January 27, 2021 |
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Where does operational readiness start and finish? by: Gerard Wood Many yea...
January 25, 2021 |
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Craig Wellington is one of Bluefield's new Training Specialist Consulting for...
December 14, 2020 |
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Kepner-Tregoe Inc. (KT), a global capability development and consulting compa...
December 09, 2020 |
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Part Five - Why There are Cheaper and Better Options than Training
November 30, 2020 |
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Part Four - Why it's Critical to Distinguish Knowledge from Capability
November 24, 2020 |
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Part Three - Why Learning isn't an Individual Exercise
November 19, 2020 |
4 mins read
Part Two – How a Learning Needs Analysis Stops You Solving the Wrong Problems
November 19, 2020 |
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Part One - The Four Cardinal Sins of Learning and Development
October 29, 2020 |
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Managing your time at work is a constant challenge, whether you’re a new supe...
September 09, 2020 |
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Bluefield has recently participated in maintenance strategy development and i...
September 09, 2020 |
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By: Leon Best and Peter Lee Over the years in Bluefield, we have seen and bee...
August 26, 2020 |
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By: Matthew Grant In Part One of this series, we talked about the first five ...
August 26, 2020 |
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By: Matthew Grant We recently published an article on how we’ve revised our a...
August 26, 2020 |
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Bluefield AMS is pleased to announce the launch of our new Effective Maintena...
August 26, 2020 |
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Bluefield is excited to be supporting the development of the next generation ...
August 26, 2020 |
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By: Tom Houston Doesn’t a good maintainer already know most of what maintenan...
August 24, 2020 |
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By: Matthew Grant Every Friday, Bluefield has a Weekly Lessons Learned meetin...
August 19, 2020 |
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We recently released an article describing how our Bluefield Transformation p...
August 19, 2020 |
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Bluefield AMS is thrilled to announce the launch of our online learning platf...
August 12, 2020 |
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Bluefield is often engaged by clients to help them with their maintenance exe...
August 05, 2020 |
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This week, Bluefield launched webRE, our first free remote reliability suppor...
August 03, 2020 |
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Bluefield was engaged by a mining customer where the brief was to assist with...
July 26, 2020 |
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Recently a client contacted Bluefield for assistance with functional safety m...
July 22, 2020 |
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No matter how hard we work, and how effective our asset management practices ...
July 14, 2020 |
3 mins read
In the current environment, holding training courses is obviously a lot more ...
July 14, 2020 |
2 mins read
One of the most common areas that Bluefield is asked to assist clients with i...
July 09, 2020 |
3 mins read
Author: Geoff Smith, Principal Asset Management Specialist - Rail
July 05, 2020 |
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Bluefield and Kepner-Tregoe have been working together for several months sin...
June 22, 2020 |
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Author: Wade Konotopsky
June 16, 2020 |
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Of all the projects Bluefield gets involved in, one of the most common is hel...
June 11, 2020 |
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Bluefield believes in challenging ourselves to get more from your assets.
June 11, 2020 |
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Prolonging Wheelset Life by Reducing Flange Wear
June 10, 2020 |
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On almost every site Bluefield visits, there’s a desire to improve their work...
June 07, 2020 |
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Moving into a supervisory role for the first time is always tough. No matter...
June 01, 2020 |
2 mins read
Bluefield’s mission is to help our clients get more from assets through simpl...
May 25, 2020 |
3 mins read
We’ve been sharing a lot of content recently about our partnership with Kepne...
May 21, 2020 |
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A couple of months ago, I completed the Kepner-Tregoe Project Management Work...
May 21, 2020 |
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As we’ve shown previously , Bluefield is running regular “Lunch and Learn” se...
May 19, 2020 |
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At Bluefield, we have the opportunity to work across a variety of asset class...
May 19, 2020 |
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Bluefield AMS is pleased to announce our strategic partnership with Kepner-Tr...
April 28, 2020 |
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Shutdowns are one of the biggest sources of pain and stress for companies in ...
April 28, 2020 |
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At Bluefield, one of our most common projects is helping clients design or im...
April 26, 2020 |
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A common project completed by Bluefield is the development of Equipment Lifec...
April 22, 2020 |
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As part of our series on Embracing the New Normal, we’ve been exploring how...
April 21, 2020 |
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We’ve recently begun a series on “Embracing the New Normal.” A big part ...
April 21, 2020 |
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As part of our series on Embracing the New Normal, we’ve been exploring how...
