storm’ is Bearing Down on US Food Manufacturers

October 30, 1991: An enormous extra tropical low created havoc along the entire Eastern Atlantic Seaboard at 0700 EST. Labeled…

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Focus on Results and Change the Culture Along the Way (Part 2)

Can you reduce equipment downtime by more than 50 percent in less than one month? This company did!   All…

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