A fishbone diagram is a cause-and-effect discovery tool that helps figure out the reason(s) for defects, variations or failures within a process. Check out how to create a fishbone diagram and more.

Proper maintenance and scheduling in manufacturing, when done right, can greatly increase productivity. Read about how to implement maintenance planning and scheduling and more.

Mean time between failures (MTBF) is a prediction of the time between the innate failures of a piece of machinery during normal operating hours. In other words, MTBF is a maintenance metric, represented in hours, showing how long a piece of equipment …

Top organizations are reaping the benefits from implementing well-designed and managed reliability programs. Are you ready to take your maintenance program to the next level?

Reliable Plant offers industrial plant professionals information on reliability, maintenance, lean manufacturing, energy management and workplace safety

Tenneco Inc. on October 29 announced a major restructuring across its global operations designed to further reduce structural costs and capacity in response to the worsening industry downturn. The company intends to eliminate approximately 1,100 jobs worldwide, close five facilities and implement other cost-reduction actions, which it expects will generate about $64 million in annual savings ...

For the first time in its 170-year history, FM Global, one of the world’s largest commercial and industrial property insurers, announced its decision to release thousands of pages of its previously exclusive property loss prevention engineering guidelines at no cost through its Web site www.fmglobaldatasheets.com. FM Global’s Property Loss Prevention …

Infrared thermography is the process of using a thermal imager to detect radiation from an object. Read about how infrared thermography works and how to use it in preventive maintenance.

Maintenance management is the process of maintaining a company’s assets and resources while controlling time and costs, ensuring maximum efficiency of the manufacturing process.

Total Productive Maintenance is the process of using machines, equipment, employees and supporting processes to maintain and improve the integrity of production and the quality of systems.