Reliable Plant Issue 7 of 2006

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Energizer goes with the flow
The battery manufacturer's plant in Maryville, Mo., is using lean as a valuable tool for the improvement of machinery reliability and the enhancement of total asset performance. Editor Paul V. Arnold provides the inside story.

Departments
	Reliability in Action
	Multi-tool approach yields solid savings
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: The Preventive Maintenance Team, American Axle & Manufacturing • Departments\|Reliability in Action
	Relying on their skills and field experience, an American Axle and Manufacturing PM team corrected a sticking issue and saved the company money.

Editorial
	Editors Column
	Anniversaries and awards
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: Paul V. Arnold, editor • Editorial\|Editors Column
	Paul V. Arnold writes about Reliable Plant's first anniversary and some major recognition.


	The Exponent
	Zen and the art of operator maintenance
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: Drew D. Troyer, CRE, CMRP • Editorial\|The Exponent
	Drew Troyer explores the pros and cons of operator-involved maintenance.

Features
	Advisors
	Preventing failures and extending life
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: Tor Idhammar • Features\|Advisors
	Tor Idhammar explores best practices and asks you to check your plant in order to rate your performance.



	What makes a good planner?
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: Doc Palmer, CMRP • Features\|Advisors
	Doc Palmer says finding the right person to be a planner can trigger a 1.57-fold increase in workforce efficiency.



	Take the guesswork out of maintenance decisions
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: John Schultz, CMRP • Features\|Advisors
	John Schultz says a detailed, accurate equipment list is the foundation of a successful CBM program.



	Talent management and poker
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: John Ha • Features\|Advisors
	John Ha deals out some winning advice on these two closely related subjects.



	Good enough never is
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: Tim Goshert • Features\|Advisors
	Tim Goshert ties his reliability leadership vision to the motto of America's top cookie company.


	Applied Reliability
	Steps to minimize slip and fall hazards
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: Karen D. Hamel • Features\|Applied Reliability
	By improving floor conditions and training workers to identify and remedy hazards, you can reduce slip and fall injuries.



	Energy-efficient lights are bright idea
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: Dave Cary • Features\|Applied Reliability
	New energy-efficient lighting technologies and products can provide plants a 50 percent energy savings, 50 percent more light and a 50 percent return on investment.



	Disc couplings dump downtime
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: Kevin Remack • Features\|Applied Reliability
	Want to expand coupling life? Who doesn’t? You may want to look into advanced-design disc couplings.


	Special Report
	HR: The missing link to reliability
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: Johnny Maldonado • Features\|Special Report
	Maintenance and human resources managers must align themselves on how to best handle impending resource issues before they become a problem.

Web Exclusives
	None
	After Katrina, Six Sigma provided Textron a clear path to recovery
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: • Web Exclusives\|None
	In late 2005, Textron Systems senior vice president for operations Jeff Picard and Textron Marine & Land (TM&L) vice president for strategy and business development Clay Moise toured the TM&L area in East New Orleans with a reporter covering the cleanup efforts.



	Little bottles can hold big hazards
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: • Web Exclusives\|None
	When most people think of workplaces that house hazardous materials, they are likely to list factories, refineries, nuclear plants and similar industrial settings. But even a small office might stock potentially dangerous chemicals, such as bleach and other cleaning products.



	An open-and-shut case for good drives
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: • Web Exclusives\|None
	As professional sports venues become bigger and more complex in design and scale, architects and engineers are looking for bold new ideas. Retractable roofs have become a popular feature in those structures because they provide the ability to control the stadium’s interior environment more effectively. Only a select number of companies have the knowledge and expertise to mechanize and control these immense structures, which, themselves, become architectural feats.



	Wisconsin needs to celebrate manufacturing
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: James S. Haney • Web Exclusives\|None
	Wisconsin is home to some of the most recognized companies in the nation and the world. Our state is home to more than 10,300 manufacturers that support more than 600,000 jobs. In fact, as a percent of total employment, Wisconsin employs the second-highest number of manufacturing workers in the United States.



	Hot tips to beat the heat
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: Newswise • Web Exclusives\|None
	Heat stroke occurs when a person can no longer perspire and his or her temperature control mechanism stops working. At first, it will seem like heat exhaustion, but the patient may begin to experience confusion, seizures and other more severe side effects.



	What every maintenance engineer should know about RoHS
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: Jeff Shafer, senior vice president of product, Newark InOne • Web Exclusives\|None
	It's true that maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) parts are exempt from the European Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive, which took effect July 1. But it's also true that everyone who buys or uses components is, or will soon be, impacted by RoHS.



	Igniting the creative spark in organizations
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: Newswise • Web Exclusives\|None
	Firms that focus on individual employee achievement and uniqueness are more conducive to generating innovative ideas than companies that emphasize a team-based culture, according to Barry Staw, a professor at the University of California-Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.



	Turning fog and ice into a dry, safe and energy-efficient workspace
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: • Web Exclusives\|None
	The fog was so thick at times, maintenance mechanic Nathanial Koniecko, wasn’t sure if he was walking through the cold storage freezer at his Norwich, Conn., branch of U.S. Foodservice, or trekking through the eerie Sherlock Holmes novel, “The Hound Of The Baskervilles.”



	Social capital affects organizations' performance
	• Issue: 7/2006 • Author: Newswise • Web Exclusives\|None
	Chief executive officers and business managers constantly worry about the relationship between turnover and business performance, especially when that performance negatively affects a company’s bottom line. But traditional research models that examine the relationship between turnover and performance may not be telling the whole story.