Bringing the principles of lean to the concept and practice of manufacturing management offers a host of benefits when it's done...

Most business and management professionals are familiar with the core tenets of lean manufacturing, even if they don't work in a factory...

Does your business or work site meet the definition of a high reliability organization (HRO)? While many plant managers or executives...

From an early age, teachers urge their students to "show, not tell." That advice proves crucial throughout life and across many...

Our collaborative approach works for solving issues for a food manufacturer’s packaging process. Predictive Service was engaged to...

In the context of maintenance, repair and operations, value can be a tricky thing to measure. Specifically regarding stockroom...

Duties ranging from keeping track of spare parts to performing preventive repairs all fall under the purview of maintenance, repair and...

Many believe that Infrared Inspections are only effective when the circuits or systems being surveyed are carrying a significant...

One global pharmaceutical client has achieved these optimization results: Eliminate 28,000 man hours annually of PM Maintenance while… …Addi

Predictive Maintenance technology has long been used to prevent unplanned downtime event that rob your production efficiency. These...

In many cases, the results being chased can be achieved from a completely different angle than you would have thought. Most in the...

ViewPoint® On-Demand, a mobile companion to Predictive Service’s award-winning ViewPoint web-based software application provides access...

Work that contains errors, rework, mistakes or lacks something necessary The last of the 7 Wastes is the one that is most frequently...

Develop A Business Case for your Reliability Inititaives Struggling with developing a sound business case to address poor equipment...

More materials, parts, or products on hand than the customer needs right now This sixth waste can be physically and visually identified. ...

Effort that adds no value from the customer’s viewpoint The 5th of the 7 Wastes, Processing, can be one of the most difficult wastes to...

Idle time created when material, information, people, or equipment is not ready. The 4th of the 7 Wastes is Waiting. (See our previous...

How efficient is your preventive maintenance program? The reality is that the typical preventive maintenance program achieves a...

How efficient is your preventive maintenance program? The reality is that the typical preventive maintenance program achieves a...

How efficient is your preventive maintenance program? The reality is that the typical preventive maintenance program achieves a...