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Practical Maintenance Planning Tips, Cont.

Practical Maintenance Planning Tips

Learn about protecting your planners so they can plan, basic elements of a standard job plan, and how to develop good job plans with these Practical Maintenance Planning Tips from IDCON Senior Consultant Leslie Skelly.

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Equipment Doesn’t Break Down, Components Do!

components break down, not equipment

What is a component? IDCON uses the word “component” to describe an item that is highly repetitive for preventive maintenance purposes.  For example, the AC motor on the infeed hydraulic unit is composed of several components or machine elements. The infeed hydraulic unit is a highly repetitive unit often found in paper mills, refineries, mines, etc. AC motors are a component that is reoccurring as well.

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‘We Must Grow—In All Areas’

A lot of products can come from a tree; Swedish market pulp giant Södra Cell is a prime example of a modern forest products company taking advantage of the opportunities presented as the world slowly moves away from reliance on fossil fuels.

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RISI’s European CEO of the Year: Ksenia Sosnina, Ilim Group

Ksenia Sosnina has led Russia’s JSC Ilim Group to high margins and improved environmental performance. She’s also the first woman ever recognized as European CEO of the Year—but that’s only part of her leadership story.

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