Newsletter
If you would like to receive these newsletter directly into your mail box, please register your official email address by clicking here. Please do not register free webmail into the distribution list.
X/06 - Finding it hard to make Business Improvements Sustain?
Finding it hard to make Business Improvements Sustain?
Have you undertaken a Business Improvement initiative but find it hard to make the changes "stick", or perhaps you are just about to embark on your journey to Operational Excellence? If so then you may benefit from attending our upcoming training workshop - Sustainable Business Improvement through LEAN.
X/05 - Who Owns Reliability in Your Company?
Who Owns Reliability in Your Company?
Quite often it is the Maintenance function that initiates the need for improved Reliability, they often make great strides in terms of getting all the necessary failure analysis and maintenance systems in place but still struggle to see any benefits.
X/04 - TPM3-LEAN Principles
Sustainable Business Improvement through TPM3-LEAN Principles
As mentioned in our previous newsletter, one of the most important findings from a recent manufacturing excellence survey conducted by the famous author Ron Moore is that: "Superior performance of improvement programs is only achievable when everyone is engaged in day to day improvement activities and defect elimination".
X/03 - Are you using technology? Really...?
Maintenance Information Management
Are You Using Technology? Really...?
In our maintenance pyramid of excellence framework, Information management completes the control elements. This element is about how well we manage the information we produced and collected in the process of managing our maintenance, and also how well we utilize this information to enable more effective and efficient maintenance practices.
X/02 - Are your improvement tools working?
Sustaining Improvement
In this issue, we will talk about how to sustain the improvent
X/01 - What Gets Measured Gets Done
Performance Management
Continuing our discussion on maintenance excellence framework, In this issue, we will talk about setting up a good performance measurement set to support good practice performance management.
IX/05 - How Do You Support Maintenance Effectively?
MRO Materials Management
Three months into exploring the maintenance excellence framework, we have discussed about understanding the maturity of your maintenance organization, defining your maintenance strategy and developing the right maintenance tactics for your assets, and how good work management practice can help you realize your maintenance tactics. In this issue, we will talk about supporting your maintenance activities effectively through good MRO materials management practice.
IX/04 - Have You Tried Planning?
Maintenance Planning & Scheduling
Effectively Managing your Maintenance Activities
Two months into exploring the maintenance excellence framework, we have discussed about understanding the maturity of your maintenance organization, defining your maintenance strategy and developing the right maintenance tactics for your assets. In this issue, we will talk about realizing your maintenance tactics through a good work management process that is lead by good planning & scheduling process.
IX/03 - Are You Doing The Right Maintenance?
Control Elements
Effectively Managing your Maintenance Activities
Last month we talked about the need to get ready to improve our operation and maintenance organizations in the anticipation of the busy time when the demand picks up again. We've also introduced our maintenance excellence framework that can be used as means to guide the needed improvement.
IX/02 - Getting Ready For The Future
Understanding our Maintenance Organization Current Maturity Level
The First Step in our Improvement Effort
Last month, we talked about the global financial crisis, how it impacted us, and how we should regain control of our maintenance costs. In this issue, we would like to share with you how some of our clients are actually getting ready for the future.






