Reliability Consultancy
Vermeer Reliability delivers consultancy and other services that can lessen the overall cost, while improving the maintenance process. Therefore, we base ourselves on our extensive knowledge and experience and offer practical, cost-efficient solutions to a wide variety of industries.
Why would you need a Reliability consultant?
For hiring on a temporary basis.
For implementation of (radical) changes.
To get information of conclusions or decisions that been made internally.
Because you want to hire an objective third party.
Because you want to hire someone competent, who has the time for a thorough screening.
Improving asset reliability and plant uptime.
Vermeer Reliability has extensive experience in improving asset reliability and plant uptime, trough the introduction of meaningful and fiscally sound predictive maintenance measures and systems.
There are lot of different approaches to improve reliability. Every company is at a different stage of understanding where they are in their reliability journey. We will learn where you are on that journey by doing an assassement and consult on how best to implement a Reliability Centered Management strategy tailored to your needs.
Our goal is to improve the OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) of your assets.
A risk balanced, less invasive, data driven, business aligned, and standardized approach ensures your business gets the most value from your assets. It delivers sustainable improvements with a focused goal to improve performance in all areas.
Six Sigma is a method of increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of a process, i.e. doing the right things and doing things right. The purpose of the method is to reduce variation in processes to meet the specifications that the customer sets for the product or service.
The methodology consists of five phases, also referred to as the DMAIC methodology.
D = Define phase, this first phase describes the problem we are working on and the value to the company. The wishes of the customer are visualized.
M = Measure phase, in this phase we measure the process, we collect basic information about the process/product and we determine the improvement goals.
A = Analysis phase, in this phase you determine the main causes, those are the process factors that have the most influence on the process output.
I = Improve phase, we determine the best options to improve process performance and we test these solutions.
C = Control phase, the best solution is implemented and the project and new working methods are secured and transferred.
The productivity safety, efficiency and reliability of your assets is fundamental
Vermeer Reliability focuses on the physical mechanisms of your plant and the development of a robust maintenance practice, whilst providing ongoing support to the people responsible in your team.
This includes the development of Asset Care Packages and Preventative Maintenance Standard (ISO 14224) to improve equipment life cycles. Here’s some key ways we can help:
- Criticality analysis
- FMECA (Failure Mode and Effect Cause Analysis) – to understand what condition monitoring is applicable.
- Plant registers and asset labelling.
- Implement a structured framework for a plant or factory to adopt.
- Reliability Centered Maintenance – Condition Based Maintenance for Run To Failure.
- We provide mentoring and engineering awareness training for your team to improve services on site
We are able to support sites across Belgium and internationally. Vermeer Reliability has delivered multiple significant savings for small-to-medium companies to multinational blue chips from industry sectors including: Chemical industry, Pharmaceutical, Water & Waste-water, Food&Beverage, Oil&Gas, Power Generation.
Every situation and problem is different. Get in touch, so we can asses your situation or needs and provide the plan to help you.
Our services include:
- Asset Life Extension Plans
- Criticality Studies
- Life Cycle Cost (LCC) vs Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- Equipment Maintenance Plan (EMP)
- Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)
- Autonomous Maintenance
- Failure Mode Effect Cause Analysis (FMECA)
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Maintenance Reviews
- Critical Spares Reviews
- Maintenance Planning & Scheduling
- Asset Management
- CMMS Systems & Implementation