MaintenanceResources.com,
the on-line source for plant engineering, maintenance and reliability products
and information announced today its strategic alliance with NTech, provider
of eMAINT OnlineTM and eMAINT Online PlusTM Web-based computerized maintenance
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Part Three in this Bi-Monthly Series - Root cause analyses are
done every day all over the world. Organizations do root cause analysis
because it is good business. From an explosion in an auto parts plant to
the wrong prescription being given to a patient. Events such as these can
have dramatic monetary, physical and psychological effects on an organization.
To solve problems down to the true roots will reduce or eliminate the cause
from ever happening again. More. . .
By John C. Robertson, maintenance reliability specialist
Good maintenance practices begin when parts are first received. Inspecting
parts when they first arrive should be mandatory. Too often, parts are
received and accepted with the stroke of a pen and are later found to be
defective when they are needed most. More.
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