Achieving Reliability Excellence is an important goal for any company. It can be a difficult and time-consuming journey, having to deal with many roadblocks and setbacks. One of the most important parts in the journey is to focus on sustainable solutions, to ensure continuous improvements are integrated into the reliability and maintenance programs.

For example, establishing a basic condition-based maintenance program can be relatively easy. Even if no in-house expertise exists, vendors that can perform CbM surveys, such as thermography or ultrasonic, are easily available. Installation of simple vibrating sensors on rotating assets has become easier as well. The difficulty and complexity start when we want to ensure continuous improvement and refinement of the maintenance strategies over time. Additionally, assets in the pharma and biotech industry pose a unique challenge in that the maintenance strategies can vary greatly, and different methods need to be used in combination to achieve the desired reliability.  

In this presentation, I will discuss BMS Devens’ approach to identifying and implementing sustainable solutions for improving the CbM/PdM programs, as well as talk about the company’s approach to achieve Reliability Excellence across the network.

This presentation covers:

• Importance of achieving Reliability Excellence
• HFocus on sustainable solutions
• Challenges in implementing continuous improvement
• BMS Devens’ approach to achieving Reliability Excellence