A New White Paper - Equipment Advocates: Giving Equipment a Voice
Author: Charles Spillman
The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease
This truism is well worn and time tested, but it usually doesn't refer to a wheel. The trite saying typically means the guy who is the loudest, the most overbearing, and the most insistent will get his way. Unfortunately, the same does not hold true for a wheel that is actually squeaking, a bearing that is scouring a path through the bearing race, or a compressor that is... well, you get the idea. The truth is that often the production schedule and the pressure to fulfill delivery obligations becomes the squeaky wheel, and the insistent noise from the sales and the operations departments muffles concern for the production equipment.
It is Time to Give the Equipment a Voice!
A Midwest mining operation struggled with unscheduled down time and chronic, repetitive repairs that significantly impacted uptime and throughput. Preventive maintenance was routinely disregarded, and all efforts from the maintenance staff were concentrated on urgent repairs. The constant pressure from operations to keep production equipment in service and the frenzied need for quick repairs had created an adversarial relationship between the maintenance and operations staff. The two groups struggled with constant heated confrontations about what repair work was critical and what could be postponed. This battle resulted in a tense working environment and steadily deteriorating asset health.
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