Maintworld Magazine 3/2021
- maintenance & asset management
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PARTNER ARTICLE<br />
maintenance supervisor to update the<br />
weekly and daily schedule and manage<br />
the resources more effectively.<br />
Continuous Improvements:<br />
Equipment history can be analysed<br />
for continuous improvement actions<br />
through the Root Cause Problem Elimination<br />
(RCPE) process. The RCPE<br />
process analyses history by looking<br />
at equipment and components with<br />
costly and repetitive repairs. Once the<br />
root of the costly and repetitive repairs<br />
is known, corrective actions can be<br />
planned and scheduled. The organization<br />
takes pride in its problem-solving<br />
skills and eliminating equipment problems.<br />
The Reliability Engineer gives out<br />
a monthly summary report describing<br />
which root causes have been eliminated,<br />
including the worth measured in<br />
dollars.<br />
Circle of Despair:<br />
Of course, the circle of continuous<br />
improvement is not always followed.<br />
Break-in work happens because we<br />
react to an emergency (or perceived<br />
emergency) and subsequently the<br />
equipment is subject to poor-quality<br />
repairs causing us to go back to the<br />
same job. This does not mean that the<br />
technician made a mistake when doing<br />
the repair, but that the root cause<br />
problem was not eliminated. Therefore,<br />
the circle of despair is often<br />
repeated over and over. To break the<br />
circle of despair, you must focus on<br />
those two things: preventing failures<br />
that extend the life of the equipment<br />
and finding failures early to make<br />
efficient repairs safely and of high<br />
quality.<br />
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