• The Seven Levels to Lubrication Excellence

    The Seven Levels to Lubrication Excellence

    Rome was not built in a day. Transformational change takes time. You’ve heard the expression, “once begun, you’re halfway done.” Read More

  • Intervention is Key to Machine Life Extension

    Intervention is Key to Machine Life Extension

    Try this simple experiment. With notepad in hand, go out into your plant and walk around a sampling of your most critical machines. These are the ones that have high probability of failure and/or the greatest consequences of failure. Read More

  • The Power of Truthful Assessments in Jumpstarting a Reliability Transformation

    The Power of Truthful Assessments in Jumpstarting a Reliability Transformation

    By Jim FitchMachinery Lubrication Magazine One of the best examples of courage is the man who asks to hear what he doesn’t want to hear. While it’s human nature to fear or dread bad news, the wisest among us will frequently ask for it. Why? Because winners change what losers want to leave the same. Read More

  • Adopt a New Philosophy—Change

    People resist change not because they love the status quo but because they fear the uncertainty of what lies ahead. Yet, without change we are destined to repeat the past. After all, machines that are operated and repaired the same way will tend to wear out and fail the same way. And, for most organizations,… Read More