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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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Maintenance, Reliability, Profit, & Loss
Lessons to be Learned from the Florida Power Outage
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Sustaining Reliability Gains
Sometimes I wonder why so many maintenance and reliability improvement initiatives stop or go dormant in such a short time. Could it be that there is no honestly compelling reason to change? Could it be that everyone who should be leading the change process has not bought into it? Could it be that some are afraid of change… afraid of the unknown or do not want to change at all? Truth is, maybe it’s all of those reasons, and more. So how do we sustain positive changes, innovations in maintenance and reliability in our organizations?
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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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