Pleased to announce the launch today of the 'Analytics for EAM' Template for Maximo. Watch the "Getting Started" videos 01: Introduction (video 07:13) 02: Connecting to Maximo (video 08:35) 03: EAM Template Demonstration (video 11:34) The creation of the...
This Infographic has been created in association with the Data Driven Production Optimization Conference (June 16-17, Houston) DigitalOilfieldInfographic The Data-Driven Production Optimization Conference is the industry-leading forum in which experts in the field of...
The true cost of poor quality | Hydrocarbon Processing | April 2015. Good article on using RCA to drive production/operations improvement.
At many installations a significant level of effort is provided by the external resources of maintenance and reliability consultants. In addition to your own knowledge, providing your external consultants with up to date analysis using your maintenance data and build...
The upside of condition-based monitoring and digital control systems is that they are proactive in preventing failure but the downside is they frequently mask the cause of failures. These near misses should be treated as failures and analysed as such. It is important...
The Big Picture - to get the big picture of events over time you need to obtain and analyse a lot of data from a number of different sources, CMMS, condition monitoring, SCADA, DCS, Production reporting. It is always difficult to identify links between these different...
There is a lot of interesting discussion and theory around staff resistance to maintenance program initiatives regarding buy-in, training and supporting the maintenance program, however I think the simple insight is that the Supervisors and Technicians have seen it...
In case you need a laugh, remember: It takes a college degree to fly a plane but only a high school diploma to fix one.. After every flight, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a 'gripe sheet,' which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics...
Management summary: In 2007, BP’s Ravenspurn North and Cleeton platforms in the Southern North Sea (SNS) Gas assets transformed from a highly reactive to a more planned way of working (from 85% to 10% unscheduled activities). Now, with well coordinated workforces of...