Asset Management Solutions

To keep the newsletters relatively short, they are intended to be a broad overview of issues for physical asset management, rather than a comprehensive discussion of the topics.

Contact information for the author of the topic is included in the newsletter.

Published	Topic	Author
March 2020	How Can We Use Risk to Make Better Decisions in M&R? – Part 2	Ben Stevens
November 2019	Using Risk Management to make Better Decisions in M&R- Part 1	Ben Stevens
September 2019	Risk Management	Leonard G. Middleton
June 2019	Rethinking Planning Responsibilities Part 3 – Planning for Failure	Ben Stevens
January 2019	Maintenance Planning Responsibilities – Part 2	Ben Stevens
December 2018	Maintenance Planning Responsibilities – Part 1	Ben Stevens
November 2018	Importance and Limitations of Financial Statements - Part 2	Leonard G. Middleton
October 2018	Importance and Limitations of Financial Statements – Part 1	Leonard G. Middleton
September 2018	Maintenance Projects – Is there a Pay-off? Part 4	Ben Stevens
June 2018	Maintenance Projects – Is there a Pay-off? Part 3	Ben Stevens
May 2018	Maintenance Projects – Is there a Pay-off? Part 2	Ben Stevens
April 2018	Maintenance Projects – Is there a Pay-off? Part 1	Ben Stevens
March 2018	Asset Management is NOT Just Maintenance & Reliability	Leonard G. Middleton
February 2018	Inspections Revisited – Part 2	Ben Stevens
December 2017	The Economics of Bad Parts	Leonard G. Middleton
November 2017	Inspections Revisited – Part 1	Ben Stevens
October 2017	Effectively Communicating Performance Measures	Leonard G. Middleton
September 2017	Maintenance Training ROI	Ben Stevens
July 2017	Maintenance Inputs at the Design and Specification Stage	Ben Stevens
May 2017	Choosing the RIGHT Maintenance Tactic	Ben Stevens
April 2017	Conditional Probability of Failure Patterns and their Impact to Maintenance	Leonard G. Middleton
March 2017	What Does Planned Maintenance Mean?	Ben Stevens
February 2017	Is it the Right Time to Formalise Maintenance Standards?	Ben Stevens
January 2017	Importance of Working Capital Management	Leonard G. Middleton
December 2016	Spares Planning (i.e. getting them when needed)	Ben Stevens
November 2016	Calculating Maintenance Benefits for Spares	Ben Stevens
October 2016	Calculating Maintenance Benefit - Negotiating for Access for PM Work	Ben Stevens
September 2016	Effective Practices - Part 3	Leonard G. Middleton
June 2016	Effective Practices - Part 2	Leonard G. Middleton
May 2016	Effective Practices - Part 1	Leonard G. Middleton
April 2016	A Different Kind of Newsletter (and not an April Fool’s Joke)	Ben Stevens
March 2016	Preparing Contracts and Suggested Reading: Reliability-centered Maintenance	Leonard G. Middleton
February 2016	Planned Versus Unplanned Work Orders	Ben Stevens
January 2016	Who Should Assess Your Organization's Practices and Suggested Reading: Uptime	Leonard G. Middleton
December 2015	Working with Maintenance Contractors	Ben Stevens
November 2015	MRO Stores Support of Maintenance	Leonard G. Middleton
October 2015	“The Perfect RCA Program”	Abdul Azeez
September 2015	Thoughts on Failure of System Implementations to Achieve Promises	Leonard G. Middleton
June 2015	The Internet of Things – What will it do, and how should we prepare?	Ben Stevens
May 2015	Asset Prioritization	Leonard G. Middleton
April 2015	Capital Spares Valuation and Predicting Future Needs	Ben Stevens
March 2015	Dealing with Parts Obsolescence	Leonard G. Middleton
February 2015	Aligning Maintenance Tactics with Corporate Strategy	Ben Stevens
January 2015	Reviewing Maintenance Tactics	Leonard G. Middleton
December 2014	Essentials in Pre-Planning and Selecting CMMS	Ben Stevens
November 2014	Professional Development and Certification	Leonard G. Middleton
October 2014	How Maintenance Relates to Its Support Groups	Ben Stevens
September 2014	Doing Too Much, or Too Little?	Leonard G. Middleton
June 2014	Changing Management	Ben Stevens
May 2014	Numerical Weighting Method for Equipment Condition (NWMEC)	Sergei Sidorenko
April 2014	More FAQ’s on MTBF…	Ben Stevens
March 2014	Troubleshooting Organizational Performance Issues	Leonard G. Middleton
February 2014	FAQ’s on MTBF, MTTF, MTTR – Part 1	Ben Stevens
January 2014	Types of Maintenance Expenditures	Leonard G. Middleton
December 2013	Evolution of Asset Management Standards	Leonard G. Middleton
November 2013	Too Many KPI’s! -- Testing the Value of Your KPI’s	Ben Stevens
