Facilities management

Once you have committed to compliance with ISO 55001, you should gain an understanding of where the major gaps in your asset management system are.

A vital element of effective asset management is decisions that are evidence-based and data-driven. Let's discuss these elements in the context of ISO 55001.

With real-time asset health monitoring equipment, and the advent of predictive analytics and big data, is the PF Interval really relevant anymore?

Automation is being adopted by many organisations that may be new to the concept of configuration management. How should they address this challenge?

Asset management is recognised as a critical contributor to value across a wide variety of industries. A shorter, simpler plan can often lead to ideal results.

First, we need to identify the current level of asset management competence, then bridge the gaps with the level of competence required of the position.

The objective of good maintenance planning and scheduling is to allow maintenance personnel to perform required tasks in a safe, timely and cost effective manner.

KPIs are often linked to personal performance. They are a measure of personal success and a key driver for incentives. But is a 'green' KPI always good?

The asset management planning and decision making process is a key process for successful asset management, but what other processes should we draw from?

Let's explore how to build an asset management organisation, how to build an appropriate workforce structure, and how to lead it to success.

For electronic assets, we can do a few mechanical based tasks to prevent mechanical modes of failure that will cause the device to functionally fail.

How do you keep your maintenance team morale positive, focused and proactive? Here are 5 tips for maintenance leaders on how to improve performance.

Let's explore how to establish an integrated planning approach that will generate cohesive planning documents, based on what we’ve seen work (and fail) in practice.

In this article we discuss how to create a good asset management plan that will work for your organisation.

The ISO released its first series of standards on asset management in 2014. What is commonly referred to as "ISO 55000" is really a suite of three documents.

Let's discuss how to start the journey towards implementing an ISO 55001 compliant asset management system, and what you need to consider before you start.

Asset management is based on 4 fundamentals that were agreed during the development of ISO 55000. This short video will help you understand these fundamentals.

ISO 55001 contains a lot of words, and no pictures or graphics. This video visually explains the key elements of ISO 55001 and how they fit together.

Let's think more broadly about factors that influence maintenance productivity, including the other departments that interact with maintenance.

Changing organisational culture is difficult and takes considerable time. Let's discuss the methods of leadership and performance measures that can help.

Using the latest research and practical experience, let's outline the ways maintenance managers can reduce or eliminate the impact of human error.

If you’ve made the commitment to implement an asset management system, then your organisation is going to need a leader who can execute it.

Anybody and everybody can have a work management framework within their organisation, but what needs to be considered to make this framework good?

Let's explore a range of alternative approaches for organisations and individuals to use when developing and optimising preventive maintenance programs.

Here are four core concepts which apply to the development of effective preventive maintenance programs, no matter what approach you use.

Many asset intensive companies do not understand that the principles of measuring productivity can be applied internally to their maintenance programs.

Most of the billions of dollars that asset-intensive industries pour into training each year is simply wasted. Here are 5 ways to avoid common failures.

Want to certify your asset management systems as being compliant with ISO 55000? Here are 4 key things you need to know about the certification process.

Let's discuss the process for certification of asset management systems against the ISO 55000 suite of standards.

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.