Life Cycle Engineering Articles
Our expert staff is well known throughout the industry for its breadth of knowledge gained through years of practical experience. The following articles, written by members of our staff, have been published in industry journals and Web sites.
Categories
- Asset Management
- / Change Management
- / Institute & Training
- / Materials Management
- / Planning & Scheduling
- / Preventive Maintenance
- / Reliability
- / Root Cause Analysis
Asset Management Articles
- The Value of Risk-Based Asset Management
- What is Risk Management?
- The Key to Risk Identification: How You Manage Asset Information
- How do you monitor the performance of your Asset Management System?
- PAS 55 – What is it and what’s the next step?
- The Five Biggest Risks to Effective Asset Management
- Realizing the value of risk-based management
- Why is Criticality Analysis important?
- ...see all articles
Change Management Articles
- The Grinch – Change Agent
- Arnold Vosloo – Change Agent
- The White Rabbit - Change Agent
- Niccolo Machiavelli – Change Agent
- The Communication Blitz – Delivering Key Messages
- Managing Change Management in Pharma: A Talk with Bill Wilder
- Justin Bieber - Change Agent
- Spartacus - Change Agent
- ...see all articles
Institute & Training Articles
- Design in Less Time – A 4-step Kick Start to Designing Learning
- Training Speeds Continuous Improvement
- How to Ensure Training Changes Behavior
- “I Talk, You Listen”…Not Anymore! Achieving Results-Driven Communication
- Training the New Workforce: SMEs and Learning Professionals, Unite!
- How do you create a high performance team?
- Using the CLICK Model to Keep Your Skills Fresh
- Making Agile Work of Course Development
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Materials Management Articles
- Five Critical Success Factors for Effective BOMs
- Extreme Makeover: Storeroom Edition
- How do you determine which repair parts are critical?
- Does Your Storeroom Layout Make Sense?
- “Pruning” Your Inventory: Setting MRO Stocking Levels
- Prioritize MRO storeroom items based on criticality and effect
- Put inventory consignment excuses on the shelf
- How “green” is your energy consumption?
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Planning & Scheduling Articles
- Is it possible to do planned work on an unscheduled basis?
- Maintenance Planners: At the Center of It All
- What are the elements that contribute to a thoroughly planned work package?
- To Kit, or Not to Kit: That is the Question!
- Lean Shutdowns: How to Cut Fat and Do the Right Thing
- Symptoms of Ineffective Planning
- Optimizing Outages Through Effective Task Planning
- Similarities of Maintenance Planning and Zoo Keeping
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Preventive Maintenance Articles
- Why are Preventive Maintenance (PM) inspections not always effective?
- What Do Your Preventive Maintenance Tasks Really Do For Your Asset Care Strategy?
- How Does a PM Program Help Eliminate Component Failures?
- “I have a solid work control process and I am ready for the next step, but how do I get a program started?”
- Analyzing the Relationship of Preventive Maintenance to Corrective Maintenance
- Taming the Backlog Beast
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Reliability Articles
- The Three Cs of Successful Reliability
- What is the difference between AU and OEE?
- Work Smart, Not Hard
- Learn from Your Mistakes
- When Are OEM Recommendations Not Enough?
- A Simple Expression of Praise Works Wonders
- Can a lack of training actually decrease reliability?
- Be Effective First, Then Strive For Efficiency
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