Digitization Mavericks
What is World Class Manufacturing?
An excellent overview of WCM can be found at Better-Operations.com https://better-operations.com/2013/05/22/world-class-manufacturing-at-chrysler-and-fiat/ The World Class Manufacturing programme at Chrysler, Fiat & Co. – better operations World Class Manufacturing at Chrysler, Fiat & Co. Some quick notes from the article include: The company-specific production system (XPS) of Chrysler is the World Class Manufacturing (WCM) concept, developed by…
Read More
Filter your Skills Matrix Report by Shift, Role and Course
Skills Matrix Update The Training Manager Skills Matrix report has been updated to allow administrators to filter and sort by Role, Shift and Course making it easier to identify skills gaps and training opportunities. Here how you use the new filters: Click on the Shift or Role sorting arrows to sort the list in ascending…
Read More
ArcelorMittal Poland deploys WCM methodology
Bożena Gajdzik, in his white paper, does an excellent job in outlining the processes used by ArcelorMittal Poland to deploy Total Productive Maintenance and WCM within their factory. I have taken the liberty of outlining the “coles notes” in the bullets below. This paper is worth a read if you are interested in World Class Manufacturing…
Read More
How to Engage Operators in Total Productive Maintenance and Autonomous Maintenance
This approach uses the skills of all employees and seeks to incorporate maintenance into the everyday performance of a facility. And this means everyone, from management and engineers to operators and maintenance technicians. If everyone is involved in maintenance, the benefits can include: Fewer breakdowns and less downtime A safer workplace Better overall performance A…
Read More
5 ways to optimize your Time-Based Maintenance (TBM) program
5 ways to optimize your Time-Based Maintenance (TBM) program Andy Pritchard | January 3 2022 | 5 min read Time-Based Maintenance (TBM) Time-based maintenance (TBM), as the name suggests, is maintenance performed on equipment based on a schedule. TBM maintenance is planned maintenance, as it must be scheduled in advance, which means it can…
Read More
Why ERPs are not Maintenance Management Software
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software is great at what it does. Unfortunately, that does not include being an intuitive data capture and workflow tool for your staff. Some of our customers use SAP, Oracle or Netsuite, to manage their business costs, inventory, purchasing, etc. These ERPs are also supposed to be used for maintenance to…
Read More
5 ways to optimize your Preventative Maintenance operations overnight
Better scheduling. Better data. Better insights. Preventive Maintenance programs strive to enhance the OEE and performance of machines. But what do you use to enhance the performance of your PM program? Here are some tips for you to consider that may help you increase the efficiency and productivity of your team. 1. Create an accountable…
Read More
5 tips on how to digitize your manufacturing operations
“Digital transformation” continues to be a hot topic in manufacturing and organizations are either jumping on the bandwagon or getting woefully left behind. The main goal of digitization is usually to enhance operational visibility, optimize resource efficiency and productivity and, ultimately, building better products for less money.Current CEB research and Frost & Sullivan’s Global Digital…
Read More
Weever Speeds Deployment, Achieves 99.9% Uptime by Migrating to AWS
Cutting Through the Clutter Improving the efficiency of business processes—especially by digitizing paper-based, manual workflows—can deliver significant benefits. One McKinsey study notes that digitizing information-intensive processes can reduce associated costs by up to 90 percent. While organizations invest millions in upgrading and maintaining equipment and training employees, employees often still spend too…
Read More
How Executives Around The World View Industry 4.0
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, also referred to as Industry 4.0, is the marriage of the physical world with digital technologies like analytics, artificial intelligence, cognitive technologies and the internet of things (IoT). To better understand the Fourth Industrial Revolution’s impact on business, Forbes Insights and Deloitte surveyed more than 1,600 executives in the Americas, Asia-Pacific…
Read More