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Is proper torquing a part of your standard work?

Is proper torquing a part of your standard work?

By Bob Schindler • on May 27, 2009

Read enough OEM recommended procedures and you will notice that a common thread is proper torque values for fasteners. Many standard work (and standard operating) procedures in industrial facilities list recommended or required torque values for jobs like gasket replacements, motor alignments, bearing

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How to enable process redesign and CMMS success

How to enable process redesign and CMMS success

By Rex Gallaher • on May 5, 2009

A blog from Kris Bagadia on “10 factors to a successful CMMS implementation” triggered a memory of attempting this in my preretirement days, long ago in 1990. I thought maybe my reply to Kris should be expanded, and this is the resulting blog posting. The United States Postal Service had

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Hey, what’s missing in OEE?

Hey, what’s missing in OEE?

By Rex Gallaher • on February 26, 2009

One of the issues with overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is that it is an output process metric (Speed Performance x Quality x Uptime). It’s great as a process metric for measuring machine performance. What it ignores are the resources consumed in the process. Given enough money, I can improve

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