Don't Let a Bad Economy Spoil Useful Reliability Habits
Can An Unfavorable Economy Trick YOU Into An Accident?

by Ken Bloch, Flint Hills Resources
If you are using an unfavorable economy as an excuse to cut back on asset performance management (APM) initiatives, "reconsider." Doing so could inadvertently provide the incremental difference allowing common and "manageable" deviations to react unpredictably leading to a catastrophic event...

Failure Event Codes Bridge to Effective Analysis

For reliability practitioners, failure event codes from work history records are the bridge to effective analysis.  The quality and accuracy of this data directly affects the ability of skilled practitioners to maximize the value of improvement opportunities.  While the development of failure codes during software implementation projects can be problematic, a clearer understanding of failure coding can eliminate much of the confusion and expedite implementation efforts...

Meridium Partners with APT
Delivers World's Largest Asset Strategy Library for Industrial Equipment

Meridium customers can now expedite their asset strategy development efforts and deliver faster ROI by leveraging APT's Asset Strategy Library in Meridium's ASM module.  The APT Asset Strategy Library contains fully defined failure modes and preventative maintenance plans for more than 200 equipment classifications...