Originally written by Mike Sondalini as a memo to his younger self, this article has been adapted to provide you with his key learnings from the past two decades of research, consulting, and training experience.

A Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS) is only used during the operational phase of an enterprise. Whereas an Enterprise Asset Management System (EAM system) covers all life cycle phases of operating assets.

Achieve healthy components and healthy machinery with these 15 precision maintenance targets. Listed with thier appropriate tolerances, they will ensure your operations achieve optimal reliability.

This equipment root cause failure analysis technique is used to list all the possible root causes of a component’s failure. It applies Physics of Failure science to identify the conceivable ways a part could fail while in service.

Risk is the likelihood that a component will fail, and operational risk is a mathematical formular. This formula contains variables which can be broken down, manipulated, and controlled to achieve the desired outcome.

Engineers that design machines intentionally use Physics of Failure understanding to prevent breakdowns. They make decisions about the materials-of-construction for components to ensure a ‘safety factor’ is included.

By understanding Physics of Failure it is possible to implement changes in the operating processes of machines to prevent failure. The easiest way this can be done is by keeping components in their precision operating zones.

An Accuracy Controlled Enterprise(ACE) 3T standard operating procedure sets specific quality requirements for each task of a job to help the doer do them right first time, every time. The 3T’s are TargetTolerance-Test.

This article contains a weatlth of knowledge about how to determine, design, and implement effective SOPs. Standard Operating Procedures will acheive the best outcomes with the ACE 3T process explored here.

Here is introduced a holistic andforward-looking enterprise asset management (EAM) model (1). It guides an organization’s leaders as to how to profit greatly from their EAM system.

Operational Excellence, regardless of how it is phrased, is to produce the best quality products at the lowest cost for maximum profit. As such, this should be the natural aim of all buinesses.

The PWW EAM methodology is a framework that creates a complete asset life cycle management system. You design, build, and embed processes that specifically get outstandingly reliable plant and equipment performance.

Maintenance department budgets are often a hot-topic of conversation, but have you explored the true cost? By focusing on equipment reliability maintenance costs will become more predictable and reduce overall.

Reliaility Block Diagrams are a tool used by reliability engineers to represent and calculate the reliability of a system. Easy to use, this is a powerful tool to understand where reliability improvements can be made.

Series and Parallel systems have key reliability properties which impact on business and operational decision making in 7 key ways. This article explores the mathematical knowledge needed to understand and utilise them.