How often is the phrase "The ROOT Cause of the problem" used at your plant/mill? This phrase is a bit symptomatic of how Root Cause Analysis is thought of.

The purpose of this column is to raise questions and challenge plant leadership on strategy, vision and execution of reliability and maintenance management.

I'll summarize these two reasons for you and then give you more details.

In 2013 a newsprint mill in southern USA was losing suction in one of their suction couch rolls, specifically roll #5095.

The tissue making industry is dynamic with new assets under construction, older assets that are aging and paying the bills, and on the back end of the process, assets that are being retired and scrapped.

Starts With Identifying Problems That Require Precision Grinding

Have you heard of Auburn, Massachusetts?

The adage, "Work smarter, not harder" applies to all of us.

In this column, I continue discussing the systems and practices that indicate to me that a mill is "world class."

In this column, I continue discussing the systems and practices that indicate to me that a mill is "world class."

Keeping your production line running smoothly is a key factor in maintaining your company's efficiency, productivity and quality output.

In this column, I continue discussing the systems and practices that indicate to me that a mill is "world class."

In this column, I continue discussing the systems and practices that indicate to me that a mill is "world class."

In this column, I continue discussing the systems and practices that indicate to me that a mill is "world-class."

I have received many calls asking, "How can you tell if an organization is a world class reliability and maintenance organization or not?"

The term reliability was discussed in my last column.

In Part 1 of this series on maintenance leadership, I explored two points:

Mahatma Gandhi was once asked what he thought of Western civilization.

Workplace injuries such as slips, trips and falls spiked 10 percent to 793 in 2014 from 724 in 2013, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.