Maintworld Magazine 3/2021

PARTNER ARTICLE
Define the Two Things
Now, when we have laid out the Core or
Fundamental System, you must define
how to implement and manage the two
things.
The first thing: Prevention. What
is that? Your own health may be an
example of how you think about prevention.
You might eat healthily, exercise,
spend time outdoors, have fun
and challenge your brain. Each one of
these tasks can help prevent mental
and physical deterioration. To draw the
parallel with equipment in processes,
manufacturing and facilities, prevention
includes the following:
• Cleaning of equipment
• Lubrication
• Operation practices
• Design for reliability
• Alignment
• Balancing
• Calibration
• Storage and transportation of
equipment and parts
• Precision maintenance following
specifications during repairs and
installation
All the above tasks lead to healthy and
extended life of the equipment.
The second thing is the process of
Work Management. Work management
can be described as “the chain
that cannot be broken.” The chain (as
shown in the picture below) or work
management process is a simplified
view of the Circle of Continuous Improvement.
Work management includes the
process of Preventive Maintenance,
condition monitoring (inspecting)
to find failures early to get lead time
for planning and scheduling, which
will minimize the impact on operations.
The next step is to plan work
to provide a job plan that is efficient,
high quality and safe. When the job is
planned, we can schedule to determine
when and who is going to do the work.
The last step is to provide seamless execution
according to the planned and
scheduled work.
You must ask yourselves, how well
are we executing each step in the
chain?
Guide to Leadership and Two
More Things
Now, here are two more things for you
to make it happen. Let’s say that you
have implemented the chain of work
management, but you are still treading
water.
A well-built work management
system requires great leadership to be
effective. Maintenance processes rely
on people to follow the process and
execution of the work. Your ability to
motivate and lead people will be a big
part of your road to success. Motivating
your organization comes down
to having a vision of the future state,
communicating that vision on a regular
basis, and seeing actual progress.
You must involve the organization in
implementing these additional two
things and reward them when they
succeed. You must also practice what
you preach and show the organization
that you know what is going on daily
by measuring performance.
If there are roadblocks you need
to remove them, and if there are performance
issues you must deal with
them quickly. Leadership also includes
creating partnerships and agreements
with Operations and other important
stakeholders. Remind yourself that the
first line of maintenance starts with
the operators running the process.
SUMMARY OF SUCCESS
The keys to success in Maintenance
and Reliability:
1. Focus on two things: prevention,
and finding failures early to execute
repairs
2. Implement the chain and do not
break it
3. Add two more things by providing
leadership and enabling people to
execute maintenance well.
Success = prevention + finding failures
+ do not break the chain + leadership
+ involving people
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