Lies, Darn Lies, and KPIs. KPIs for Reliability and Maintenance At IDCON, we specialize in helping maintenance and reliability professionals discover and apply the best Maintenance Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to achieve real, measurable improvement. The right KPIs go beyond
What is Root Cause Analysis? Defining a problem can be simple or it can become very complicated depending on what process you follow. We believe it is important to keep the root cause analysis simple for the frontline (planners, supervisors
What is Parts Kitting and Staging? Parts kitting and staging are two important processes in manufacturing that contribute to reducing equipment downtime and improving maintenance efficiencies by ensuring that all the necessary parts and materials are available to successfully execute
Leading maintenance in a plant/mine/mill takes a lot of effort. Emergency work comes in a steady stream, some are breakdowns, other work is just “honey-do-jobs.” The workforce needs to be managed, the budget must be met, and equipment reliability must be maintained and hopefully even improved…
Emergency work orders are a common occurrence in a reactive maintenance environment, and many times it’s not really an emergency. In this video from our new Self-Paced training course, IDCON Senior Consultant Leslie Skelly defines what is emergency work and
An effective Preventive Maintenance program should result in better equipment and production quality. Let’s look at the tasks you need to develop and manage your preventive maintenance program through the eyes of a new Reliability Engineer. This RE works
Articles are great, but videos are also helpful. Our YouTube Channel is regularly updated with short topical videos. These videos are another way to offer free reliability and maintenance resources, designed to help you take steps to improve.
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IDCON’s Reliability and Maintenance and Books are a unique collection focused on practical hands-on tips and techniques. These books have been developed by consultants who have spent their life in the industry.
There are 11 books in the collection:
At IDCON, we understand the pressure you face trying to build a reliable plant.
We provide side-by-side, reliability and maintenance consulting and training designed to keep your equipment running.
For over 45 years, we’ve partnered with hundreds of manufacturing plants around the world to eliminate the costs and the pressure caused by unreliable equipment.
And we’d love to do the same for you.
Reduce your costs with an effective PM program