A simple exercise supported by an exceptional tool becomes a powerful catalyst for bridging organizational silos and achieving necessary cultural change. The first aim of a criticality analysis is to… read more →
In the last number of months I have come across a lot of RFPs that are aimed at some aspect of managing infrastructure. With alarming regularity the terms “reliability-based decision… read more →
Successful asset management depends on making good decisions: decisions about where to apply limited resources, about setting priorities for maintenance and reliability, about managing risk and more. Good asset management… read more →
If you’ve done a criticality analysis, can you set it and forget it? Guest Post by Cliff Williams, Corporate Maintenance Manager, ERCO Worldwide and Principal Advisor, Maintenance and Reliability for… read more →
The best possible asset management decisions come about by bringing together two key concepts: criticality and value. A criticality analysis tells you where to focus your attention and as such,… read more →
Many thanks to Copperleaf Technologies for the opportunity to contribute a guest post to their blog – Criticality Analysis and Making Better Decisions. Copperleaf CMO Boudewijn Neijens and I had… read more →
There is some bad news out there for asset management and reliability professionals: achieving sustainable success in asset management is a difficult thing to do. Why is this? Often we… read more →
We hear it all the time. “We already know what’s critical in our operation. We don’t need a criticality analysis.” Are you sure? This is what we also hear and see regularly:… read more →
When it comes to setting priorities for reliability a Pareto analysis is a very good tool for identifying assets and activities that are consuming too much time and too many maintenance… read more →
In a recent forum discussion on the difference between criticality and priority several participants linked the criticality of an asset to the financial expense of the asset. This could lead to an… read more →
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