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Welcome to the twenty-fifth edition of M-News.

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IN THIS EDITION...

A Note from the Editor
Feature Article - Developing Your CMMS/EAM as a True Maintenance Business
Management System
Feature Article - The Future of CMMS
Feature Article - Sharing Engineering Information
Feature Article - Using Performance Measures to Drive Maintenance Improvement
Final Chance - FREE Three Months Trial Subscription to Uptime
Survey Results - Condition Monitoring and NDT Practices
Current Survey - TPM Implementation
Book Review - Maintenance Planning , Scheduling and Coordination
Recommended Books
On the Lighter Side - Engineering Humor

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is available at
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A Note from the Editor

I was fortunate to have recently attended, for the first time, the International
Conference of Maintenance Societies (ICOMS),
coordinated by the Maintenance Engineering Society of Australia (MESA).

It was pleasing to meet so many people who are regular users of the Plant
Maintenance Resource Center website, many of whom
subscribe to this newsletter, and to hear of the value that they have obtained
from the site.

At ICOMS 2002, a number of high quality papers were presented, which included
everything from the highly academic, to the
intensely practical. Presenters included John Moubray of Aladon, Ben Blanchard
from , Andrew Jardine from the University of
Toronto, and many more. I believe that a number of the presentations given will
be made available via streaming video, over the
internet, and will let subscribers know the details, once I know them myself.
Conference Proceedings, for both this conference,
and previous years' conferences are also available through MESA, for those that
are interested. In the meantime, I have included
in this issue, the paper that I presented at this conference, on the topic of
Using Performance Measures to Drive Maintenance
Improvement.

ICOMS 2003 will be held in my home town of Perth, Western Australia in May 2003,
and I hope that even more of you will be able
to attend, enjoy our hospitality, and present, learn about, and discuss
maintenance and reliability performance improvement.
Keep an eye on www.mesa.org.au for more details about ICOMS 2003 as they come to
hand.

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Feature Article - Developing Your CMMS/EAM as a True Maintenance Business
Management System

This article is the third in a series of five offered by Pete Peeters of the
Maintenance Excellence Institute which presents a
strategic approach to Maintenance and Reliability Improvement. An introduction
to the entire series can be read at
http://www.plant-maintenance.com/articles/JourneytoMaintenanceExcellence-Introdu\
ction.pdf. The first article was featured in
Edition 23 of this newsletter, and the second article, titled "The Scoreboard
for Maintenance Excellence" was featured in
Edition 24. This third article is entitled "Developing Your CMMS/EAM as a True
Maintenance Business Management System", and
introduces the second benchmarking tool and the improvement process for your
current information technology The CMMS
Benchmarking System. This tool is introduced as a means to evaluate the
effective of the current CMMS, to define functional gaps
and to define how to enhance current use, to help upgrade functional gaps. It is
also a methodology to help develop and justify
a replacement strategy. The full article can be read at
http://www.plant-maintenance.com/articles/DevelopyourEAM.pdf. Note that
you will need to have the free Adobe Acrobat reader installed to be able to view
this file. We will be featuring the fourth and
fifth articles in this series in future issues of this newsletter, but if, in
the meantime, you would like to receive the entire
series, we would suggest that you contact Pete Peeters via email at
RalphPetePeters@...

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Feature Article - The Future of CMMS

This article was offered by Daryl Mather, and discusses the future of CMMS
systems, and how far down the road to the optimal
state of maintenance management they can take us. It argues that the future of
CMMS lies within three key areas of development:

Adaptability to maintenance Management Processes and Increased Functionality
Software Operating and Delivery Platforms
Interoperability with standard office software and process systems
This article is available at
http://www.plant-maintenance.com/articles/future_CMMS.shtml.

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Feature Article - Sharing Engineering Information

This article has been contributed by Steve Pearson, a senior consultant with
Pearson-Harper, an engineering information
management company. This paper describes the life cycle process associated with
the selection of an item of equipment through to
the support of the item during the operating and maintenance phase. The paper
then describes the related international
standards, which have been, or are being, developed to help all industries
describe engineering terms to a common language.
Finally and most importantly, the paper highlights the areas where information
can be shared to accelerate your performance
improvement initiatives. You can read this article at
http://www.plant-maintenance.com/articles/Sharing_Engineeing_Information.pdf.
Once again, you will need to have the free Adobe
Acrobat reader installed to be able to view this file.

