One of the things that I believe our plant is suffering from is a lack of reliability awareness. Safety is a key factor, but it is a well known fact that reliable plants are safer plants. Do any of you have experience in reliability awareness or presentations that you used, or where I may be able to get and tailor it to our needs. I appreciate any assistance.

Dear Jim,

Unfortunately I am working currently in the UK or I would happily offer my assistance to your organization. Reliability awareness, or asset awareness, training is I believe one of the fundamental requirements of capital intensive industries who are trying to leverage further value from their asset base.

We often do these types of programs and, for your information, I have listed some of the heading that we generally use below:

1. Strategic Asset Planning - Corporate level one day courses aimed at increasing the level of knowledge and at increasing the level of awareness of the benefits available in the asset base. These are generally performed for ALL board members and the next level down. (YEs, including the financial directors!)

2. Technical Overviews - A one day collage course aimed at introducing many of the advanced aspects of reliability and asset management, at times with an industry specific focus.

3. Risk Assesment and Mitigation - One day course aimed at dispelling many false perceptions regarding risk management and assessment, as well as opening the door for using risk as a central plank over operational and capital expenditure. (Generally delivered at a range of levels with a changing curriculm for each level)

4. RCM - Of course, as a fundamental plank of asset management this theme is never far away and always gains strong appreciation throughout the organization.

5. Leading practice maintenance - Focussing on the tie in between capital and operational spending and looking at methods and techniques for maximum benefits. ( Sort of a detailed reliability techniques overview.)

Depending ont he contract and depending on the clients requirements there are also a range of additional courses regarding the Maintenance Scorecard (MSC), Planning and Scheduling, Data administration and creating the Asset information portfolio, etc etc etc... The level of detail is also something that is determined depending on the client requirements.

You could argue the point for other themed courses within this group, however I have found that this sort of grouping is good for increasing overall awareness, increasing interest in reliability and, if required, enabling an organization to take a next step if they consider it beneficial.


I realise this may be of only partial use to you, and even though I work on a diferent continent I would be happy to advise you on this issue if required. (I cannot, of course, send any of our presentation but I am able to send some of the course outlines for you to base your plans on. Send me an email on darylm@strategic-advantages.com

Cheers

Daryl Mather
http://www.strategic-advantages.com

I prepared a Reliability Awareness power point presentation two years ago.It was ment for technicians&mechanics.It does not have the standard of a presenation made by a reliability professional,but it is OK.If you are interested I can send it to you.I do not remeber the excat size,but it is about 5 MB.I can split into parts and send it.

Dear Thomas,
Iam very intersted to see your presentaion

Can I have your E mail

Jim, Daryl and anyone else..

Why is there a need for reliability awareness? Its not a new concept, especially in the oil and gas industry. I cannot imagine any senior plant managers (or anyone else) not being aware of reliability, so I am wondering why this idea needs to be promoted

Dear Sir,

I agree, it is not a new concept and particularly this is the case in the oil and gas industry. In that industry they are pretty focussed, although a little misdirected sometimes, on reliability issues.

Other industries are not this way inclined. Furthermore it is often the case that other capital intensive industries do not have a clear understanding of the potential for value adding through reliability initiatives. Or, alternatively, the client in question may not believe there is a wide enough understanding of it within their organization.

However there are other reasons also, issues such as presenting the organization with new and updated thinking in the area, relaying information regarding leading practices and their implementation as well as correcting company wide paradigms are also served by reliability awareness training.

It is not something that is often requested, although many corporate level initiatives do either start this way or include this approach in the rollout somewhere.

Regards

Daryl Mather
darylm@strategic-advantages.com

Opel2000,
My e-mail address is <thomas_purackal@pic.com.kw>
Thomas Purackal

Daryl is right. In my past life I was in a service company and the gas and oil industry embraced reliability and ran with it. The rest of industry is playing catch up and it is extremely difficult to get some of the old school people thinking the new way. I believe that they just do not know what is expected of them at least from a reliability stand. Any kind of awareness that we can do as a group and then branch out to different departments will greatly help.

Please email a copy to jmaslach@mortonsalt.com. Thanks.

I can tell you right now that reliability is not on anyone here's mind until the equipment is not reliable!

If you are looking to increase the awareness of craft personnel on their actions towards equipment reliability then I would suggest using the Loctite Mechanical Basics, Failure Fundamentals and Machinery Adhesives' Role in Equipment Reliability.

I have sat through this course and the presentation is excellent and the craft personnel really gain from the knowledge presented. And, the knowledge is readily applied to equipment repairs.

Steve Shores