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Management Resources

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Cross reference: Organizations, Facilities, MRO

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Downtime Central - This site has been dedicated to exploring the True Cost of manufacturing downtime. Extensive research and valuable information is provided. Our goal being to educate the industry, help managers justify maintenance cost. There is a machine downtime survey, reports, power point presentations and other resources, all for free.

Time to Reinvest in Automation
It’s not easy to get beyond the ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ mindset. Here’s how to shed inertia and move proactively to update systems, improve efficiency, save money, stay competitive, and survive.

Feed Forward Maintenance - Engineering Books, CDs and Publication has reduced their prices under new ownership. Now you can receive maintenance management and reliability training at an even greater savings!

Reliability Consultant - Website of Modesto California author Larry Bush. Download his ebook on maintenance policy or emergency generators today.

DBA Manufacturing - When it comes to MRP and job scheduling, ERP systems are far too complicated for small manufacturers. DBA is different, they blend MRP and scheduling in a simple design.

Industrial Training Inc. (ITI) - A full service facility and manufacturing maintenance consulting, engineering, and technology training company.

Maintenance World - A web based information resource for maintenance and reliability professionals.

ISOBA, ISO Benchmarking Association™ brings professionals of companies that are ISO Certified or are seeking ISO Certification together to share information to improve business processes.

Every month, a new check list will be posted, featuring helpful information you can use in managing your facilities, and based on information contained in BOMI's courses. Just a couple examples...

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Provides software and hardware solutions for manufacturers, ranging from logging machine downtime, lubrication tracking, ISO9000 logging and reporting software, asset management and maintenance/process data collection to production counting. ATSI also distributes a small economical line of PLC, suitable for small machine or conveyor control.

TradelineInc.com features industry profiles and reports, free benchmarking data, an extensive project database, cost planners, discussion forums, and a "contact the experts" section where consultants and suppliers respond to members' questions. Most features are available free to facilities owners/end users.

FAST Prewritten Policies and Procedures - BizManuals.com Transform your business with more productive, happier employees -- in half the usual time with the Policies and Procedures System. It has already shown thousands of CEOs, CFOs and other executives how to realize increased profits from their business.

APPA | The Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers Provides full-text access to articles from the Facilities Manager journal, the Regulatory Reporter and other APAA publications. Also includes research information, news, educational opportunities, public policy research, conference & regulatory information and a job bank.

Calculate: Measurements - Electrical - Scale - Volume - Consultant - Financial - Profit

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Safety

Hazardous Area Instrumentation Training CD - A CD based training course on the topics of hazardous areas, area classification and other contemporary issues, like how does one implement a fieldbus in hazardous areas.

The EcoGateway - primary focus on the urban built environment, including maintaining structures & equipment, maintaining infrastructure & utilities, and disaster & fire damage prevention. It includes EcoIQ Magazine on Conserving the Built Environment, more than 100 Link Center and Directory pages linking to online built environment resources, a calendar, anthologies, related educational and media resources, and more.

Environmental Health & Safety Online

Conserving the Built Environment

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Safety Online

ABC Safety Training Professional OSHA training solutions making OSHA compliance easier for you.

Global Network of Environment & Technology

The Environmental Protection Agency 's

The Environmental Protection Agency

CREST

Safety related Information Search

Quality Systems Inc.
Provides business management consulting specifically for the asset and maintenance management of capital assets. QSI designs and implements methodologies and technologies to optimize asset performance within process driven industries.

ManagementSupport.com - Powerpoint presentations about Supply Chain and Maintenance Management The TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) Guide. Maintenance Management Guide - ($14.95 for 75 slides, with that value, it's just about free. :>)

Cayman System Cove - Quality systems for ISO9000 (See PDF Zone for TPM files)

The Manufacturing Game (TPM & Teamwork)

Reliability Centered Maintenance - Strategic Technologies (STI)

CMIT - TPM Workshop

Best Practices

Strategic Work Systems

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Market Analysis

Index of Emerging Market Resources

Harris InfoSource

Visionary Manufacturing Challenges for 2020 Must read

Media Metrix Press Room

U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook®

Frost & Sullivan - Web Site Search Page

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

The Manufacturing Report

US Data.com

IMTSNet - Manufacturing Technology Marketplace- International Manufacturing Technology Show

Trade Show Central, where to quickly find a show.

Market Analysis Companies:

        www.forrester.com
        www.gartner.com
        www.yankeegroup.com
        www.idc.com
        www.arcweb.com

PricewaterhouseCoopers'

Statistics

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Root Cause

Fault/Event Tree Analysis and Monte-Carlo Simulation software. Free demo downloads.

Eli Lilly Incident Profile - Finding the Root Cause

ARMS Reliability Engineers supply a comprehensive range of reliability software tools covering maintenance and reliability assessment, RCM, system availability, risk analysis and life cycle costing. We also provide specialized consulting services and in-house or public training courses in all facets or reliability engineering and root cause analysis.

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Benchmarking

The Basics of Maintenance Benchmarking (Contents) - Reference File

Reliability-Magazine - TPM, RCM, Benchmarking News

Plant Maintenance Benchmarking

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Reliability Center, Inc. works with clients in four main areas: Process, Equipment, Human, and Maintenance Reliability. It does this through a wide range of services, seminars, and information transfers. RCI consultants work as strategic partners to help clients identify and solve problems so they can experience an increase in precision, productivity, and profitability. Please see their Case histories, to realize your ROI. They have a great web site, packed with valuable information, and a news letter too.

A Primer on Cost for COSTLESS

Article: Measurement of Quality Costs

Reliability Engineering Snapshot

An Interactive Technology Decision Support Tool

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ISO

BizManuals.com Own the same templates that consultants use. ABR has developed The ISO 9000 Policies and Procedures System designed to increase the productivity of your organization. This 1,200 page Manual contains over 300 prewritten policies and procedures along with 200 sample reports, forms and checklists included as MS-WORD documents. It provides sample practical documentation in the proper ISO format required by the latest ISO 9001:2000 changes.

ISO 9000 Group

ISO Easy

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Miscellaneous

Strategos Inc. - Structured and practical approach to facilities planning & layout.

CIM Table of Contents Page (Inventory Control)

Supply chain management

Audit Checklist

A closer look at the Quality Theory

Building Industry Exchange This site bills itself as an "information exchange center" of Intenet resources for the building industry. It includes a site specific search engine and a "Top 100" list of relevant web sites.

Building Operations Management Magazine - here's where they have a lot of their articles on various topics of interest.

Today's Facility Manager

Building Owners and Managers Association

Virtual Workshops

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