Accelerating Progress in a Manufacturing Plant’s Reliability Journey
Accelerating Progress in a Manufacturing Plant’s Reliability Journey Improving reliability in an asset-intensive manufacturing plant is often described as a journey because it can take
For a University Hospital, Developing an Asset Management Program Requires Creating a Reliability Program
For a University Hospital, Developing an Asset Management Program Requires Creating a Reliability Program Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals is a leading academic medical center in
Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative: Transforming the Organization to Meet Performance Goals
SCGC Transforms the Organization to Meet Performance Goals Background and Challenge Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative (SCGC), a 54-member farmers’ cooperative in Belle Glade, Florida, needed
LCE Helps a Food Processing Plant Build a Preventive and Predictive Maintenance Program
LCE Helps a Food Processing Plant Build a Failure Mode-based Preventive and Predictive Maintenance Program to Prevent Failures and Downtime The Situation A large-scale food
Aluminum Smelter Improves Asset Reliability and Reinvigorates Operations with Reliability Excellence
Aluminum-Smelter-Improves-Asset-Reliability-and-Reinvigorates-Operations-with-Reliability-Excellence-211 The Situation The 430,000 metric ton/year aluminum smelter, originally commissioned in 1957, operated in a reactive environment, resulting in relatively high cost per unit
Implementing Reliability Excellence Yields Big Gains in OEE for a South Carolina Steel Company
Implementing-Reliability-Excellence-Yields-Big-Gains-in-OEE-for-a-South-Carolina-Steel-Company-210 One of four mini-mills under a steel group based in SC, this company provides rebar, angles, channels, rounds, flats, squares and billets to customers
Employing Materials Management Best Practices to Drive Down Costs and Improve Support for Operations
Employing-Materials-Management-Best-Practices-to-Drive-Down-Costs-and-Improve-Support-for-Operations-209 The Situation A large agribusiness company was modernizing and streamlining its operations to increase its ability to compete on a global level. The manufacturing
Reliability Excellence Helps a Network of Power Plants Reduce Outages and Maintenance Spending
Reliability-Excellence-Helps-a-Network-of-Power-Plants-Reduce-Outages-and-Maintenance-Spending-208 The Situation The client is a group of eight dams and power plants in North Carolina and Tennessee, providing more than 2,000,000 MW of
An Australian Power Plant Harnesses the Power of Reliability Excellence
An-Australian-Power-Plant-Harnesses-the-Power-of-Reliability-Excellence-207 The Situation This power station in Australia is a 160 MW, single boiler, coal-fired power plant, supplying 20% of the power required to operate
United States Sugar Corporation Improves its Operating Margin With Reliability Excellence
The Situation The United States Sugar Corporation (USSC) is located in Clewiston, Florida on the southern shore of Lake Okeechobee. The company is primarily owned