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Feature Article - Using Performance Measures to Drive Maintenance Improvement

This article is based on a paper that I presented at ICOMS 2002, in Brisbane,
Qld, Australia, and discusses eight essential
elements necessary for a successful performance measurement system. In doing so
it outlines some practical tips that could be
used to redefine, and refocus, performance reporting in order to motivate your
organisation towards higher levels of Maintenance
performance. You can read the full article at
http://www.plant-maintenance.com/articles/KPI_improvement.pdf. Note that you
will
need to have the free Adobe Acrobat reader installed to be able to view this
file.

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To our knowledge, there is no other newsletter available which is specifically
targeted at improving shop-floor level knowledge
and skills, allowing them to proactively engage in maintenance and reliability
improvement. We think that once you have started
receiving and sharing the newsletter with your Plant Operators and Maintenance
workforce, you will soon discover the value that
it can bring to your organization. We are sure that you will then choose to
subscribe to the newsletter on a more permanent
basis.

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Survey Results - Condition Monitoring and NDT Practices

This survey was conducted between March 15 and May 25 this year, with responses
received from around 85 participants. Results
are currently being compiled, and full analysis will be included in next month's
issue of M-News. Thank you to all who
contributed.

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Current Survey - TPM Implementation

Is your organization implementing (or has it implemented) Total Productive
Maintenance? Has it been successful? What factors
have led to your success (or failure)? Let us know in this survey which will
remain open until July 15, 2002. You can complete
the survey, or view the results to date at
http://www.plant-maintenance.com/survey.shtml.

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Book Review - Maintenance Planning, Scheduling and Coordination

There are essentially two major titles available on the market at present which
deal with Maintenance Planning and Scheduling -
this one, and Doc Palmer's Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Handbook. Of the
two, this book is more concise, clearer in its
description of the principles of Maintenance Planning and Scheduling, and,
therefore, more highly recommended. Don Nyman and
Joel Levitt are both highly experienced maintenance trainers, and their
communication credentials show in this book - simply, it
is very easy to understand, and the concepts are well communicated. This should
be essential reading for all newly appointed
Maintenance Planners, as well as anybody wishing to establish, or refine their
Maintenance Planning, Scheduling and Coordination
processes within their organisation. To read a full review of this book, visit
www.plant-maintenance.com/books/0831131438.shtml,
or to order this book through amazon.com, go to
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0831131438/themaintenanreso.
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Recommended Books

View our current Top 5 recommended books, and the current Top Ten Best Selling
Maintenance Books at
http://www.plant-maintenance.com/maintenance_books.shtml.

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On the Lighter Side - Engineering Humor
Why Engineers Don't Write Cook Books

Chocolate Chip Cookies:

Ingredients:

532.35 cm3 gluten
4.9 cm3 NaHCO3
4.9 cm3 refined halite
236.6 cm3 partially hydrogenated tallow triglyceride
177.45 cm3 crystalline C12H22O11
177.45 cm3 unrefined C12H22O11
4.9 cm3 methyl ether of protocatechuic aldehyde
Two calcium carbonate-encapsulated avian albumen-coated protein
473.2 cm3 theobroma cacao
236.6 cm3 de-encapsulated legume meats (sieve size #10)

To a 2-L jacketed round reactor vessel (reactor #1) with an overall heat
transfer coefficient of about 100 Btu/F-ft2-hr, add
ingredients one, two and three with constant agitation. In a second 2-L reactor
vessel with a radial flow impeller operating at
100 rpm, add ingredients four, five, six, and seven until the mixture is
homogenous. To reactor #2, add ingredient eight,
followed by three equal volumes of the homogenous mixture in reactor #1.
Additionally, add ingredient nine and ten slowly, with
constant agitation. Care must be taken at this point in the reaction to control
any temperature rise that may be the result of
an exothermic reaction.

Using a screw extrude attached to a #4 nodulizer, place the mixture piece-meal
on a 316SS sheet (300 x 600 mm). Heat in a 460K
oven for a period of time that is in agreement with Frank & Johnston's first
order rate expression (see JACOS, 21, 55), or until
golden brown. Once the reaction is complete, place the sheet on a 25C
heat-transfer table, allowing the product to come to
equilibrium.
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I hope you have enjoyed this newsletter. All feedback, comments and
contributions to future editions are very welcome (as are
enquiries about contributions to, and sponsorship of, this newsletter).

Alexander (Sandy) Dunn
Plant Maintenance Resource Center
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