April 21, 2020 |
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As part of our series on Embracing the New Normal, we’ve been exploring how...
April 21, 2020 |
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In the current circumstances, everyone is re-defining how their work is perfo...
April 08, 2020 |
3 mins read
One of the most common studies we do at Bluefield is reviewing workshop bay...
March 30, 2020 |
3 mins read
Bluefield was recently engaged by a global coal mining company to produce a S...
January 14, 2020 |
2 mins read
At Bluefield, we believe that the pre-start meeting is one of the most import...
January 14, 2020 |
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Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Failure Mode, Effect and Criti...
January 03, 2020 |
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Author: Keem Semmler
December 29, 2019 |
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There are two distinct elements common to all servicing strategies: Service I...
December 18, 2019 |
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Author: Colin Sheldon
December 17, 2019 |
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Author: Colin Sheldon
December 10, 2019 |
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Author: Colin Sheldon
December 04, 2019 |
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Author: Colin Sheldon
December 04, 2019 |
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Profits, revenues and dollars shouldn't be the only way businesses measure su...
December 03, 2019 |
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Is it really worth standardising asset management strategies and plans across...
November 29, 2019 |
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There are far too many horror stories of CMMS implementations gone bad. How ...
November 27, 2019 |
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The question “Why?” has been asked by every single person regardless of age, ...
November 27, 2019 |
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One of our mechanical engineers shares his experience working on the tools in...
November 25, 2019 |
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By: Gerard Wood The following is adapted from Simplifying Mining Maintenance.
November 19, 2019 |
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Why aren’t we treating critical maintenance controls in the same way as criti...
November 19, 2019 |
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"Gerard Wood, the author of Simplifying Mining Maintenance, is one of the min...
November 04, 2019 |
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It frustrates planners and maintainers alike, affects maintenance KPIs and st...
November 04, 2019 |
3 mins read
Preventing hand injuries is about much more than just wearing gloves.
October 29, 2019 |
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Transformers are vital for asset integrity: A guide on what to consider and t...
October 14, 2019 |
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What advice would you give to those seeking to introduce new technologies int...
September 01, 2019 |
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Poor preservation of critical spares can have a costly business impact, inclu...
August 25, 2019 |
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What are the signs and indicators that a site has its assets under control?
August 07, 2019 |
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Bluefield regularly undertakes asset inspections and asset integrity assessme...
August 05, 2019 |
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Bluefield brought our asset experience together in collaboration with data sp...
August 05, 2019 |
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Too often the operational readiness work for mobile plant that’s the same as ...
August 04, 2019 |
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By: Gerard Wood Last week Gerard Wood and Alfredo Pérez presented in front of...
August 01, 2019 |
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Put the right amount of focus and resources into operational readiness in the...
August 01, 2019 |
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Download a simple tool to estimate your workshop bay requirements.
August 01, 2019 |
1 mins read
Bluefield’s practical approach to maintenance adds value to the FMEA process ...
August 01, 2019 |
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Intrinsic Safety is the one protection type that is the most misunderstood.
August 01, 2019 |
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Businesses can save so much time and money by simply asking the right person ...
July 31, 2019 |
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Does any part of your site contain any portions that could be considered Haza...
July 31, 2019 |
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The quality of maintenance that is applied to an asset has a great effect on ...
July 31, 2019 |
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Project kick-off meetings save time and money.
July 28, 2019 |
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Once a week, the Bluefield team gets together to discuss the lessons we’ve le...
July 28, 2019 |
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Bluefield recently published articles about Operational Readiness, the import...
July 22, 2019 |
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A 700 tonne per hour ore beneficiation plant saves $70,000 per annum in greas...
July 12, 2019 |
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What are the biggest problems with how sites set up and use their CMMS?
July 12, 2019 |
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What is the one thing that sites could do to improve their project management...
July 12, 2019 |
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At the completion of any project it is always good practice to capture learni...
July 12, 2019 |
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What are the most common defects - either technical or management issues - th...
July 12, 2019 |
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Poor operational readiness destroys more value than almost any other aspect o...
July 11, 2019 |
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We asked some of our Bluefield team members about their first experience as a...
July 03, 2019 |
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By: Gerard Wood In my career I have been part of developing work flow process...
July 03, 2019 |
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By: Gerard Wood This is an interesting quote from Edward de Bono. There are m...
June 27, 2019 |
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By: Gerard Wood The following is adapted from Simplifying Mining Maintenance.
June 06, 2019 |
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By: Gerard Wood I was talking to an associate recently who was telling me abo...
