Maintenance Process: Challenges & Resolution “Obstacles are challenges for the winner and excuses are for the losers”: Marijane Meaker After conquering the Mount Everest by Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953, Hillary said ‘it is not the mountain that we conquer, but ourselves.’ The challenges are always more internal than external. As we get more clarity about our internal self, either the problems disappear or their size
TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) “TPM is the making of products through the making of people“: Seiichi Nakajima Brief History of TPM Seiichi Nakajima, regarded as the Father of TPM, describes the philosophy of TPM in a quote: “TPM is the making of products through the making of people”. The term OEE was invented in the 1960s (OEE=Availability x Productivity x Quality). The goal of TPM: “Enhance the volume of the
What is IoT (Internet of Things) and its linkage with Maintenance “The Internet of Things has the potential to change the world, just as the internet did. Maybe even more so”: Kevin Ashton Human-beings interact with each other through their 5 senses (touch, sight, smell, hearing & taste). Internet is a digital fabric which is woven around all of us. So far, the internet was connecting the people around
Predictive Maintenance “Information is the oil to the 21st century and analytics is the combustion engine”: Peter Sondergaard Human beings are generally curious to know about the future so that they can prepare themselves accordingly, especially if it is not favourable. Soothsayers (fortune-teller) predicts our future, marriage dates and even results of Football World cup! On TV channels, the weather forecast for the next few days are predicted and if
Preventive Maintenance “Success does not happen, it is planned for”: Unknown Someone has rightly said ‘Prevention is better than cure.’ During present times we are preventing ourselves from COVID-19 menace by keeping social distance and putting mask. Many people do yoga and meditation to remain healthy and calm. Majority of the mobile users put screen guard to prevent it from scratches. Something similar is true for any manufacturing or