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Maintenance Strategy October 3, 2017

Five basics to make your Lean and RCM programs cooperate

Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is the most cost-effective method your plant can use to develop an appropriate maintenance strategy that will keep production on pace with takt time.

By Steve Mueller, Daniel Penn Associates
Wireless May 15, 2017

Get your maintenance program ready for IIoT

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) provides many benefits for maintenance programs and companies looking to take advantage should take some proactive steps to make the transition seamless.

By Steve Mueller, Daniel Penn Associates
Lean Maintenance March 16, 2017

Prepare your maintenance program for the IIoT

Companies looking to implement the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) into their maintenance program need to understand its benefits and how they can take advantage of its potential by implementing reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) and condition-based maintenance (CBM).

By Steve Mueller, Daniel Penn Associates
Lean Maintenance September 22, 2015

The quick and dirty about OEE: Key concepts and formulas

Learn these key formulas to calculate overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and assess Lean performances.

By Steve Mueller, Daniel Penn Associates
Predictive and Preventive Maintenance February 12, 2015

Nine reasons your facilities maintenance planning and scheduling effort isn’t giving you the benefits you expect

Every organization should use either a CMMS or work order management system to manage preventative maintenance work requests. However, facilities maintenance planning and scheduling effort may not always be delivered as intended.

By Steve Mueller, Daniel Penn Associates