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MRO Coach columns
The source of the stream
During a candid meeting with a group of executives of a company that has been doing Lean for three years now (with, to their view, “spotty” results), a division president asked, “Is there a point that a lot of activity is just too much?”

Best practice: RBM
Oil industry experts estimate that downtime caused by lubricant-related failures costs upwards of $4 billion every year, and that over 50 percent of those failures are the result of particulate contamination…

MRO Pro stories
Oliveras' job is always improving
Jose Oliveras is a support technician with a unique job description – find things to improve and improve them…

Uptime
Troubleshooting gearbox failure
Over 85 percent of all general-purpose industrial gearboxes are directly mounted to a motor. If repair work is scheduled for the motor, gearbox repair should be considered at the same time…

Chemical safety: reducing risk
When plant managers and MRO specialists think of areas where they can cut costs, maintenance chemicals are rarely at the top of the list…

Safety
What arthritis costs employers
A new study by the Cornell University Institute for Health and Productivity Studies has assessed the costs associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a sample of 8,502 workers at nine U.S. companies…

You’re safer at work!
A new study by the National Safety Council (NSC) shows that workers today are safer on the job than they are at home or in their communities…

Product Specs
Squared off: Professional socket sets
A socket is a socket is a socket, right? Not any more…

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	Plant chooses engineered conveyor belt cleaners With a cost-consciousness, do-it-yourself approach that has become a way of life for many competitive regional concrete suppliers, Raineri Ready-Mix in St. Louis waged a constant battle with conveyor-belt carryback, armed with brooms and shovels. . .
	MRO stock moves at county road commission When your job is to maintain a county highway system with its seasonal demands and constant preventative maintenance needs, there is the potential for many roadblocks to efficient workflow. . .
	Rockwell powers Lean manufacturing with ballbar QC10 ballbar used for both diagnosis and predictive maintenance to keep machine tools running and producing to specification. . .

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