The 15 Most Common Obstacles to World-Class Reliability: A Roadmap for Managers | by Don Nyman | 2009 | ISBN: 9780831133818. Reliability Engineering Books. Quality Engineering EBooks. Maintenance Management Books.
The 15 Most Common Obstacles to World-Class Reliability: A Roadmap for Managers
by Don Nyman
2009 (169 pages)
ISBN:9780831133818
Including appendices that provide generic tools and plans used to drive the essential change, this book identifies and explores fifteen cultural obstacles commonly encountered by most organizations in their pursuit of World-Class Reliability.
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The 15 Most Common Obstacles to World-Class Reliability—A Roadmap for Managers
Preface
Introduction
Overview
Origin of Identified Obstacles and Insights Offered
Supplemental Reading
Chapter One – Creating a Culture for Reliability
Obstacle 1: Lack of Understanding, Beliefs, and Commitment Shared by the Entire Organization
Obstacle 2: Lack of Integrated Missions, Plans and Incentives
Obstacle 3: Emphasis on Cost Reduction Rather than Reliability Excellence
Obstacle 4: Failure to Effect Cultural Transition from Reaction to Pro-Action, with Adjustment of Expectations
Obstacle 5: Insufficient Organizational Stability to Sustain the Reliability Mission
Obstacle 6: Lack of a Master Plan, Associated Budget, and the Commitment
Chapter Two – Structuring the Maintenance Organization for Reliability
Chapter Three – Clarifying Required Asset Capacity and Associated Maintenance Resources
Obstacle 8: No Clear Quantification of Asset Capacity Required to Reliably Support Business Plans
Obstacle 9: No Clear Quantification of Maintenance Workload or Downtime Required to Preserve Capacity
Chapter Four – Balancing Maintenance Resources with Workload
Chapter Five – Skills Required to Maintain Advancing Technology
Chapter Six – Materials Support
Overview
Obstacle 12: Procurement is Focused Too Much on Initial Cost vs. Life Cycle Cost
Chapter Seven – Preparation of Maintenance Work
Obstacle 13: Insufficient Preparation for the Execution of Maintenance Work
Measurement Applications
Chapter Eight – Coordination, Scheduling & Supervised Execution
Obstacle 14: Insufficient Statement of Expectations
Obstacle 15: Insufficient Leadership of Job Execution
Epilogue
Appendix
Appendix A – Governing Principles and Concepts
Appendix B – The Maintenance/Reliability Iceberg
Appendix C – The Contribution of Maintenance/Reliability Excellence
Appendix D – The Maintenance/Reliability Excellence Master Plan
Appendix E – The Maintenance/Reliability Excellence Seminar Outline
Appendix F1 – Organizational Table Reference Functions
Appendix F2 – Organizational Structure by Maintenance Work Type
Appendix G – Vision Statement
Appendix H – The Maintenance/Reliability Mission Statement
Appendix I – The Maintenance Excellence Arch—The Maintenance Excellence Arch
Appendix J – The Maintenance Work Program—Balancing Resources with Workload
Appendix K – The Weekly Scheduling Format
Appendix L – Sources of Support
Appendix M – Managerial Obstacles to Reliability
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