Ricky Smith

Once we stare into the void, it too stares into us. This gaze into darkness allows us to better identify the radiance of the heavens and put life into greater perspective. Peering through the lens of depressive realism, "A Spoonful of Sadness" is the exhalation of my darker moments and is something that should be shared so that we may all better appreciate the light still within us. I wrote this book for me, but have come to know that it is for us; I believe this book is for you. Come: sit, eat, and enjoy "A Spoonful of Sadness" with me.

A Spoonful of Sadness

R. Keith Mobley

Industrial Machinery Repair provides a practical reference for practicing plant engineers, maintenance supervisors, physical plant supervisors and mechanical maintenance technicians. It focuses on the skills needed to select, install and maintain electro-mechanical equipment in a typical industrial plant or facility. The authors focuses on "Best Maintenance Repair Practices" necessary for maintenance personnel to keep equipment operating at peak reliability and companies functioning more profitably through reduced maintenance costs and increased productivity and capacity. A number of surveys conducted in industries throughout the United States have found that 70% of equipment failures are self-induced. If the principles and techniques in this book are followed, it will result in a serious reduction in "self induced failures". In the pocketbook format, this reference material can be directly used on the plant floor to aid in effectively performing day-to-day duties. Data is presented in a concise, easily understandable format to facilitate use in the adverse conditions associated with the plant floor. Each subject is reduced to it simplest terms so that it will be suitable for the broadest range of users. Since this book is not specific to any one type of industrial plant and is useful in any type of facility. The new standard reference book for industrial and mechanical trades Accessible pocketbook format facilitates on-the-job use Suitable for all types of plant facilities

Best Maintenance Practices Pocket Guide

Industrial Machinery Repair

Are you tired of the church always fighting? As you scan the landscape of American culture today, there is strong evidence that we have a fractured society that has lost the ability to discuss, reason, agree, and work together. Sadly, for many churches, we are a microcosm of this same level of division within our local fellowships. The world will never live in unity if even the church cannot demonstrate unity. This book uses Ephesians 4 as a driver show: 1) How our common identity in Christ should bring unity 2) What causes us to fracture and how to avoid it 3) What Christian growth looks like and how you can grow stronger 4) How we should look different from the world so we can impact the world

One Lord, One Faith, One Glorious Hope

Forged As One

Bruce Hawkins

What is "Lean?" Whether referring to manufacturing operations or maintenance, lean is about doing more with less: less effort, less space, fewer defects, less throughput time, lower volume requirements, less capital for a given level of output, etc. The need to provide the customer more value with less waste is a necessity for any firm wanting to stay in business, especially in today's increasingly global market place. And this is what lean thinking is all about. Lean Operations are difficult to sustain. More Lean Manufacturing Plant Transformations have been abandoned than have achieved true Lean Enterprise status. There are solid and recurring reasons for both of these conditions. The most significant of these reasons is that production support processes have not been pre-positioned or refined adequately to assist the manufacturing plant in making the lean transformation. And the most significant of the support functions is the maintenance operation, which determines production line equipment reliability. Moving the maintenance operation well into its own lean transformation is a must-do prerequisite for successful manufacturing plant - or any process plant - Lean Transformations. This Handbook provides detailed, step-by-step, fully explained processes for each phase of Lean Maintenance implementation providing examples, checklists and methodologies of a quantity, detail and practicality that no previous publication has even approached. It is required reading, and a required reference, for every plant and facility that is planning, or even thinking of adopting "Lean" as their mode of operation. * A continuous improvement strategy using new "lean" principles * Eliminate wasteful practices from your manufacturing or chemical processes, increasing the profitability of your plant * Save thousands of dollars a year on new equipment by keeping your existing equipment maintained using this revolutionary method

Reduce Costs, Improve Quality, and Increase Market Share

Lean Maintenance

Ramesh Gulati

Introduction Vision, Mission and Strategy Maintenance Basics Planning and Scheduling Parts, Materials and Tools Management Reliability Operational Reliability M&R Tools Performance Measure - Metrics Human Side of M&R Best Practices/Benchmarking Maintenance Excellence Appendices

Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices

Allied Reliability Group

Develop a best-in-class maintenance organization by selecting the right performance metrics. Edited by an author with over 30 years of experience in oil and gas maintenance, Oil and Gas Performance Maintenance Metrics provides the tools and methods to develop revolutionary proactive maintenance metrics that are guaranteed to save time and money and improve reliability. Oil and Gas Performance Maintenance Metrics provides maintenance managers with the metrics, calculations and indicators for measuring maintenance, reliability and availability performance. With this book in hand, maintenance supervisor learn to calculate a number of key performance indicators (KPIs), such as maintenance cost, maintenance man hours and availability performance that drive performance. Brief and readable, the book’s seven part treatment starts with a clear and rigorous exposition of the terminology and definitions in maintenance, followed by self-contained chapter on the indicators and how to improve the performance measured by the indicators/metrics. The book is accompanied by downloadable apps for calculating a number of key performance indicators. Downloadable apps for Calculating key performance indicators Tips and methods to disseminate knowledge and share best practices Methods for improving performance based on the indicators/metrics

Ricky Smith

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