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Plain-language guides for plant teams
Short, practical explanations of the routines that keep a plant safe and running: permits, near misses, breakdowns, spare parts, handovers and reliability numbers.
What is a permit to work?
A permit to work is a written authorization for risky maintenance. Learn the common types, the lifecycle from request to close, and where permits fail.
Read the guideNear-miss reporting
What counts as a near miss, why reports go unfiled, what a useful report records, and how to turn reports into fixes instead of a pile of forms.
Read the guideBreakdown troubleshooting
A practical workflow for an equipment stoppage: make it safe, record the alarm, check history and the manual, fix, and verify the restart.
Read the guideSpare parts reorder points
How to calculate a spare parts reorder point from usage, lead time and safety stock, how to treat critical parts, and the mistakes that cause stockouts.
Read the guideShift handover log
What a good shift handover contains, how to make sure the incoming shift really received it, and the common ways handovers lose information.
Read the guideMTBF, MTTR and availability
Plain definitions of MTBF, MTTR and availability, the formulas, a worked example, and the data-quality mistakes that make the numbers misleading.
Read the guideThese guides are general information for people who run and maintain plants. They are not legal advice. Check the current regulations and your own site procedures.
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