October 2013	Asset Data	Leonard G. Middleton
September 2013	Managing Maintenance for the Future	Ben Stevens
June 2013	Asset Management Solutions – 10 Years of Newsletters	Leonard G. Middleton
May 2013	Three Different Questions on Managing Maintenance	Ben Stevens
April 2013	Looking Forward: Asset Management	Leonard G. Middleton
March 2013	FAQ’s on Maintenance Organization and Staffing Levels	Ben Stevens
February 2013	What has Changed in the Last Ten Years? - Part 2	Leonard G. Middleton
January 2013	What has Changed in the Last Ten Years? - Part 1	Ben Stevens
December 2012	Sustainable Competitive Advantage	Leonard G. Middleton
November 2012	Benchmarking Maintenance	Ben Stevens
October 2012	Decisions, Decisions - Focus on Cost Reduction, or Increasing Output?	Leonard G. Middleton
September 2012	Questions on KPI's	Ben Stevens
June 2012	Document Management	Leonard G. Middleton
May 2012	KPI's for EAMS / CMMS	Ben Stevens
April 2012	The Business Case for Maintenance Planning and Scheduling - Part 2	Leonard G. Middleton
March 2012	Budgeting for Maintenance	Ben Stevens
February 2012	The Business Case for Maintenance Planning and Scheduling - Part 1	Leonard G. Middleton
January 2012	Maintenance Outsourcing - Some Questions	Ben Stevens
December 2011	Why Will They Not Listen?	Leonard G. Middleton
November 2011	Starting to Use Statistics in Maintenance	Ben Stevens
October 2011	Execution	Leonard G. Middleton
September 2011	Maintenance Roles in North America	Ben Stevens
June 2011	My Organization is Unique	Leonard G. Middleton
May 2011	Case Study of Failure Prevention in Design Phase with RCM	Ben Stevens
April 2011	Measuring Long-Term Maintenance Effectiveness	Leonard G. Middleton
March 2011	Fundamentals of Condition Based Maintenance	Ben Stevens
February 2011	Asset Management Processes That Impact Assets	Leonard G. Middleton
January 2011	FAQ's on Reliability Centred Maintenance and Reliability Analysis	Ben Stevens
December 2010	Post Project Evaluation – A Long Term View	Leonard G. Middleton
November 2010	Best Maintenance Practices - Part 4 - Backlog Management, Spares, Cost Control, and Non-Critical Equipment	Ben Stevens
October 2010	Alternates in Developing Maintenance Tactics - Part 2	Leonard G. Middleton
September 2010	Best Maintenance Practices - Part 3 - Maintenance Work Assignment, Execution, Analysis, & Improvement	Ben Stevens
June 2010	Alternates in Developing Maintenance Tactics - Part 1	Leonard G. Middleton
May 2010	Best Maintenance Practices - Part 2 - Maintenance Work Identification, Planning & Scheduling	Ben Stevens
April 2010	MOC (Management of Change)	Leonard G. Middleton
March 2010	Best Maintenance Practices - Part 1 - Maintenance Strategy & Maintenance Tactics Selection	Ben Stevens
February 2010	Maintenance Work Management	Leonard G. Middleton
January 2010	The Hidden Costs of Unreliability	Ben Stevens
December 2009	Addressing Human Error	Leonard G. Middleton
November 2009	Inspection Data	Ben Stevens
October 2009	The Case for Condition Monitoring in Asset Management	Leonard G. Middleton
September 2009	After the Storm - What Do You Do Now?	Leonard G. Middleton
June 2009	Seven Steps to Maintenance Heaven - Steps 5, 6 & 7	Ben Stevens
May 2009	Seven Steps to Maintenance Heaven - Steps 3 & 4	Ben Stevens
April 2009	Seven Steps to Maintenance Heaven - Steps 1 & 2	Ben Stevens
March 2009	A Standard for Asset Management	Leonard G. Middleton
February 2009	Busting the Top Maintenance Myths	Ben Stevens with Carroll McCormick
January 2009	Life Cycle Costing	Leonard G. Middleton
December 2008	The Business of Maintenance -Performance Measures Published Article in PDF Format	Leonard G. Middleton
November 2008	The Business of Maintenance -Organizational Strategy Published Article in PDF Format	Leonard G. Middleton
October 2008	So What’s a CMMS/EAM Supposed To Do? Part 6 - Stores Management Part 3	Ben Stevens
September 2008	The Business of Maintenance -Evaluating Project Proposals Part 2: Other Considerations Published Article in PDF Format	Leonard G. Middleton
June 2008	The Business of Maintenance -Evaluating Project Proposals Part 1: Financial Evaluation Published Article in PDF Format	Leonard G. Middleton
May 2008	So What’s a CMMS/EAM Supposed To Do? Part 5 – Stores Management - 2	Ben Stevens
April 2008	The Business of Maintenance -Estimating Project Benefits Published Article in PDF Format	Leonard G. Middleton
March 2008	So What’s a CMMS/EAM Supposed To Do? Part 4 – Stores Management	Ben Stevens
