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Assessing your company’s operational readiness

A successful asset reliability process requires strong relationships between internal and external stakeholders and an implementation plan that clarifies their roles.

Asset reliability roadmap
The OpX Leadership Network's Asset Reliability Solutions Group developed a roadmap that can enable CPGs to improve manufacturing performance with the four points shown in the graphic above.

While asset reliability (AR) means different things to different companies, one common definition that consistently emerges is the concept of zero unplanned downtime. Most everyone can wrap their head around the frustration of seeing a valuable asset sitting idly for no planned reason. The fallout can be devastating in terms of unplanned maintenance costs, reduced overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), missed deliveries and a myriad of other production problems.

Although there is substantial information and guidance regarding AR, PMMI’s OpX Leadership Network has recently commissioned the OpX Asset Reliability Solutions Group to explore the “white space” in this area to provide a useful and meaningful roadmap for consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and OEMs of all sizes. This roadmap, focused on CPGs’ current asset base, can enable CPGs to improve manufacturing performance with four points shown in the graphic image below:

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