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What is the True Downtime Cost (TDC)? - The key to realizing greater savings from more informed management decisions is to predetermine the "True" cost of downtime for each profit center category. TDC is a methodology of analyzing all cost factors associated with downtime, and using this information for cost justification and day to day management decisions.

Problems Tracking Downtime Causes With CMMS Failure Codes and Fault Codes - ... I'm a graduate engineer and as part of my training I've been asked to build a simple equipment downtime tracking device that is capable of tracking the ...

The Hidden Downtime in CMMS and EAM - ... CMMS or EAM, are based on reducing the Resources-based-Downtime. How many EAM/CMMS implementations have really been successful in the practical sense?

Downtime Tracking, Machine Utilization and Reporting - While this article is just about one downtime tracking software implementation, it is very thorough and useful as an example of automated downtime tracking

Maintenance Technology - Uptime: Getting Operations’ Buy-In- ... "We asked, “Do you know, or can you find out what an hour of downtime costs the business?”

Forecast and prevent equipment failures and seek near-zero downtime. - ... Unilever uses the Hindsight system to play back downtime incidents and correct any problems. ...

Guides for Downtime Tracking: Injection Molding - This document presents examples of how to set-up your Injection Molding downtime database.

The homegrown CMMS - ... They can be terrific, but getting one to flower may require a fertile patch of ground and lots of liquid assets.

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How to reduce downtime and increase productivity (Maintenance Management)

Information Systems in Fault Diagnosis (a PDF file) - Data Overload

Another example of using Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

Understanding the Concepts of MRPII / ERP (Data Overload)

How To Establish TEEP and OEE Measures (OEE)

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by Mike Sondalini

This e-book is about the Japanese way of doing asset management and maintenance. If you think you already have a good system then you will enjoy reading it as you compare yours and theirs. If you have a poor system then you will get a totally different view of how great maintenance can be done. New! MP3 audio books version available

New! True Down Time Cost Analysis - 2nd Edition

Feed Forward Publications, February 2006, ESBN: F36-047B-2151-10B2

"True Down Time Costs Analysis focus on costing methods and costing techniques that quantify like activities that previously fell under the indirect cost definition, like the hidden cost of outsourcing, warranties, etc. This technique is a must for Downtime Calculation management, but also should be applied to piece manufacturing and even other industries."

Engineering E-books Online - All PDF format so your can print multiple copies for your employees. Titles like CMMS Secrets and more topics like ...

Pumps, Materials Handling, Maintenance, CMMS, Bearings, Process Control, Safety, Utilities, Machinery, Metallurgy & Welding, Plastic and Motors.

Overall Equipment Effectiveness:A Powerful Production/Maintenance Tool for Increased Profits by Robert C. Hansen. Industrial Press; 1st edition (January 15, 2002)

World Class Manufacturing: The Lessons of Simplicity Applied by Richard J. Schonberger. The Free Press. New York 1986.

Total Productive Maintenance, An American Approach by Terry Wireman, Industrial Pr; 1992

Making Common Sense Common Practice: Models for Manufacturing Excellence by Ron Moore, Butterworth-Heinemann; 2002

The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox. North River Press, Inc. Great Barrington, MA 1992.

The 5S's: Five Keys To A Total Quality Environment, by Takashi Osada, Asian Productivity Organization, York, 1991.

Quality Maintenance - Zero Defects through Equipment Management, by Seiji Tsuchiya, pub. Productivity Press, Massachusetts, 1992.

The Power of root cause analysis by (by Charles J. Latino, President & Founder of Reliability Center, Inc.)

Managing The Design Factory by Donald G. Reinertsen.

The Quantum Leap... In Speed to Market by John R. Costanza. JcIT Institute of Technology. Colorado 1990

Reengineering the Corporation by Micheal Hammer and James Champy. Harper Business. New York 1993.

Introduction to TPM: Total Productive Maintenance. by Seiichi Nakajima Productivity Press. Cambridge, MA.

Just In Time For America: A Common Sense Production Strategy, by Kenneth A. Wantuck, KWA Media, Southfield MI, 1989.

Zapp! The Lightning of Empowerment by William C. Byham, PhD. and Jeff Cox. Dimensional Development Int'l Press. Pittsburg 1989.

Poka-Yoke: Improving Quality by Preventing Defects by Hiroyuki Hirano, edited by Nikkan Kogyo Shimbum, Ltd. Factory Magazine Productivity Pree. Portland, Oregon 1988.

Zero Quality Control: Source Inspection and the Poka-Yoke System. Shigeo Shingo Productivity Press. Cambridge, Mass. 1986.

A Revolution in Manufacturing: The SMED System. Shigeo Shingo Productivity Press.

Statistical Methods for Quality Improvement by Hitoshi Kume. The Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS).

Total Quality Control by Armand Feigenbaum, New York: McGraw-Hill 1991.