Maintenance and operations working together to drive outstanding results in manufacturing is a challenge. By focusing on the fundamentals of manufacturing and listening to your frontline workers, reliability can be increased dramatically while lowering your costs at the same time. We are surrounded by many technology advancements, but having a strong foundation is a must to enable the new technology solutions of the future. A fundamental approach to dramatically improve manufacturing performance by focusing on the basics.

• Focus on the 5 foundations of manufacturing: Centerlines, CILs, PMs, Master Cleaning Schedule, & 5S
• Operations and Maintenance Working Together
• Listening to your associates (frontline workers) - they will tell you the answers
• Continuously improve the fundamentals