Don’t Let Dirty Data Derail Your Greenfield Projects

A greenfield project should provide a fresh start. You won’t be encumbered by past mistakes or the habits of previous operations....

Get Your House in Order

Learn strategies for cleaning messy data and discover how effective data management can extend the mean time between failures from months to years....

Ensuring Successful CMMS Adoption — Critical Factors

In 2008, an Atlanta-based company with a network of North American paper mills began searching for an enterprise-wide computerized maintenance management system (CMMS)....

Eliminating Failures and Paving the Way for Proactive Maintenance Support

During his 40+ year career with two paper companies and an energy company, Bob Anderson, now a PCA Consulting professional, implemented system-wide changes that eliminated...

Seven Words You Shouldn’t Say in Maintenance

When I was a teenager, my neighbor had a recording of George Carlin’s “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television.” We listened to it...

Change Management Best Practices — Avoiding Friction and Realizing a Strong ROI

Before embarking on a major transformation initiative, business leaders must lay the foundation for a successful transition through proper change management....

Getting your Storeroom “Back to Basics”

If your storeroom is not up to where it should be, the efficiency and effectiveness of your maintenance teams will suffer....

Detailed Maintenance Planning, Clean Master Data Help Combat the Brain Drain and Assure Uptime

Clean Master Data and planned maintenance avoids expediting and saves frustration, time and money....

Practical AI: The Path to Top Quartile Reliability

According to some predictions, AI will permeate all facets of life, making it easier to do everything, including maintenance....

Despite all of the Technology, the Basics are Still Important

As I look back across my career in maintenance and MRO materials, it seems that the things people hire us for really have not changed....

The Human Side of Reliability

While there is a growing body of proofs regarding the right technical approach to boosting reliability, the best technical solutions are nothing if they leave...