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I just worked on a similar problem for a client. We went with MCE using MOTORDOC to track the servo performance. You might want to reach out to Howard Penrose for a discussion.

Hi Hayden, Great question. I would approach it by looking at the economics, but the answer will be pretty dependent on how your company values inventory. As Dale indicated, you can look at total cost of ownership. I would compare the NPVs of the two alternatives. If applicable, it would be good to include ...

I had good luck implementing RCA using the tools and training from Thinkreliability at both Guardian Industries and in my plant at Flint Hills Resources. They use a modified Excel spreadsheet to build the cause maps and document them. At Kodak, we used Apollo methodologies which emphasized using Post-It ...

Thanks, Richard. At the risk of dragging this thread out further, I think we are answering two different questions: what size the maintenance should be based on current practices (essentially a budget question) and what size the maintenance could be (essentially a future state question). I was addressing ...

I agree. It takes work to implement the systems to achieve those kinds of reductions and it takes time. In my experience, it takes 2-4 years to make these kinds of transformations. Making reductions without the requisite work systems in place will just drive excessive contracting and generally reduces ...