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Predictive Run to Failure – It Is What You Think!
Effective understanding of the health of your equipment and prediction of what its future looks like is based on detecting anomalies sooner and being able to make real time decisions based on those anomalies.read more
Watson Studio Essentials: Data Preparation Strategies & AutoAI Advancements
This article describes the first few steps a person will take when using existing data sets and preparing them for use in AI/ML forecasting and anomaly detection. It introduces the reader to IBM Watson Studio by way of a problem statement and sample equipment data.read more
Defining Production Downtime
In manufacturing the term “production downtime” is often met with a sense of urgency and concern. It represents periods when production halts, directly impacting a company’s operational efficiency and profitability.read more
What Is and How to Use Anomaly Detection
Anomaly detection (AD) is the art of discovering data points in a data set that deviate from what is considered normal or expected. Let’s try an example. Look at the chart below and ask a couple of questions: What appears to be the normal, or expected value for each day of the 16-day process? ...read more
RCFA Problem Statements, Avoid These Mistakes!
RCFA problem statements are key to solving the right problem at your plant but sometimes the problem statement that we write down isn’t a fact. We pick something that’s not quite true. It’s a little bit off, and that makes our root cause very long. Sometimes we miss the root cause altogether ...read more
Working with SAP Master and Transactional Data
No matter which module of SAP you are working with, there are master and transactional data sets that you must consider as you are making changes to an existing system, migrating from one system to another, or standing up a new system altogether.read more
To FedRAMP or Not to FedRAMP. It’s More Than a Single Question.
One significant decision an organization must make when moving their software tools and solutions to the cloud is the level of security that is required. The first thought is that the highest and most restrictive environments are desired. But the real question remains what is truly required?read more
What is Failure Prediction?
No one likes it when equipment fails, except maybe those who are selling replacements. Failures occur at the most inopportune moments; in the middle of an important production run; in the middle of the night when the crew is at a minimum; on a Friday afternoon; or during the tour of new ...read more
The NIST Cybersecurity Framework Applies to You!
It is crucial that the organization be aware of the cybersecurity rules, requirements, and regulations that they must follow. Audit results/findings and potential penalties can reach into the millions of dollars that would be better spent elsewhere.read more
Small Jobs in Maintenance – Top Tips
Every maintenance professional should strive to rise above reactivity. Effective planning and scheduling are critical components to rising out of reactivity, aka the Circle of Despair. If you are reading this, you probably already know why maintenance planning is important. But there’s a ...read more
What is the Reliability Strategies Add-on for MAS 8.11?
Now with the advent of the Reliability Strategies add-on into MAS 8.11, a fair amount of the initial structure and definition of the typical RCM study can occur in MAS, greatly reducing the distance from the RCM study to changes to the EAM. Reducing the distance and increasing the velocity of ...read more
Data is Where the Decisions Are
Business intelligence solutions have been around for quite some time. What is new about them is they have evolved considerably and now include artificial intelligence features that make their use even more powerful. Now with the advent of IBM watsonx and its suite of functions, exploring data ...read more
The Differences Between APM, EAM, and CMMS and What you Really Need
As you search the Internet for information about these tools of the trade, you may find any of these acronyms being used consistently, but the elements of and meanings behind may vary widely. If you have been in this industry for a while, you may have seen a procession of acronyms, each of ...read more
What’s the Big Difference in A.I.? IBM Watson vs OpenAI ChatGPT?
OpenAI ChatGPT has a much larger training set and uses the internet as a searchable database, and thus it is better at pretending to be a human. IBM Watson is trained to understand language (tuned for certain industries) and does not use the internet as a searchable database. Where it gets ...read more
Using P&ID Diagrams to Establish Location and Asset Hierarchies
Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID) are foundational documents that give engineering, operations, and maintenance staff insight into the elements, interconnections, and relationships a system may have. As with any architectural type of diagram, they have a language of their own that a ...read more
Making Sense of NIST & Cybersecurity Requirements for Maximo
It’s all about managing cybersecurity risk. No matter if your computing systems are in an on-premises data center, out in the cloud, or down in a mine shaft somewhere, protecting your data and intellectual property from those who wish to nefariously benefit from it is your mission. Managing ...read more
Planning and Scheduling Mistakes to Avoid
Owe Forsberg
VP of IDCON Inc., an Independent Subsidiary of TRM.
If you don’t know by now, the maintenance planning and scheduling process is integral to reliability in industrial and facilities management. Over my 30 years in industry, I have seen a lot of mistakes in the managing of ...read more
The AI ChatBot Phenomenon
This article is going to look at several elements of the TRM Omni Assistant, of which is an AI-driven ChatBot, to illustrate how adopting this technology may help your work teams be more efficient. Our goal is to put information in the hands of our work teams with as little effort on their ...read more
Check Out OMNI – The TRM Maximo Assistant
A CMMS system is just one player in your organization, and knowing where, when, and how it fits into EVERYTHING you do upstream and downstream can be a daunting task. How do you manage all this required knowledge to keep up with your ever-changing organization? How do you lessen the burden of ...read more
Techniques for Root Cause Analysis – Broken Parts
Creating a culture of saving parts in your organization can be very beneficial. There are 168 hours in a week, you’re there for 40 hours (maybe 60 on a bad week). Even with all of that time on site, chances are that you won’t be there when something breaks. Because of this, saving parts and ...read more
[Case Study]
Reliability and Maintenance Improvements
Client: Coal Mine in New South Wales, Australia
Reliability Improvements Result in $35M in Annual Revenue Growth for Australian Coal Mine
CHALLENGE:
An underground, Australian coal mine set out to improve its unsteady production output while keeping fixed cost unchanged.
RESULT:
In a 12-month period, average downtime was reduced from 82 minutes to 16 minutes a shift for Development Continuous Miners and from 88 minutes to 35 minutes for Extraction Continuous Miners. By annualizing the production increase, each minute/shift is worth $330,000/ year for Extraction Miners and $260,000/year for Development Miners. The total increase in reliability provided an increased production output worth $34.9 Million/ year AUS.
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