How to increase your maintenance crew’s productivity?

Today, more than ever, there is pressure to produce more with less. Increasing productivity at multiple plants can improve profit margins for an entire enterprise – but achieving this can be difficult. There are several ways in which a qualified planner can help maximize the productivity of your plant.

To Centralize or Not to Centralize . . .

This posting discusses corporate decision rights versus plant decision rights – where should the line be drawn? [...]

Maintenance Planning Fundamentals

Why do so many manufacturing industries struggle to achieve success in the fundamentals of Maintenance Planning?

A few weeks ago, I conducted a maintenance planning seminar at a tradeshow in Chicago.  The attendees represented various manufacturing industries from all over the United [...]