What makes a good Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP)?...

Let's take a detailed look at what a good Strategic Asset Management Plan document may look like for your organisation.

4 traits of an excellent maintenance team

We often hear companies say that people are their best asset. Why is it that the sum of good people and good systems does not always produce good performance?

Consultant Role – Maintenance, Reliability and Asset Management

Due to significant growth, we are seeking a full-time Consultant to join our Perth team to assist in delivering consulting assignments throughout Australia and overseas. This role would be...

Why most RCM and PMO projects fail

The amount of effort required to implement a revised optimised maintenance program is often underestimated.

10 tips for better maintenance planning and scheduling

Maintenance sits at the heart of any good asset management system. Here are 10 tips to start improving your work management and deliver results.

What happens when you cut the maintenance budget?

Before you rush in and cut the maintenance budget, here are a few questions you should ask your maintenance manager (and the risks if you don’t).

What is lean maintenance?

Lean maintenance is an approach to help identify and eliminate waste, and deliver bottom line improvements if implemented and managed in the right way.

Asset Integrity Assessment for Energy Resources of Australia

Following a catastrophic failure, ERA wished to reassure itself that this incident was a one-off event, and not symptomatic of deeper-rooted systemic issues.

ISO 55001:2024 vs ISO 55001:2014 – A Comparison

In this article, we compare the most recent version of ISO 55001, published in 2024, with the previous version, published in 2014. The focus of this comparison is to...

ISO 55000:2024 vs ISO 55000:2014 – A Comparison

In this article, we compare the most recent version of ISO 55000, published in 2024, with the previous version, published in 2014. The first thing to note is that...

How to write a good asset management policy –...

Let's discuss the types of things that an asset management policy should contain, how long it should be, and how to develop one for your organisation.

8 elements for successful performance measurement

Let's discuss the essential elements for a successful performance measurement system, and how to motivate your organisation towards higher performance.

Selling the value of reliability improvement to senior management

Let’s take a closer look at two approaches and how you can apply these to selling your reliability improvement program to senior management.

Big data, predictive analytics and maintenance

How are big data, the internet of things, predictive technologies and predictive analytics impacting on preventive and predictive maintenance activities?

How to develop an asset management plan

Let's look at arguably the most important document in any asset management system - the plan that captures the actions to be taken on each asset.

What is preventive maintenance optimisation (PMO)?

In preventive maintenance optimisation, the key objective is to review the current PM program, starting by assembling all of the tasks that it consists of.

5 tips for successful root cause analysis

Most organisations have some sort of investigation process, ranging from a basic incident report form through to a mature root cause analysis (RCA) process.

Reliability centered maintenance (RCM) vs preventive maintenance optimisation (PMO)

Let's compare reliability centered maintenance (RCM) and preventive maintenance optimisation (PMO), and determine which approach is best for you.

Introduction to the PF interval

This video introduces the PF Interval: one of the core principles that underpins reliability centred maintenance and preventive maintenance program development.

4 tips for maintenance productivity improvement

In this short video we give 4 practical tips that can help you to improve the productivity of your maintenance function.

Reliability is everybody’s responsibility

We are fascinated by disasters, yet everyday in our workplaces, mini-disasters occur with monotonous regularity. Why should we accept that failure is the norm?

4 ways maintenance managers can impact on equipment reliability

Let's explore some ways in which maintainers and maintenance management can impact on equipment reliability, and some suggestions to improve reliability via better maintenance.

5 tips for a better asset register

Your asset register is the foundation on which your asset management information systems are built. Here are 5 tips to make sure yours is rock solid.

How operations management can impact equipment reliability

Let's explore the key ways in which operations management can impact on equipment reliability, and offer some practical suggestions to improve reliability.

Design your asset life cycles for reliability

Let's explore the communal accountabilities that should be considered in the design phase of an asset life cycle, and the roles that different parts of an organisation play to...

4 things supply can do to assure asset reliability

Being at the tail end of the operational chain, supply can often bear the brunt of poor decisions made by asset designers, or during operations and maintenance.

What is an “asset management culture”? – Implementing ISO...

While it is tempting to focus on processes and systems as being at the core of good asset management, the right behaviours and attitudes are also key.

Availability vs reliability: which is more important?

There is often confusion among those new to maintenance management and reliability improvement regarding the difference between availability and reliability.

Asset Management Landscape v3 – Implications for Asset Managers

The Global Forum on Maintenance and Asset Management (GFMAM) launched version 3 of its “Asset Management Landscape” on June 5, 2024. This article outlines the scope of this document,...

An overview of the Asset Management Accountability Framework

The AMAF details mandatory asset management requirements and guidance for government organisations, and how to support service delivery objectives.

Conducting gap assessments and implementation: Asset Management Accountability Framework...

In February 2016, the Department of Treasury and Finance introduced the AMAF, which is aligned to ISO 55001 and catered towards the Victorian public sector.

Why root cause analysis is not just ‘common sense’

Let's discuss some of the practical issues surrounding root cause analysis implementation within organisations, and how to obtain success from these processes.

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