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How does the idea of connected reliability change the standard Condition monitoring practices?
It also makes adopting and implementing innovative technologies easier because it helps consolidate the data and produce actionable insights fast. We know from experience that having more data does not necessarily mean having better data – especially without the functionality to use it properly. Often M&R teams are quick to use innovative tech, but without a connected reliability framework, it could cause more siloed workflows than actionable value.
Connected reliability enables teams to prioritise work that moves the needle on the most important KPIs – including avoiding unplanned downtime, the biggest pain point for most organisations. Even inexpensive machinery and assets can cause downstream effects with the potential to shut down an entire factory, the more connected your reliability program is, the more efficiencies realised to achieve those uptime values and by centralising the data, you can be more efficient with your experts too. One of the biggest values, is changing the mindset of a company to a more proactive approach, where they can start eliminating the causes of downtime as opposed to simply reacting quickly. The other thing is - the tools that are available to you can really define a culture at a workplace, so having a connected mindset can create a more connected culture which makes more people aware of and responsible for reliability and therefore KPI’s. We all know that if you do not have a way to standardize workflows it is a breeding ground for siloes, and often information becomes like chinese whispers that is interpreted differently in each plant or could be misinterpreted by others. What connected reliability allows you to do, is combine all your information to create a complete picture and gives you the ability to share that complete picture with the entire organisation. When everyone is singing from the same hymn sheet it is easier to start standardising workflows and creating processes that are companywide or span plants and regions. The biggest plus of this is having people connect with one another – that is really where expertise is shared and teams can work together rather than in tandem.
Fluke Reliability offers both hardware and software. What is the advice for facilities looking to adopt an integrated approach?
I think the biggest thing here is that it can be designed to suit your business and can therefore grow over time. When we hear framework, we can associate that with a complete overhaul, and that is not the case. We have customers who have taken initial steps and are recognising value at each adoption phase but we also have customers like JD Cooperage, who have completely shifted their strategy from reactive to predictive and are seeing immense value in applying the full framework. It is a journey individual to each business. We approach our solution with this in mind; everyone is at a different stage in their journey, and value means different things to different businesses. We approach our technology with that in mind and use open APIs to suit scalability. Businesses can adapt and grow with their technology and fuse in elements of connection with existing programs or hardware as they go.
Fluke Reliability
www.fluke.com
Instrumentation Monthly May 2023
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