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  You’ve escaped pilot purgatory, cleared organizational obstacles, and are now in position to implement an advanced analytics system that will significantly improve manufacturing performance. With a well-defined IT architecture for your solution and a wide array of beneficial use cases, one nagging question may remain: How will I convince my colleagues to take the…

The words maintenance and maintainability are often used interchangeably. Maintenance is the performance of fixing or replacing an asset. Maintainability is a designed-in parameter. As shown in the graph, by the time a machine is built, you’ve lost more than 95% of the possibility for life-cycle cost reductions. Maintainability needs to be implemented in the…

  As the Omicron variant surges, it’s important that facilities consider revamping their health and safety plans to best protect their employees, property, and buildings. Many industries are already dealing with staff shortages and with the increase in COVID-19 cases even more employees will be calling out from work. During these times it’s important to…

  As I discussed in a previous blog, organizations, and even different documents produced by the same organization, define hazardous material differently. NFPA 400, Hazardous Materials Code, defines hazardous material as: A chemical or substance that is classified as a physical hazard material or a health hazard material, whether the chemical or substance is in…

Automating data collection for condition monitoring makes the most of new and existing technologies. By Drew Mackley, Emerson All plants strive to operate at peak safety and efficiency. As supply chains are disrupted, resources constrained, and experienced personnel become scarce, reliable operations become even more critical to achieving those goals. As a result, reliability teams…

  Presentation skills are a critical part of being an effective leader. Whether you’re speaking to your team at a standup meeting, presenting an update at a town hall, or giving a keynote presentation at a conference, there are critical skills needed to communicate in a way that’s clear and compelling. The 2020 GLOBE leadership…