Article9 min read Mar 7, 2025Values in Maintenance and Reliability = RESULTS - Part 1Following clear values of reliability and maintenance is crucial for success in your plant or mill.
Article2 min read Dec 1, 2024Leveraging mill-wide big data sets for process and quality improvement in paperboard production, TAPPI JOURNAL May 2016ABSTRACT: The MWV mill in Covington, VA, USA, experienced a long term trend of increasing episodes of paper indents that resulted in
Article11 min read Sep 24, 2024Values in Maintenance and Reliability = RESULTS - Part 1Maintenance and reliability leader Owe Forsberg presents seven critical values that drive plant performance and cost reduction for operations managers and maintenance professionals. Learn why focusing on reliability first, rather than cost-cutting, delivers sustainable results, and discover proven strategies for implementing effective maintenance processes. From developing systematic approaches to problem-solving and leadership accountability to optimizing workforce productivity through proper scheduling and change management, these field-tested principles help mid-career professionals benchmark their operations, reduce reactive maintenance, and demonstrate measurable ROI to senior leadership while building high-performing maintenance teams.
Article8 min read Nov 27, 2023Making Maintenance and Reliability a Strategic ObjectiveHow do we make reliability and maintenance a strategy instead of a tactical reaction to what is happening?
Article5 min read Sep 7, 20233 Common Mistakes in Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)Analyzing and eliminating the root cause of a failure is a powerful tool for improving plant reliability. At IDCON, we call this process Root Cause Problem Elimination (RCPE). We find that this term more accurately defines the desired outcome of the process.Â
Article1 min read Aug 10, 2023IDCON INC Reliability Tip: How to Use Root Cause Problem Elimination (RCPE) during Corrective MaintenanceImagine you work in a mill as a mechanic and get a work order that states: Replace bearings on a press roll due to high vibration level. You complete the work and the damaged bearings and seals were replaced according to the plan. The machine was started up and is now producing paper again.
Article3 min read Feb 16, 2023How to Document Cost-Effective Maintenance Tasks Part 2: The Productivity CirclePart 2 in this series covers how Preventive Maintenance fits into the overall Reliability and Maintenance cycle. Figure 1 shows IDCON’s Productivity Circle which is used to demonstrate the overall partnership between Operations and Maintenance.
