Scott Warren and Dick Olver, CMRP, of Agrium, will be presenting at this year's conference on the benefits of using Life Cycle Costing to develop a pump strategy. In their session they will review a case study from Agrium's Potash Operations in which a detailed analysis was completed to ensure that the plants were designed with the optimal arrangement of duty and spare pumps.
In this session, attendees will learn what was required to complete the full Life Cycle analysis and how you can use the analysis in the development of an equipment strategy.
Warren and Olver are able to explain the importance of maintaining good asset failure data and asset failure risk to influence the design of new systems.
A good understanding of the correlation between system or asset availability and business impact will always result in the best possible engineering design and system strategies. Although the case study is an evaluation of a pump system design, these concepts can/should be applied to any asset or system category regardless of size or complexity.
Ramon Diaz, CMRP
Meridium
Friday, July 31, 2009
Getting involved with SMRP
It is one thing to join the Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals however, it is entirely something else to be involved. When you join you get some great benefits like the magazine, the emails and the workshops but when you get involved with the organization is when you see what it can really do for you.
Here are just five of the benefits that are available to those who are “involved” in SMRP:
1. Extreme growth with in your personal network. You have the opportunity to meet the legends of the reliability world and other folks just like you and me who are just trying to live reliably. Your network becomes a tool that you can tap into for support when you need it.
2. Share your challenges, get advice, and gain knowledge. Knowledge is constantly being exchanged within SMRP with almost every contact. I have gained knowledge from other committee, SIG (Special Interest Group) and chapter members. Other opportunities include annual conferences, workshops, and plant tours not to mention the content of the Body of Knowledge. There are always questions that you would love to throw out there for comment and SMRP has many forums to do so and so you can get answers you can use.
3. Hone you leadership and organizational skills as a chairperson or director. When you become a leader within SMRP you can continue to practice and refine your leadership skills and pick up new traits from other masters in an interesting volunteer world. No where in my professional life have I seen so many great leaders to observe and learn from in one place.
4. Opportunity to change your perspective. When you see the reliability success, challenges, and the data from others you get the chance to tweak your perspective on reliability and even manufacturing as a whole. These opportunities may come from the body of knowledge documentation, conversation with a vendor, or the newly introduced metrics but when you see them you realize this is not the way you thought it to be. If your perspective on reliability and business does not change from time to time it may be stale, dated and not as profitable as it could be. Get involved to join the discussions that lead to this enlightenment.
5. Feel the accomplishment of giving back to the Maintenance and Reliability community and working with a group that is getting things done. Isn’t it great to participate in something where you can see the fruits of your labor and you know that they will benefit all that come in contact with them?
There are many areas that the benefits of being involved manifest themselves and these are but a few. What items would you add to my quick list? Send them to us and we will add you to our Blog.
If you are a member but really would rather be involved please contact us at info@smrp.org and let us know where your interest lie and we will get you plugged in.
Shon Isenhour, CMRP
SMRP Educate Director
ABB Reliability Services North America
Here are just five of the benefits that are available to those who are “involved” in SMRP:
1. Extreme growth with in your personal network. You have the opportunity to meet the legends of the reliability world and other folks just like you and me who are just trying to live reliably. Your network becomes a tool that you can tap into for support when you need it.
2. Share your challenges, get advice, and gain knowledge. Knowledge is constantly being exchanged within SMRP with almost every contact. I have gained knowledge from other committee, SIG (Special Interest Group) and chapter members. Other opportunities include annual conferences, workshops, and plant tours not to mention the content of the Body of Knowledge. There are always questions that you would love to throw out there for comment and SMRP has many forums to do so and so you can get answers you can use.
3. Hone you leadership and organizational skills as a chairperson or director. When you become a leader within SMRP you can continue to practice and refine your leadership skills and pick up new traits from other masters in an interesting volunteer world. No where in my professional life have I seen so many great leaders to observe and learn from in one place.
4. Opportunity to change your perspective. When you see the reliability success, challenges, and the data from others you get the chance to tweak your perspective on reliability and even manufacturing as a whole. These opportunities may come from the body of knowledge documentation, conversation with a vendor, or the newly introduced metrics but when you see them you realize this is not the way you thought it to be. If your perspective on reliability and business does not change from time to time it may be stale, dated and not as profitable as it could be. Get involved to join the discussions that lead to this enlightenment.
5. Feel the accomplishment of giving back to the Maintenance and Reliability community and working with a group that is getting things done. Isn’t it great to participate in something where you can see the fruits of your labor and you know that they will benefit all that come in contact with them?
There are many areas that the benefits of being involved manifest themselves and these are but a few. What items would you add to my quick list? Send them to us and we will add you to our Blog.
If you are a member but really would rather be involved please contact us at info@smrp.org and let us know where your interest lie and we will get you plugged in.
Shon Isenhour, CMRP
SMRP Educate Director
ABB Reliability Services North America
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