09 Information Management

As I spend more and more time in and around maintenance, reliability and asset management professionals, and though my own experiences as both an end user and now a contractor, it has become more and more clear that there is a definitive gap in most maintenance and reliability plans....the electrical system. This is not to say that there is not maintenance being done, or that people are not recognizing that their electrical system is critical. But do you understand what you are doing? Do you understand why? Is what is being done correct? Is the budget that is set aside for electrical adequate or too much? How do you know? What are the best practices and where do you start? As discussed this is not a technical presentation but rather a look at a basic electrical system and where an end user can start in regards to assuring themselves that they are doing the right things. There are some new technologies that are in the market place that can assist in determining if there is a potential problem with parts of your system...this presentation is not about those. Alternatively it is about "the basics", learning to walk before you can run: Looking at the system as a whole and learning where most trouble areas are; Assisting end-users in looking at past test results and planning next steps; Determining what needs to be done based on predictive tests such as transformer oil samples or IR scans, and what can be pushed into next year’s budget; What cannot be skipped because, if it is, it may not only cause catastrophic plant failures but potential fatalities. In conclusion what this presentation will focus on is assisting Maintenance Management professionals to treat their electrical assets with the same care that they keep their mechanical assets. It is not overly technical and you do not have to be an electrical professional to understand or benefit.Presented at MainTrain 2017 

This webcast showcases the City of Ottawa’s journey to implement a state-of-the-art, leading edge technology solution for enterprise asset management to manage critical municipal infrastructure. Devesh Shah, a Program Manager, Asset Management Strategy ​at the ​City of Ottawa, will describes the 5-year journey, from concept to commissioning, the city’s successes, challenges and lessons learned through the implementation of IBM’s Maximo and replacement of legacy application. Learn how Ottawa’s experience of business transformation and customer service improved by integrating asset and work management systems with other corporate applications. Discover the change management strategies and process improvements that lead to develop consistency, reduce duplication of work, streamline asset management processes, improve planning and scheduling processes, provide better access to data and more opportunities to measure and forecast, and support stronger, more informed maintenance management and decision making.​

Operations management practitioners face several challenges in optimizing the usage of CMMS and AMS solutions. One of the critical tasks in an increasingly complex environment is ensuring that software solutions keep pace with legislative, productivity and efficiency based requirements. Participants in this session will see how operations management thinkers, among them management theorists and organizational behaviorists in particular, have introduced terms like 'big data', 'refresh' and 'disruptive management' in attempts to stimulate thinking around solution development. See how recent experiences from City of Toronto operating divisions with introducing software solutions illustrate the importance of documenting and validating specific and inter-divisional needs as 'beacons' for project management. Effective and efficient management of internal and external stakeholders requires documented artifacts that are constant throughout the project life cycle. Discover how the absence of such artifacts simply permits changes in scope, requirements and expectations.

The advent of the Internet of Industrial Things and pervasive sensing is creating a tsunami of data that threatens to overwhelm us. Without a strong program in place to use the information we are wasting money and resources. Building a strong reliability & maintenance program ensures you are looking for the right data to tell you what you need to know. In this presentation Keith will look at the building blocks of a program and how to leverage all the data we are collecting.

Vibration condition monitoring programs play an important role in an organization's rotating equipment reliability and maintenance strategy.  While organizations may be in different stages of establishing their program, there are some common things to implement in order to get the greatest benefit from any program.  This workshop focusses on starting your program off on the right foot.  The workshop will use case histories to outline reasonable expectations, current vibration technology, and specific vibration standards for various industries.In addition to starting off on the right foot the success of a vibration condition monitoring program will depend on maintaining momentum.  This workshop will finish by addressing areas within the participants program where they can focus on improving the long term reliability of their assets instead of simply finding failures.

Vibration measurement has come of age in the last 20 years.  While the practice of continuous on-line monitoring of critical machines in the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries has been commonplace for several decades, it is only recently that companies who had been using intermittent data collection techniques are now embracing continuous monitoring.  This session will discuss that the new horizon for continuous monitoring is mobile equipment; draglines, shovels, bucket-wheel excavators, stacker-reclaimers, heavy haul trucks, are all equally important to production and just as critical as a gas compressor.  Participants will learn that, unlike stationary machinery, monitoring mobile equipment brings substantial challenges that must be addressed to ensure accurate, repeatable, and reliable data acquisition.  Rapid speed and load variations are just one element of the application.  The logistics of sensor mounting, cabling, network communications, and general serviceability bring unique complications to the task of monitoring these machines.  Ron will discuss these obstacles and present new solutions that have the potential to bring significant reliability improvements to large mobile equipment.

During this webcast, Abrar discusses the 3 major elements (people, processes & technology) required to successfully enable end users of a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). Learn more about: 1) Defining the scope, timelines and objectives of CMMS/EAM implementation; 2) Dealing with Master Data - defining the data and dealing with data overload; 3) How to ensure front line workers input quality data so that it can be effectively used for reliability analysis; 4) Processes (how to incorporate the technology); and 5) Roadmap (how to bring it all together and proceed).

"Uptime - Strategies for Excellence in Maintenance Management" has been a best-seller since 1995. It's 3rd edition includes a number of significant changes from the earlier editions reflecting changes in successful practices, the emerging field of Asset Management and the new imperative that any changes become sustainable. This workshop will provide an overview of the new Uptime "Model of Excellence," introduce the book's new material, explain how it all works and fits within the broader asset management framework.

Many factors can influence the success of an Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) /Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) implementation; the most common problems provide the most effective opportunities for improving overall maintenance practices. In this session, learn from Infor Canada how many of its clients have adopted simple and effective strategies that have allowed them to achieve "competence" and "excellence" levels in the Maintenance Maturity Grid. Learn how EAM/CMMS solutions have assisted organizations that use equipment and machinery to produce products, in maintaining the health and life of their equipment. In this session participants will identify the common issues encountered in the implementation of an EAM/CMMS, and learn how to  develop successful strategies not only for a successful implementation, but also continuous improvement maintenance operations, extending beyond maintenance departments. Any EAM/CMMS has the potential to be the most powerful tool in the toolbox of maintenance practitioners. The right strategies will guarantee you succeed in realizing its full potential.

In today’s climate of steadily increasing energy prices, poor control of motor efficiency has significant costs that are often “invisible” and uncontrolled. A motor management plan that has buy-in from all affected stakeholders will help realize the full value of your motor asset while saving energy, reducing downtime, lowering operating cost and lessening your “anxiety costs”. In this session review the evolution of motor efficiency and discuss why operating cost needs to be the basis for selecting a new motor versus only the initial purchase price. Learn from cases that illustrate the significant benefits of higher efficiency motors and motor selection tools available.