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MTBF is a calculation used to predict the time between failures of a piece of machinery. Below, we'll discuss the MTBF calculation, MTBF traps to be aware of and how to improve your MTBF. What Is MTBF? Mean time between failures (MTBF) is a prediction of the time between the innate failures of a piece of machinery during normal operating hours.

The 34th president of the United States and an American army general, Dwight D. Eisenhower is famous for making the paradoxical statement, "In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." He …

When a maintenance program is successful, every area of the company is positively affected. Today, top organizations are reaping the benefits from implementing well-designed and managed reliability programs. Are you ready to take your reliability program to …

Maintenance Management is the process of maintaining a company's assets and resources while controlling time and costs, ensuring maximum efficiency of the manufacturing process.. What Is Maintenance Management? Maintenance management is defined as the process of maintaining a company's assets and resources while controlling time and costs, thereby ensuring maximum efficiency of the ...

FMEA is an analytical tool used in the design phase to help mitigate risk and failures during processes. Read about the main types of FMEA and learn how to implement it.

Creating a maintenance plan is generally not difficult to do. But creating a comprehensive maintenance program that is effective poses some interesting challenges. It would be difficult to appreciate the subtleties of what makes a maintenance plan effective without understanding how the plan forms part of the total maintenance environment.

Root cause analysis (RCA) is a structured, systematic approach to identifying why problems or failures occur. Rather than merely addressing the immediate symptoms of a problem, RCA digs deeper to uncover the true root cause(s). By understanding the root cause, organizations can implement targeted solutions that prevent the issue from recurring.

I’m often asked what effective plant reliability management looks like. How does one recognize it when he or she sees it? While there are plenty of details, I’ve boiled it down to the following 12 dimensional elements. Naturally, there is much more detail, but I’ve described these key elements ...

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