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
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