Picture a world without electricity – no cooking, no temperature control, no electronics. Our daily lives are powered by the energy sector and public works management. Electricity distribution plays a ...

In 2018, one of Hexpol Compounding America's (HCA) plants reported thousands of minutes of downtime per month without any clear data as to where the issue lay: No single asset failing, no group of ...

As if today’s more sophisticated trucks weren’t reason enough to move to a computerized maintenance management system, the fact that fleets are operating assets outside their normal trade cycles makes ...

Anyone can see that the maintenance of production lines, machinery and devices in a manufacturing plant is important. A little less obvious, perhaps, is how maintenance can significantly minimize ...

The imperatives of maintenance management have always been maximizing the availability, quality, and effectiveness of the equipment. And all of these must be achieved at the lowest possible cost in ...

Located 40 miles south of downtown Atlanta, Spalding County, Ga., encompasses 200 square miles and is home to nearly 65,000 residents, approximately 23,000 of whom live in Griffin — and county ...

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The Health & Safety Act 1974 says that employers must keep workplaces safe and healthy. They need to find and fix potential dangers instead of just giving workers safety gear. Companies can get in ...

From excessive downtime due to unplanned equipment failures to a shortage of skilled labor to maintaining regulatory compliance, it can be difficult for manufacturers to keep up with demand. To ...