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How To Handle The Before, During and After of Any Maintenance Outage

This month Randy Pound, President and CEO of Solved Inc., hosted eMaint's monthly Best Practices Webinar on Planning, Scheduling and Executing Outages.

Outages or shutdowns are the most critical aspect of maintenance reliability. Through careful planning and standardization, any organization can excel at managing outages. Randy Pound  runs through some key steps to consider before, during and after an outage. 

First, the reliability and production team must work together not only during an outage but also through daily activities. Performing as one team at all times will lead any company to success. 

Each organization should consider the following:

Before an outage:

    - Make sure each individual has the applied skills to handle their aspect of the outage

    - Make sure that the available parts are fit for the service

    -Have each technician ready to jump in when equipment is shut down in order to reduce loss of profitability

During an outage:

    - Use available technicians that are skilled to handle each specific outage

    - Standardize work to increase efficiency with each shutdown 

    -Make sure to take down accurate measurements

After an outage:

    - Analyze measurements taken during outage

    -Write down best practices that you experienced during an outage

    -Work through team building activities

 

Watch the free video recording now for a more in depth view at planning, scheduling and executing outages.

New Customer Spotlights

eMaint Enterprises is pleased to welcome the following companies to it's user community. 

 

Brownlee Lumber Company, Inc.: Today, BLC is a family-owned and -operated modern complex of sawmills, dry kilns and planer mill in the heart of the most beautiful hardwoods in the world. A second generation of the Brownlee family has joined in the management and operation of the company, and we are proud to provide our customers with hardwood products of exceptional value.

CormeTech: State-of-the art SCR catalyst manufacturing facilities are located in Durham, North Carolina and Cleveland, Tennessee. Our high-tech and flexible manufacturing processes are among the best in the world and is ISO 9002 certified. With superior engineering, experience and innovation, we provide customers with proven catalyst solutions for NO_x emission control.

Medifast: Medifast is an effective weight less meal replacement program. With Medifast, you can lose up to 2-5 lbs per week safely and quickly without feeling hungry

South Louisiana Community College: You will find that SLCC is a college where innovation is an expectation and care is commonplace. SLCC remains true to our mission as we seek to improve the quality of life for residents of South Louisiana. SLCC serves students throughout eight parishes   

GE Railcar Services: GE Capital, Rail Services has roots in the railroad and intermodal sectors that span nearly a century. We offer a combination of industry experience, leadership, innovation, and financial strength. Whether you seek solutions for optimizing your fleet operations, simplifying logistics, streamlining maintenance, or improving your balance sheet, GE provides focused solutions through dedicated account managers.

Welcome aboard. eMaint looks forward to a long-lasting partnership. Check out additional customer spotlights here. 

 

7 Critical Success Factors for Storeroom Organization - Free Best Practice Webinar

This month eMaint was pleased to welcome Doug Wallace,  Materials Management Expert for Life Cycle Engineering, for their Best Practices webinar series. During this webinar Doug discussed the mission of materials management as well as the 7 critical factors for successful storeroom organization. 

The mission of Materials Management is to provide the right parts at the right time at the least possible total cost to the company. With poor storeroom organization companies face various pitfalls such as:

• Providing the wrong quantity of parts
• Holding parts with unacceptable quality
• Providing the wrong parts
• Increased costs due to unnecessary delays

However, by following the 7 critical success factors, Maintenance Departments can house materials in a safe, clean, secure and organized environment. The seven critical success factors include:

1. Infrastructure
2. Location
3. Accessibility
4. Physical Layout
5. Logical Layout
6. Visual Management
7. Space Utilization 

Missed the webinar? No worries,  learn more and check out the whole presentation here.

These CMMS Best Practices webinars are a value-added service presented by eMaint Enterprises.

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History adds another impressive exhibit to their storied history: eMaint X3 Software

The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History, a one-of-the-kind atomic and nuclear museum, located in Albuquerque, NM has chosen eMaint Enterprise's X3 CMMS system to aid in their asset management. The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History (NMNSH) is the only museum in the United States that is both a Smithsonian affiliate and a congressionally chartered museum in their field.  The NMNSH has been providing the public with various exhibits and riveting history, specializing in the Atomic Age, since 1969. The museum prides itself in being able to illustrate the the groundbreaking transition in nuclear science from nuclear warfare development to the more peaceful nuclear energy technology of today.

Greg Shuman, the Deputy Director of NMNSH, chose eMaint Enterprise as his CMMS solution because of eMaint's Asset and Inventory Management capabilities.  In particular, Greg saw the benefits of being able to use eMaint's Work Orders and Preventive Maintenance Management software for managing the work of outside contractors.  The team at eMaint would like to welcome Greg Shuman and the staff at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History to the family of eMaint users.

eMaint X3 Workshop - NEW Data Import Tool

During this month's X3 workshop, we will be presenting the new data import tool which allows system administrators  to upload information from .csv files directly into eMaint X3.

Some examples of the types of data that can be uploaded to eMaint X3 include:

- Parts price lists
- Inventory counts
- Location changes
- Contact lists
- Asset Lists
- PM tasks

Alex Allen, eMaint CMMS Senior Product Specialist, will step you through this new tool and demonstrate how it can be used to make mass data updates efficiently.

Please join Alex on Wednesday, June 22nd as he provides an in-depth review of this time-saving new feature.

Kedren Headstart Preschool makes the educated commitment for the future - eMaint X3

Kedren Headstart Preschool, a comprehensive, integrated, holistic program that provides early childhood development programs to empower and strengthen the whole family, has selected the eMaint X3 CMMS software to assist in managing their maintenance efforts across multiple facilities and assets.  The agency serves over 2,300 children and their families with exceptional, individualized and effective services. They realized that they needed a better system for tracking and managing work requests in order to continue to provide superior service.

Al Vilca, the Facilities Manger at the Headstart Preschool, made the presentation to the entire management team after having attended one of our weekly product demonstrations, followed by a personalized one-on-one presentation by our Vice President of Business Development, Gene Pargas, to Al and his team. The eMaint team looks forward to providing configuration support to Kedren Headstart Preschool to give them a “heasdstart” on the road to CMMS success.

How to Build and Use Maintenance Job Plans - eMaint June Webinar

   

eMaint is pleased to welcome Jeff Shiver, CMRP, CPMM, a Managing Principal for People and Processes, Inc. to present this month's Best Practice webinar on "Learning How to Build and Use Maintenance Job Plans."

You read all the articles that mention them and you hear all the people talking about them.  But when it comes to the Maintenance Job Plan, they can be a real bear to develop. What is the intent really?  How do I use it to make my job as a Planner better?  How does it help the craftspeople?

Join us for a webinar on mastering the Maintenance Job Plan from an overall organizational and planning perspective. 

Learn the difference between good and great plans, plus when to use each type. 

See the different components that make up great plans and drive precision maintenance practices.

Gain the benefit of improving your Bills of Materials and Materials Management processes too.

 Discover how to use craft feedback for continuous improvement and questions to ask for gathering information that will help the organization improve the overall equipment reliability.

See how to integrate the Maintenance Plans into your eMaint CMMS to create a technical library for reuse.

Learn some of the pitfalls to avoid along the journey. In addition, we will offer some tools that you can put right to use upon completion of the webinar such as a Planning Checklist and Craft Feedback Form.

So, no matter whether you are new to Planned Maintenance, or a seasoned veteran, everyone can take away benefits from attending this webinar.