Get the following business processes working (in this order)
Operator Monitoring
Work Selection
Planning & Scheduling
Organizational Discipline
Safety
Cost Controls
Focus on Discipline and execution
When the base processes are in place and working as evidenced by
1) Break-in work reducing
2) Backlog within reason and stable
3) Costs stable
THEN focus on improvementsSome processes build on or depend on others – don't work in a vacuum.
Lay out a plan to get on track then stick to the plan.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Digging Out of theReactive Hole
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Experience has taught me that knowing your equipment is a priceless asset. Case in point: aboard three vessels of the same class, a third generator set was added to handle a 850 hp bow thruster as part of a containership retrofit. The vessesl were the SS Diamond State, SS Equality State and the SS American Banker. I sailed extensively on the former two.
Specifically in question was a 15 hp Auxiliary Condensate Pump for the #3 Auxiliary Condenser. The pump prime mover electric motors generally ran hot to the touch (140-150 deg f). The pump / motor was a vertically mounted single stage centifugual that was properly designed as far as fluid dynamics went (30 gpm @ 95' TDH- 65 psg, vacuum suction flooded).... Read More
These motors ALWAYS ran hot. There was a top end (motor) mid frequency vibration which could be characterized as wobbling in nature.
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