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IndustryWeek
June 23, 2010 |
Lean for Machines Applying continuous-improvement strategies to maintenance can help your plant run like a well-oiled machine.   |
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March 1, 2008
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Winning with Manual Machines Despite the promise of CNC equipment, many job shops still find that manual machines are getting the job done. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2008
Jonathan Katz |
Prevent Defense Take plant environments into account before performing preventive maintenance. |
IndustryWeek
June 23, 2010 |
Culture Counts 'When you embark on lean, you're not just trying to engage the hands of your employees. You want their hands, their hearts and their minds,' Mike Fitzgerald, director of lean and reliability services for Advanced Technology Services Inc. asserts. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2007
Jill Jusko |
Operations: Maintenance Miscues The consequences of missed or ignored equipment maintenance can range from lost production to costly and perhaps even fatal safety mishaps. Here's what you can do to keep costly breakdowns at bay. |
IndustryWeek
June 23, 2010 |
Basics of Lean Maintenance When properly applied to maintenance processes, lean strategies can remove waste and improve equipment performance. |
Food Processing
June 2012 |
MRO Q&A: TPM as a best practice? Q: I have heard the term Total Productive Maintenance as being the "best practice" for maintaining equipment. Can you help me understand what it is and how it differs from regular maintenance? |
IndustryWeek
March 17, 2010
Jonathan Katz |
Bargain Machine Maintenance Improving maintenance using data analysis, project-flow adjustments and retooling rather than buying new. |
Food Processing
September 2010 |
MRO Q&A: Why hasn't predictive maintenance developed faster in food & beverage plant operations? A look at the factors that must be present for a plant to have sufficient benefit from predictive maintenance to justify the investment in measurement equipment. |
Food Processing
September 2010 |
MRO Q&A: Where and how does a preventive maintenance program fit in with our normal routine maintenance program? MRO Q&A is a Food Processing series addressing maintenance, repair and operational issues in food plants. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2001
John Teresko |
Maintenance's New Player: The CIO Manufacturing's wealth of IT data is being parlayed into new maintenance-management strategies... |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2007
John Teresko |
Profiting From Proactive Maintenance In addition to safeguarding production schedules, proactive maintenance adds new efficiencies and revenue potential, too. |
IndustryWeek
August 17, 2011 |
Five Common Lean Maintenance Missteps How to avoid the five most common mistakes made by manufacturers on their journey to lean maintenance. |
Chemistry World
September 1, 2013
Laura Howes |
Water acts as a lubricant for molecular machines Small shuttles and wheels on axles made from single molecules can be sped up with a small amount of water. |
Food Processing
August 2010 |
MRO Q&A: What are the do's and don'ts for food industry maintenance? MRO Q&A is a Food Processing series addressing maintenance, repair and operational issues in food plants. |
Food Engineering
April 1, 2005
Olin Thompson |
Something broken this way comes An estimated 35 percent of indirect cost in a food plant is due to maintenance. Can you foresee upcoming equipment failures? Predictive and preventive maintenance software can help keep your plant running. |
Food Engineering
April 2, 2007
Wayne Labs |
Savvy Maintenance Strategies For food processors, a savvy plant maintenance strategy begins with hard questions based in reality. What does it cost when a part fails in your production line? How critical is it to your business? |
Food Engineering
March 1, 2008
Kevin T. Higgins |
The Business Case for Better Maintenance It seems a stretch, but a plant's maintenance department can be a profit center. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2008
Jonathan Katz |
Maintenance Seers Predictive maintenance tools and strategies diagnose problems before they begin. |
Food Engineering
December 1, 2008
Richard F. Stier |
Food Safety: HACCP's most underemphasized prerequisite Electronic maintenance management programs have many benefits. |
Food Engineering
February 1, 2005 |
Is preventive maintenance worth it? For many businesses, a planned maintenance strategy is critical. Yet nearly 68 percent of the respondents to a survey of the food and beverage industry say they allocate less than half of their maintenance budgets for preventive activities that reduce equipment failure and plant shutdown. |
AskMen.com
September 15, 2014
James Fell |
Here's Why You Should Head To The Weight Machines Immediately Next Time You're At The Gym Do both. Machines versus free weights is a silly argument. It's like arguing whether you should eat vegetables versus fruits. |
Food Processing
August 2008
Bob Sperber |
Predictive Maintenance Environment in Food Processing Plants Provides Early Warning System Maintenance is moving from preventive to predictive mode with condition monitoring, maintenance system upgrades and the promise of easier integration. |
AskMen.com
August 17, 2015
Anthony Yeung |
Benefits Of Fitness Machines Although I thought otherwise, it turns out machines have a lot of benefits and have their place in a balanced, intelligent training program. |
AskMen.com
July 16, 2015
Anthony Yeung |
Why Free Weights Are Better Than Machines You need to do free-weight exercises. You'll build strength and size in the way you're designed to move. |