February 2008	The Business of Maintenance -Estimating Project Costs Published Article in PDF Format	Leonard G. Middleton
January 2008	So What’s a CMMS/EAM Supposed To Do? Part 3 - Work Approvals	Ben Stevens
December 2007	The Business of Maintenance -Executing Effective Projects Published Article in PDF Format	Leonard G. Middleton
November 2007	The Business of Maintenance - The Three Faces of Accounting Published Article in PDF Format	Leonard G. Middleton
October 2007	So What’s a CMMS/EAM Supposed To Do? Part 2	Ben Stevens
September 2007	The Business of Maintenance - The Significance of Communication Published Article in PDF Format	Leonard G. Middleton
July & August 2007	Using Root Cause Analysis to Improve Reliability	Leonard G. Middleton
June 2007	Using Business Common Sense to Improve Maintenance Practices	Ben Stevens
May 2007	Response to "So What Is a CMMS / EAMS Supposed To Do? Part 1" and "Factors That Impact Maintainability"	James V. Reyes-Picknell Leonard G. Middleton
April 2007	So What Is a CMMS / EAMS Supposed To Do? Part 1	Ben Stevens
March 2007	Factors Impacting Equipment Reliability	Leonard G. Middleton
January 2007	CMMS / EAMS Selection	Ben Stevens
December 2006	Further Thoughts on the Current Skilled Labour Shortage	Leonard G. Middleton
November 2006	Impact of a Holistic Strategic Perspective	Leonard G. Middleton
October 2006	Improving PAM Risk Analysis Using a CMMS/EAM	Ben Stevens
September 2006	Managing in the Current Skilled Labour Shortage Environment	Leonard G. Middleton
July & August 2006	Using Effective Work Management to Help Manage Risk	Leonard G. Middleton
June 2006	Case Study: EXAKT Reduces Failures at Canadian Kraft Mill	Ben Stevens
May 2006	How Can I Change Things, When I Need To Do Things in the Same Way?	Leonard G. Middleton
April 2006	AGE/CON Solves Vehicle Replacement Problem for Container Terminal Company	Ben Stevens
February 2006	The Gap Between Industry and Academia - Industry Viewpoint	Brian Maguire
January 2006	Organizational Change Management	Leonard G. Middleton
December 2005	The Gap Between Industry and Academia - Academia Viewpoint	Dr. Richard Dwight
November 2005	"Can Industry and Academia Happily Reside in Same Room Together?" and "Technological Tools, … Or Just Considered Technological Toys?"	Leonard G. Middleton
October 2005	Would You Bet Your Shirt on CBM (Condition Based Monitoring)?	Ben Stevens
September 2005	A Problem Related to Organizational Culture	Leonard G. Middleton
July 2005	The Business of Maintenance	Leonard G. Middleton
June 2005	Maintenance Stores Improvement - Step by Step	Ben Stevens
May 2005	Leadership and Physical Asset Management	Leonard G. Middleton
April 2005	Finance in Maintenance - Financial Basics for Maintenance Managers 4: Project Costing, Project Justification – Part 2	Ben Stevens
March 2005	In Search of the Maintenance “Silver Bullet”	Leonard G. Middleton
February 2005	Finance in Maintenance - Financial Basics for Maintenance Managers 3: – Project Costing – Part 1	Ben Stevens
January 2005	Managing Maintenance Projects	Leonard G. Middleton
October 2004	Finance in Maintenance - Financial Basics for Maintenance Managers 2: - Budgeting	Ben Stevens
September 2004	Maintenance Tactics	Leonard G. Middleton
August 2004	Finance in Maintenance - Financial Basics for Maintenance Managers 1: - Basic Cost Reports	Ben Stevens
July 2004	MRO (Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul) Materials Management	Leonard G. Middleton
June 2004	CMMS - Selecting, Deploying, and Managing Implementation	John Shanahan
May 2004	Maintenance Planning & Scheduling	Leonard G. Middleton
April 2004	Is RCM for You?	Ben Stevens
March 2004	Asset Management Strategy	Leonard G. Middleton
February 2004	Using Barcode and RFID Technology in Today’s Marketplace	Ben Stevens & Carol Hanley
January 2004	Outsourcing Components of Asset Management	Leonard G. Middleton
December 2003	Increasing the Value of Your CMMS/EAM	Ben Stevens
November 2003	Performance Measures for Maintenance	Leonard G. Middleton
October 2003	Analyzing Failures through your CMMS	Murray Wiseman & Ben Stevens
September 2003	Evaluation of Asset Management Practices	Leonard G. Middleton
August 2003	Cost, Benefit, and Evaluation of Alternates – Evaluation of Alternates	Leonard G. Middleton
July 2003	Cost, Benefit, and Evaluation of Alternates – Defining Benefits	Leonard G. Middleton
June 2003	Cost, Benefit, and Evaluation of Alternates - Cost	Leonard G. Middleton