April 16, 2019 |
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Don’t stop your RCA half-way through. Turbo-charge your learning.
April 15, 2019 |
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What is the biggest challenge that prevents mining companies from implementin...
April 15, 2019 |
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Sometimes, the evidence confronts you with a reality that is completely diffe...
April 15, 2019 |
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We asked seven seasoned maintenance managers about their experience and list ...
April 15, 2019 |
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In some cases, indirect causes are obvious, and you can be thorough without d...
April 15, 2019 |
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We asked seven seasoned maintenance managers how to be a good maintenance man...
April 15, 2019 |
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Don’t over-complicate your RCA – there’s only so many causes for failures.
April 15, 2019 |
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An example of why retaining and analysing failed parts is essential to gettin...
April 15, 2019 |
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We asked seven seasoned maintenance managers about their experience and what ...
April 15, 2019 |
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Get maximum value from your defect elimination program by sticking to the fac...
April 15, 2019 |
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How missing the importance of the strategy execution almost created months of...
April 15, 2019 |
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Don’t waste your reliability engineer’s time on pointlessly complicated RCA’s...
April 11, 2019 |
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By: Gerard Wood The following is adapted from Simplifying Mining Maintenance.
April 11, 2019 |
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By: Gerard Wood The following is adapted from Simplifying Mining Maintenance.
April 11, 2019 |
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By: Gerard Wood The following is adapted from Simplifying Mining Maintenance.
April 11, 2019 |
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By: Gerard Wood The following is adapted from Simplifying Mining Maintenance.
April 11, 2019 |
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By: Gerard Wood The following is adapted from Simplifying Mining Maintenance.
April 11, 2019 |
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By: Gerard Wood The following is adapted from Simplifying Mining Maintenance.
April 10, 2019 |
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By: Gerard Wood The following is adapted from Simplifying Mining Maintenance.
April 10, 2019 |
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By: Gerard Wood The following is adapted from Simplifying Mining Maintenance.
April 08, 2019 |
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Have you done all the work to collect condition monitoring data from your ass...
April 07, 2019 |
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How to simplify your RCA effort for maximum results.
April 01, 2019 |
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Are you giving your maintainers the information and resources they need to do...
April 01, 2019 |
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How do you quickly check maintenance effectiveness and machine condition? How...
March 31, 2019 |
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We’ve already noticed the labour market tightening again in the mining indust...
March 25, 2019 |
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Having trouble getting your improvement ideas agreed to in your business? May...
March 24, 2019 |
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A topic of much debate, both inside Bluefield and across the mining industry ...
March 18, 2019 |
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With prices recovering and the mining industry starting to pick up again, man...
February 18, 2019 |
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In recent years, we’ve seen some devastating asset failures in the mining ind...
February 18, 2019 |
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In our project/shutdown readiness checklist we listed the keys to success as ...
January 31, 2019 |
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We recently completed a project for a mining client where the brief was to re...
January 30, 2019 |
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The Bluefield AMS materials management assessment process provides maintenanc...
January 30, 2019 |
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So much effort is focused on the work management process and quality executio...
December 19, 2018 |
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Is your work order data helping your reliability engineers take action? If yo...
December 18, 2018 |
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At a recent site engagement, I had the opportunity to test a new cloud softwa...
November 24, 2018 |
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Mobile equipment fires remain a major hazard in the mining industry. Bluefie...
October 19, 2018 |
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When engaged by a client to review their maintenance data, a common finding i...
September 28, 2018 |
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If you ask anyone on site to show you their asset management plan (AMP) for a...
September 28, 2018 |
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Emma Dalton joined Bluefield as a graduate engineer in 2018, having previousl...
September 11, 2018 |
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We have done a significant amount of work through our Bluefield Transformatio...
August 07, 2018 |
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The interface between rollingstock wheels and the track railhead is central i...
August 05, 2018 |
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When breakdown maintenance gets out of control, proactive maintenance managem...
July 31, 2018 |
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Bluefield is excited to announce our new Perth office, based at 200 Adelaide ...
July 24, 2018 |
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Estimating maintenance labour resources
June 08, 2018 |
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I recently did a 12 month follow up review with a client for whom we had comp...
May 21, 2018 |
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Colin Sheldon is an Asset Management Specialist at Bluefield AMS, providing p...
April 30, 2018 |
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A simpler way to improve maintenance quality
March 14, 2018 |
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We have previously written articles on mobile mining equipment fires and how ...
