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RCM: Battling the hidden agenda
Download this article as a PDF Any reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) practitioner worth their salt will be able to wax lyrical about how vital understanding the operating context is to a successful analysis but… What of the context of the RCM study itself? ... The...
Why does it seem so difficult to get support right?
Warning: This video contains some poetry! That poem is based on a parable and in that parable a passing wise man comes to help the blind stitch...
Who are we and what do we do?
Video – Automating Tech Data Reporting
This video is from our ILS Seminar in June 2017: Paul Messer and Lee Fitzsimons talk about automated reporting from technical data sources (in this case, our Maintenance Analysis package; A*) using Epic, an XML based data manipulation tool.
Why standardise how we do spreadsheet models?
The modeller’s task is to represent reality with sufficient fidelity to ensure that decisions based on the model are sound. So how can we make sure that the spreadsheet is fit for purpose?
Getting Analysis Wrong – what we learn when analysis doesn’t match reality
What we learn when analysis doesn’t match reality. It is often explained that all models are wrong, just some are less wrong than others.
“You take a chance getting up in the morning, crossing the street, or sticking your face in a fan.”
Download this article as a PDF Understanding the risk posed by the interaction of functionally unrelated systems; are we, as those responsible for deriving preventive maintenance for aircraft, missing the point? The Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom (UK MoD)...
System Interactions
Understanding the risk posed by the interaction of functionally unrelated systems; are we, as those responsible for deriving preventive maintenance for aircraft, missing the point?
Reductio ad Absurdum
“Why do we need to train our Military Maintenance engineers?” This short piece is adapted from a presentation delivered back in 2012
Integrated Logistic Support in the 21st Century
Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) in the 21st Century – Innovation, Pragmatism and the Art of the Possible. A free seminar for members of the MoD.