Category: Metrics & KPIs
Jim Fitch authored articles & papers
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Select the Right Metrics for Improved Maintenance and Reliability
Experts agree that the best way to overcome a catastrophic machine failure is not to have one. However, those in the maintenance field understand that machine reliability comes at a price. Monitoring key performance indicators of machine reliability alone may fail to control wasteful and ineffective expenditures that were half-heartedly intended to reduce failure and… Read More
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The Truths About Oil Analysis Data Trending
The best way to trend oil analysis data is to follow its movement visually using a standard trend plot. Trending can quickly reveal the rate-of-change over time (slope on the plot) associated with a series of monotonic data points that might reveal a reportable condition. Read More