Maintenance Planning and Scheduling: An Overview - Reliable Plant
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 …
Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) Explained | Reliable Plant
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.
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50 Ideas for an Effective Maintenance Program - Reliable Plant
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 …
Fishbone Diagram Explained - Reliable Plant
What is a Fishbone Diagram? A fishbone diagram is a cause-and-effect discovery tool that helps figure out the reason(s) for defects, variations or failures within a process. In other words, it helps break down, in successive layers, root causes that potentially contribute to an effect. Sometimes ...
Vibration Analysis Explained - Reliable Plant
Vibration analysis helps you monitor and detect issues using vibration data. Read about vibration analysis methodology, tools and techniques, vibration analysis measurement methods, and more. Vibration analysis is defined as a process for measuring the …
Chobani Opens World's Largest Yogurt Manufacturing Plant in Idaho
Chobani recently celebrated the grand opening of its second U.S. yogurt manufacturing facility. Located in Twin Falls, Idaho, the $450-million plant is the world's largest yogurt manufacturing facility at 1 million square feet and was built in less than 11 months.
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE): An Overview - Reliable Plant
Another way to look at it is 3,000 bottles / 60 bottles per minute = 50 minutes lost quality. So, to calculate the overall equipment effectiveness (Availability x Performance x Quality = OEE), we'd take 62.5 percent x 66.7 percent x 75 percent = 31.25 percent OEE.This means we could technically produce 28,800 bottles, but in the end, only 9,000 bottles are cleared for sale …
Toyota and Total Productive Maintenance - Reliable Plant
One of the most recognizable symbols in modern manufacturing is the “TPS House” diagram as shown below. The diagram is a simple representation of the Toyota Production System (TPS) that Toyota developed to teach their supply base the principles of the TPS. The foundation of the house represents ...
Heijunka: An In-depth Look - Reliable Plant
Heijunka is defined as a technique for reducing unevenness in a production cycle, which in turn reduces waste. Below, we'll discuss how to implement heijunka, its benefits and more. What Is Heijunka? Heijunka (pronounced hi-JUNE-kuh) is defined as a technique for reducing unevenness in a production cycle, which in turn reduces waste.