Articles byHannah Norris

All organisations interested in best practice asset management should align with the requirements of ISO 55000, whether they seek formal certification or not.

Let's review the issues associated with template maintenance plans, to ensure that you achieve lower cost, higher reliability, and higher availability.

Following a boom, the main challenge that maintenance, operations and reliability leaders usually face is to survive the inevitable cost cutting that follows.

Maintenance is inherently risky. In fact, you could argue that the only activity that is riskier than doing maintenance is NOT doing maintenance.

Let's look at what asset management means in practice, and how asset management delivers value to an organisation.

Asset management in its broadest sense is not even a specific discipline. It is a new and fundamentally different way of thinking about physical assets.

Yes, the issue was a problem and, yes, the issue got 'cleaned up', which is the proper initial action. However, the true problem likely still remains.

A well-designed and implemented asset condition monitoring program will enable you to more accurately allocate capital based on reliable asset knowledge.

There are few activities that pose a bigger risk to your production than shutdowns. Before you take that risk, be sure you are doing it for the right reasons.

Here's an overview of the current state of condition monitoring, an overview of what a condition monitoring system looks like, and its main components.

A successful audit is one that accurately establishes the state of the subject and provides constructive recommendations for improvement.

These tips will help you to make the most of your consultant’s time, to achieve the desired assignment outcomes. After all, time is money.

Many organisations still struggle to make their maintenance planning and scheduling as effective as it should be. Here are a few tips that will help.

Is it better to develop the skills within your organisation, hire personnel who can fill these roles, or use an external consultant?