March 14, 2018 |
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Non enim antea scripta sunt modo vasa in mobili non fit metalla apparatu igne...
March 14, 2018 |
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Let’s face it. We are all human and we all make mistakes. Mistakes degrade th...
March 14, 2018 |
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Bluefield recently completed the development of life cycle strategies and det...
March 14, 2018 |
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At the completion of any project it is always good practice to capture learni...
March 14, 2018 |
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Speed up Defect Elimination and Reliability Improvement by Keeping Failed Par...
March 14, 2018 |
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There is no denying the importance of regular and consistent servicing of equ...
March 14, 2018 |
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It is rare that there will be a perfectly planned job with no room for any im...
March 14, 2018 |
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Bluefield Reliability Awareness Program (Operation RAP) In response to the ma...
March 14, 2018 |
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Can maintenance labour and parts cost be reduced? Can major failures be avoi...
March 14, 2018 |
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On occasions Bluefield visits small sites that are low on processes and syste...
March 14, 2018 |
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Bluefield has conducted several maintenance execution audits. We continually ...
March 14, 2018 |
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What are the 5 common mistake when changing components? 1. Treating all compo...
March 14, 2018 |
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Why do reliability improvement projects often only lead to short term improve...
March 14, 2018 |
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A friend of mine gave me a lift to the airport the other day. We'd worked tog...
March 14, 2018 |
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One of our specialists recently returned from a site in a third world country...
March 14, 2018 |
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Over the years there have been many fires on mobile mining equipment. In fact...
March 14, 2018 |
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Over the past 15 years, Reliability Engineers have become common place in man...
March 14, 2018 |
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Bluefield was investigating premature failures on D11 dozer track master link...
March 14, 2018 |
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Over many years, Bluefield Asset Management Specialists (Bluefield), have rev...
March 14, 2018 |
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On several sites, Bluefield has seen pendant rope equaliser pins, walking out...
March 14, 2018 |
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In these very competitive times we need to question the value of every dollar...
March 14, 2018 |
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Maintaining the integrity of electrical equipment in a reliable manner is a t...
March 14, 2018 |
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In tough times, companies sometimes do not spend money on surface protection ...
March 14, 2018 |
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Bluefield recently managed a 4100XPC AC shovel shutdown. This shovel was crit...
March 14, 2018 |
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Over the past few years, countless Bluefield clients have told us the similar...
March 14, 2018 |
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Managing the maintenance budget can be time-consuming for the Maintenance Man...
March 14, 2018 |
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Current technological advancements, that allow real-time monitoring of mobile...
March 14, 2018 |
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In a competitive climate, disruptions to a business’ productivity can prove c...
March 14, 2018 |
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Managing equipment defects in a proactive manner is essential to get the best...
March 14, 2018 |
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Bluefield AMS has been actively working in Papa New Guinea (PNG) since 2012, ...
March 14, 2018 |
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Introduction Bluefield has completed many reviews on the effectiveness of con...
March 14, 2018 |
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Bluefield has developed life cycle management plans for many makes and models...
March 14, 2018 |
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Bluefield is often asked to assist companies to turn around the performance o...
March 14, 2018 |
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The physical work at the sharp end of Asset Management is every bit as import...
March 14, 2018 |
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Are you managing your fuel quality? I had an interesting discussion with a fr...
January 29, 2018 |
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Life Cycle Cost Model
January 29, 2018 |
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With above rail maintenance costs accounting for at least 40% of a rail opera...
January 29, 2018 |
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With above rail maintenance costs accounting for at least 40% of a rail opera...
January 29, 2018 |
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Bluefield Transport was engaged by an above rail operator and asset owner to ...
January 29, 2018 |
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Bluefield produce whole of life cycle costing models for our clients across m...
October 30, 2017 |
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Our client, PanAust, is an operator of two very efficient metals mines in Lao...
April 21, 2017 |
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When prices for commodities come under pressure so do the margins of operator...
April 21, 2017 |
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Oil sampling and analysis as a condition monitoring program has been around f...
April 21, 2017 |
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Over the years it has become common practice to discard failed parts without ...
April 21, 2017 |
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Many businesses want to improve their maintenance performance but are unsure ...
April 21, 2017 |
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It is quite common in mining and resource industries to include a reliability...
April 21, 2017 |
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One of the greatest mistakes that are often made when companies are developin...
April 21, 2017 |
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Our client, the owner of a fleet of 789 trucks, asked Bluefield to provide a ...