Knowledge
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Realizing Commercial Value From ISO55001 Aligned Asset Management
Article By: Dr Robin (Bob) Platfoot This article was published in Uptime® Magazine – August – September 2017 This article demonstrates the commercial value for an organization improving its entire enterprise asset management approach in line with the ISO55001 standard. An organization implementing ISO55001 must first come to terms with clear asset management objectives, a planning process that…
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Are You Statutory Compliant?
Assessment Across All Australian States and Territories On Over 150 Facilities Across 500 Buildings On over 300 Unique Asset Types 10-35% STATUTORY COMPLIANCE GAPS FOUND One of the primary functions in Facilities Management is duty of care and the management of risk and liability. What if I told you that even the…
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Proven Cost Benefits from Preventive Maintenance Strategy Rationalisation
Paper by: Mr Chris Cunningham, Senior Associate This paper sets out the cost benefits to an organisation who wish to reduce overall maintenance costs through rationalisation of their Preventive Maintenance (PM) strategy without increasing their overall risk to operations and still assure compliance to mandatory maintenance. This paper focuses on the savings potential by avoiding…
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Upgrading Maintenance Strategies for Established Plants
Summary This paper presents a methodology for the efficient upgrade of the maintenance strategies for all assets in existing facilities from initial asset confirmation to upload of the master data in the management system. The techniques are presented utilising a case study of a coal-fired power-station in Southeast Asia. The challenges which were addressed included…
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Informed Maintenance Planning
The starting point for improving maintenance planning is the establishment of a maintenance policy which embraces a work flow system, various techniques in monitoring reliability and work practices, and anticipates plant problems rather than reacts to them. This means that the company has a commitment to sustaining an information base which requires accurate data collection,…
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The Benefits of Practicing Enterprise Risk Reduction
Risk management is a pervasive tool which can be employed by both production and maintenance groups as a basis for communicating a perception and to use a priority-setting tool in the absence of detailed information. Used correctly, the quantifiable description of risk such as a risk level or safety index, can streamline work and consequent…