Preparing for a reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) improvement program requires a well-defined process and team-based approach. The foundation of any improvement program is the business assessment ...

The company's vision for AI-enabled maintenance starts with stronger data foundations and better-connected workflows.

Maintenance is fundamentally about sound asset management, and should be regarded as a category of asset management. An important feature of any asset is its ability ...

When a global medical device company needed help setting up a reliability program, Marie Getsug was up for the task. As a program manager of strategic consulting for asset management at Jacobs ...

Considering reliability’s impact on a company’s success (keeping workers safe, preventing asset failure, and making maintenance costs more predictable), why do so many maintenance departments struggle ...

“Asset utilization, also called Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) or equipment capacity, is not just the responsibility of one department. It is the responsibility of the entire company. It has ...

Delivering a clear, scalable, functional reliability plan can be a daunting task, and organizations often stumble in getting reliability programs off the ground. The starts and stops of a ...

How do you convince a facility owner that the HVAC maintenance you want to perform is truly worthwhile? Paul Wheeler, facilities management, and Lou Ronsivalli, service development, both with Trane, ...