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The need for succession planning |
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Author: John Ha |
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How critical is your job? Is it viewed as a key position? If you left the company, would it be able to move forward without losing a step? |
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Editors Column |
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Consider me a matchmaker |
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Author: Paul V. Arnold, RP editor |
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Paul V. Arnold says networking and matchmaking help solve industrial problems. |
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The Exponent |
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Manage the vectors within your organization |
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Issue: 7/2008 |
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Author: Drew D. Troyer, CRE, CMRP |
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Drew Troyer examines the organization vectors that prohibit cooperative behavior. |
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Tough times can spur misguided cuts |
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Issue: 7/2008 |
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Author: Tor Idhammar |
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Your company has decided to cut costs. In this situation, you'll find out if your plant and company are serious or not about improving reliability. |
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'Ja, maar' mentality can hurt planning |
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Issue: 7/2008 |
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Author: Doc Palmer |
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Doc Palmer says many plants can't implement successful planning because they assign the planners many worthwhile activities that are not planning. |
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Who should decide the right frequency for preventive maintenance tasks? |
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Issue: 7/2008 |
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Author: Mark Barnes |
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Routine, time-based preventive maintenance is a fact of life for production-critical equipment. But, who should decide how often these tasks are performed? Mark Barnes sheds some light on the subject. |
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Preventive maintenance vs. predictive maintenance |
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Issue: 7/2008 |
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Author: Andy Page |
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How much risk you are willing to take with a given failure mode coupled with how much you are willing to pay for the inspection determines the appropriate strategy. |
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Persistence and perseverance |
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Issue: 7/2008 |
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Author: Tim Goshert |
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Tim Goshert believes Abraham Lincoln provides maintenance leaders with a role model for how to deal with adversity. |
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Applied Reliability |
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Understanding couplings' lube needs |
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Issue: 7/2008 |
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To maximize the life of components such as bearings and shafts, flexibility must be built in to absorb the residual misalignment that remains after all possible adjustments are made. Proper lubrication of couplings is critical to their performance. |
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A primer on self-lubricating bearings |
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Issue: 7/2008 |
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Self-lubricating plain bearings offer plant-floor decision-makers maintenance-free options to maximize productivity and minimize costs. |
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