The competitiveness of the U.S. economy depends on changes inside firms, particularly their willingness to take risks in reshaping four key relationships. Competitiveness, it turns

by Christer Idhammar Yes, I think that most maintenance organizations are overstaffed, not necessary with own staff, but they use more total maintenance hours than

When it comes to asset management, many organizations continue to be hampered by high costs, a high volume of unplanned failures and, ultimately, an unacceptable

Leadership is vital to the success of all companies. It is a journey that requires reference points to ensure leaders remain on course and continue to grow. Almost

by Torbjörn Idhammar I wrote this column for those who want to improve equipment reliability but feel as if they are stuck in “budget jail”.

Fluid monitoring programs have long been a challenge within the reliability and operations community. For example, oil samples provide a significant amount of value in

Over the last few years, the continuous improvement of maintenance strategies is taking place at an incredible pace. The rapid influx of accessible data has

Maintenance management as an important part of corporate strategy and a profession did not always exist in the form we see it today. It is