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Lean Equipment Management

Are you spending too much time focusing on programs and activities at the expense of results?

Equipment-intensive businesses cannot compete without reliable equipment. Improvement programs and activities often take too long and require a leap of faith. Competitive manufacturers and facilities will have to find new, innovative, and increasingly flexible ways to make their equipment more reliable to stay ahead of the competition… with fewer people than in the past. Learn more



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Put the People-Factor Back into Maintenance
In our profession, the profession of maintenance and reliability, we are really good at focusing on what it takes to maintain equipment. We are also really good at developing work processes that define the procedures and methods for getting maintenance and reliability work accomplished properly. The bottom line here: People must be engaged to make equipment reliable using these work processes. Sometimes, we are not so good at that. We must put the people factor back into maintenance to make our businesses competitive and financially successful.
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“Made in China”
These three words—“Made in China”—do not have to foreshadow plant closings or downsizing. Rather, they must be embraced as a wake-up call to our industries, our business and our economy. We have a race to win, and our motto is “Beat China!” The sleeping giant has awakened, and we seem to be sitting back, resisting change while our industries are being threatened, ravaged and driven into extinction. Wake up, America!
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The Racing Theme: About Our Logo

SWS Pit Crew logoMotorsports racing provides us with many models for high-performing organizations. We have learned that championship racing teams practice many of the principles our clients strive for in modern manufacturing and maintenance, from teamwork and leadership to cost effectiveness and equipment reliability and much more. Our ongoing study of championship race teams and pit crews helps us teach our clients to improve their competitiveness and be more effective in their own races.
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