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Editors Column |
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Noria, Nashville, news & the 'Net |
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Issue: 3/2008 |
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Author: Paul V. Arnold, RP Editor |
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Editorial
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Paul V. Arnold comments on a wealth of Noria-related news items. |
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The Exponent |
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The many abilities of lean manufacturing |
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Issue: 3/2008 |
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Author: Drew D. Troyer, CRE, CMRP |
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Editorial
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Drew Troyer says that manufacturers must focus on all of the "abilities" of lean and the cross-functional business processes that create them. |
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| Features
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Advisors |
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Should you contract out maintenance? |
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Issue: 3/2008 |
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Author: Tor Idhammar |
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Features
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As an option to reduce plant costs, plant managers may consider contracting out maintenance work. This may have some merit, depending on many factors, including the nature of the business. |
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Schedule success drives behavior |
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Issue: 3/2008 |
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Author: Doc Palmer |
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Features
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Doc Palmer continues his series on the principles that guide world-class planning and scheduling. This article covers the application of schedule compliance. |
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Oil analysis: 5 things you didn't know |
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Issue: 3/2008 |
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Author: Mark Barnes |
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Features
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Mark Barnes outlines the "five fallacies" of oil analysis - things that are often overlooked or not understood but vital to the tool's long-term benefits. |
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Maximize your lube analysis program |
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Issue: 3/2008 |
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Author: Andy Page |
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Features
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Andy Page explains the purpose of lubricant analysis and how machines should be chosen for inclusion in an engineered program. |
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Education vs. experience: The debate |
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Issue: 3/2008 |
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Author: John Ha |
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Features
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Can experience make up for the lack of a degree, or does a degree provide something that experience cannot? Is one more valuable than the other? |
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SMRP is valuable for M&R pros |
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Issue: 3/2008 |
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Author: Tim Goshert |
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Features
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Tim Goshert lists some of the reasons to get involved with the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals. |
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Applied Reliability |
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CMMS solution? Look to the Web |
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Issue: 3/2008 |
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Author: Kris Bagadia |
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Features
| Applied Reliability
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Organizations have put up with CMMS systems that take forever to install, crash your servers, are a pain to upgrade, and require expensive hardware. Recently, the Web-based CMMS model has taken off because it solves such problems. |
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Maintenance-production teamwork, in the eyes of a Boeing ops manager |
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Issue: 3/2008 |
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Author: Paul V. Arnold |
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Features
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A Boeing operations manager outlines the components of a successful maintenance-production partnership. |
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Reliability Forum |
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Ergonomic tools: Science or fiction? |
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Issue: 3/2008 |
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Author: |
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Features
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How can plant workers know that the "ergonomic" hand tools that they buy and use are truly ergonomic in form and function? |
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Reliability In Action |
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Lesson learned on electric motor shaft |
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Issue: 3/2008 |
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Author: |
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Features
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A 750-horsepower motor for a power station air compressor was sent to the motor shop for a winding failure. Read what happened next. |
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Special Report |
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The business case for life cycle cost |
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Issue: 3/2008 |
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Author: Ron Moore |
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Features
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Many industrial pros have pondered applying life cycle cost principles as a means to lower costs and improve performance over the life of the equipment. Few have actually implemented a comprehensive and sustained process for achieving it. |
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