NEMA's Primary Industrial Controls Index registered a 2.3% quarter-to-quarter increase during the fourth quarter of 2009.

Subpart E - Production and Process Controls Reliability begins with following and understanding best practices. Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) are the foundation to building operational and maintenance best practices to manage food safety risks.  For the food industry, GMP’s come from the FDA in 21 CFR- Part 110 . So far in this series we have discussed parts of 21 CFR- part 110, and an assessment which can used by operation and Maintenance partners to…

The Manufacturing Game has been using the art of storytelling for many years now. Our philosophy is that story telling is a powerful way to transfer learning, increase motivation, encourage teamwork, and teach communication skills in order to lead change.

Navajo Generating Station, NGS, was built in the early 1970’s. NGS’s primary purpose was to provide power for the Central Arizona Project, CAP. The CAP carries Colorado River water to the metropolitan areas of Phoenix and Tucson. The United States Bureau of Reclamation, Salt River Project (SRP), Los Angeles Division of Water and Power, Arizona Public Service, Nevada Power and Tucson Electric Power are the owners. The Salt River Project is the managing owner.

What is the weakest, most unreliable, least dependable part of any system or process? If you said the human that is operating it or maintaining it, you would be correct. Human Factors is a buzz word in industry these days, but it has been around in the airline world for a long while now. We have special classes on Human Factors - how to recognize them, and how to defend against them. It is something that we take quite seriously, and perhaps you should also.

The Life Cycle Institute, Life Cycle Engineering’s education group, has added a new Train-the-Trainer (TTT) course to its list of high-impact learning offerings. The Train-the-Trainer course was developed by the Institute’s Learning Consultants to help organizations transform their subject matter experts into compelling facilitators of learning - trainers who engage people in learning and motivate individuals to change their behavior to achieve results.

AVEVA Group plc (LSE:AVV), one of the world’s leading provider of engineering lifecycle solutions to the plant, power and marine industries, will co-present a session providing insight on information management at the sixth annual SAP-Centric EAM Conference. The conference will take place on March 28 - 31 at the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel and Marina in Tampa, FL.

Four Rivers Software, a leading computerized maintenance management software (CMMS) provider for the healthcare industry announces TMS Locator, an asset locating and updating add-on for TMS.

MISTRAS Group, Inc. (NYSE:MG), in collaboration with Florida Power & Light Company, has developed an on-line monitoring system for detection of mid-compressor stator vane cracking in GE 7FA combustion turbines. The Acoustic Combustion Turbine Monitoring System, or ACTMS, is designed to detect crack propagation in compressor stator vanes prior to airfoil failure, thus enabling corrective action to avoid extensive downtime and repair costs.

In its effort to continue reducing customers operating costs, John Deere Construction & Forestry Division’s Service Group has sourced NTZ Micro Filtration as a bypass filter supplier. The announcement was made by Pierre Nieuwland, President & CEO of NTZ Micro Filtration.