Maintenance on the Home Front - Insights from Marshall Institute

Planning & Scheduling on the Homefront

As a Maintenance and Reliability Consultant working with folks in all industries, I love it when I experience a scenario at home that directly ties to the concepts, principles, and philosophies we teach and consult on! I have shared some previous blogs on this topic regarding TPM on the Homefront,

Maintenance on the Home Front

Operator & Maintenance Working Together on the Homefront!

Another “on the home front” example of operator-maintenance partnership. Kathy (equipment operator) alerted me (maintenance) of a squeak developing on her elliptical in our garage gym! Tear down revealed the main shaft on the arm mechanism dry and beginning to score from no lubrication! The main shaft was suitably repaired

Maintenance on the Home Front

P-F Curve on the Homefront

As a Maintenance and Reliability Consultant working with folks in all industries, I love it when I experience a scenario at home that directly ties to the concepts, principles, and philosophies we teach and consult on! My wife Kathy (Operator) had been telling me (Maintenance) that she was hearing a

Total Productive Maintenance

True TPM on the Homefront!

The Operator (My Wife - “Kathy”) goes out to water her garden. She notifies Maintenance (Me - “Gary”) that something doesn’t look right, a water drip from corroded piping on the Hose Bib (Operator Inspection). Maintenance (“Gary”) responds and verifies a potential failure on the equipment noting piping condition

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