by Peter Munson, Senior Manager & Global Expertise Lead Maintenance | Feb 21, 2022 | Blog
The pandemic has shaken our confidence in MRO (maintenance, reliability and operations) spares supply chains. The drivers of supply chain uncertainty are here to stay for the foreseeable future. Organizations must tighten up their MRO spares programs to avoid repeated...
by Peter Munson, Senior Manager & Global Expertise Lead Maintenance | Oct 19, 2021 | Blog
Reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), as originally conceived, was not about maximizing reliability. Rather, the intent was to use reliability tools to minimize costly and ineffective scheduled maintenance. Indeed, the initial implementation of what became RCM...
by Peter Munson, Senior Manager & Global Expertise Lead Maintenance | Aug 12, 2021 | Blog
Most maintenance organizations made significant changes to their daily routines in order to effect social distancing during the height of the pandemic. Curtailed field rounds, closed door policies for supervisors, virtual meetings, supervision by phone or radio - all...
by Peter Munson, Senior Manager & Global Expertise Lead Maintenance | May 13, 2021 | Blog
Having spent a year contemplating the economic doom of the COVID crisis, followed by a brutally damaging winter storm in the southeast U.S., many of us expect more bad news at every turn. Our next surprise, however, is turning out to be a good one. Economies are...
by Peter Munson, Senior Manager & Global Expertise Lead Maintenance | Apr 29, 2021 | Blog
Maintenance professionals often see themselves as the unsung heroes of the plant. They toil away out of the limelight, underfunded and unappreciated, to keep things from literally falling apart. Too many maintenance leaders imagine themselves to be at the mercy of the...