Applying an Asset Management Program -- with Teeth

This organization decided to re-implement their entire asset management program because they failed to achieve the desired results in terms of asset integrity and process improvement. Specifically, they observed no across-the-board reduction in reactive maintenance and unplanned downtime.

There were 5 Main Imperatives

1. Grow organically – that is, to get more capacity from an already installed asset base.
2. Create a long range plan with focus on the shortest path to value.
3. Make proactive maintenance a top objective with emphasis on reducing reactive.
4. Emphasize a Culture of Reliability? throughout the organization.
5. Implement a comprehensive risk management program

Reliability Maintenance Council

This group was in charge of standards and procedures. More importantly they were responsible for ensuring the individual sites took actions which were in-line these goals. Each plant manager was required to write up "their plan" for how exactly they would meet the objectives. Thus, this group had the authority to enforce.

They Used the Following Methods

• Engaged an experienced journey-partner
• Involved asset management stakeholders, specifically reliability leaders
• Created defendable maintenance strategies
• Linked inputs to outputs
• Applied management by exception, i.e. focus on bad actors

What Defines Culture?

Note: This story was originally told by Grant Stuart. Grant is Global Mechanical Integrity & Quality Assurance Leader at DuPont where cutting-edge solutions are delivered for technologies in transportation, electronics, medical and industrial facilities. Their mission statement states: Sustainability is much more than a goal to be achieved; it's an ongoing commitment.