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Ever watched a group of maintenance professionals heatedly debate over software? If not, go ask them which is the best Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). And you’ll see a lot of passionate (and sometimes humorous) discussions.   See, after 20+ years in the industry, it still fascinates me how this topic causes a lot of arguments […]

Improving reliability has always been the top priority of many maintenance managers and practitioners. And so as an industry, we’ve come up with numerous strategies to help us achieve that goal. One notable strategy that has created hype in the maintenance world is Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM). See, everybody wants to join the RCM bandwagon […]

As maintenance practitioners, we’ve all have heard about the 5 WHYS. And chances are, many of you have used this approach to execute root cause analysis at some point in your career. While it may seem like a simple and easy-to-use tool, you need to approach the 5 WHYS with a deeper understanding of the […]

This article first appeared in reliable plant. You can read the first version of this article here. Many maintenance organisations around the world are reactive. They experience excessive breakdowns, low productivity, and high maintenance costs. To break this reactive cycle, a common solution organisations implement is Condition-Based Maintenance. The problem is this strategy rarely works. […]