Case Study: Outotec, a global leader in minerals and metals processing technology, won the "Be Inspired Award" for Operationeering with its approach of bringing engineering knowledge and data from the ...

In recent years, manufacturers have faced increased pressures, from rising operational costs to an ever-changing regulatory landscape. They’ve had to learn to function with greater efficiency and ...

Learn how managers, planners, operators, and engineers align to reduce breakdowns and maximize maintenance value.

Mission-critical facilities—encompassing data centers, biomedical manufacturing complexes, petrochemical refineries, and energy infrastructure—depend fundamentally upon the reliability and predictive ...

In 1980 Philip Crosby introduced a book titled, Quality is Free, the Art of Making Quality Certain. His message was straightforward: if you are consistently and effectively doing all of the basics ...

When the decision is made to retire a power plant, the work of getting there is just beginning. Maintaining safe and reliable generation requires strong leadership, clear communications, and ...

Ensures production-critical assets achieve targeted availability, integrity, and lifecycle value through data-driven maintenance strategies, defect elimination, and risk-based decision-making. I.A ...

Focusing on the complex interplay among mechanical and electrical systems needed to support critical infrastructure, Art. 708 is one of four new Articles added to the 2008 NEC. Reaching deep into the ...

Travelling in an elevator, activating an air conditioning unit and operating all manner of manufacturing equipment will often mean employing the services of a vital, but often unseen and unheralded ...

BPA is in a testing period, known as "shadow operations," with its future reliability coordinator in preparation for Nov. 1, when RC West will become the official reliability coordinator for BPA. At 5 ...