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ASSET MANAGEMENT To the Bravest Asset Managers Living and Working in the Post-Corona Era Text DIRK DE NUTTE, CEO THE GRAIN Will corona have a lasting impact on the maintenance sector, and by extension the industry and the whole world? That seems to be a rhetorical question. Because in the post-corona era, man and machine will continue to fail. THE “FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS” of maintenance which Nowlan and Heap put forward in their Reliability Centered Maintenance in the 1960s remain valid, as do the 6 failure patterns and the P-F lifecycle. The only thing that will undoubtedly change is the way we will deal with this as people and as experts. Just like healthcare providers such as doctors and nurses in intensive care, our industrial healthcare providers such as operators, maintenance technicians and reliability engineers will also look for a new, safer way of working, partly out of legal obligation, and partly out of self-protection. As essential as the industry is for all our lives, our maintenance sector is vital for the industry. We are the cardiovascular specialists who, when feasible, predictively monitor the veins and the heart of our industry assets, preventively or curatively when necessary and thus help the core of our economical society to survive. Due to our crucial role within the industry, we are deeply intertwined with the whole of society and as a sector we also play a prevailing role in society which should not be underestimated. TOWARDS ANTHROPOCENTRISM 4.0 In "Modern Times" Chaplin workers were depicted as modern slaves who lived and worked to the rhythm of the assembly line. As a consequence to of 12 maintworld 2/<strong>2020</strong> industrialization in those early days, everything literally revolved around the (steam)engine. Today, the machine comes next to humanity, such as in production halls where humans and robots work side by side. Asset management is also shifting more and more towards people. Man is the central axis of our work process, but therefore also the main source of calamities. Only 30 percent of all problems are of a purely technical nature (or special cause effect), while 70 percent are caused by some kind of human intervention (common cause effect). It is therefore perfectly justified that a great deal of importance is currently attached to procedures and rules, standardization and consistent behaviour to prevent technical calamities (failure or even standstill) and accidents (safety). By working together with technology and being intensively supported by it, we can cover our human failures even further and limit the risks in all areas for everyone to the absolute minimum. THE OPPORTUNITY OF A GOOD CRISIS During the formation of the United Nations shortly after World War II, Winston Churchill proclaimed "Never miss the opportunity of a good crisis." From the ashes of the most inhumane war on an industrial scale, a global association with peace and cooperation as its main goals emerged. The corona crisis is forcing employees to work remotely and children to achieve learning goals remotely. With digital tools this works miraculously well and sometimes even more efficiently than before. Let this be a valuable lesson for what maintenance can look like tomorrow. Wouldn't it be more efficient to have just one pair of boots on the ground, supported by a few extra brains and eyes watching from a distance? This is what Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Augmented Reality (AR) can help achieve. Not tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but today. Fewer trips, fewer errors, less downtime, less costs, Higher returns, more production, more success, more job
P The foundational elements of maintenance & reliability management will never change. But the way technology can deliver value to asset management programs is changing faster than ever. The Grain combines its expertise in industrial asset management and data science to enhance the performance and reliability of your assets by building customized, accessible and scalable AI solutions. F It is our mission to facilitate day-to-day work of maintenance practitioners, reliability engineers and operators. We embed the power of advanced analytics to accelerate the process of learning by combining signal data, maintenance logs or any other operating context information to predict the asset behavior, add new insights enabling you to prepare the right actions at the right time. We believe that blending artificial and human intelligence is key to exponential performance of your assets. Welcome to the age of prescriptive maintenance. Want to be part of it? Find out more on www.thegrain.pro/innovators or call +32 3 376 33 50 Industrial AI applications
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