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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 …

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 ...

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 …

Tenneco Inc. on October 29 announced a major restructuring across its global operations designed to further reduce structural costs and capacity in response to the worsening industry downturn. The company intends to eliminate approximately 1,100 jobs worldwide, close five facilities and implement ...

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.

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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 …

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.