Our team members have worked for many clients including nuclear and thermal power, pipeline, T&D, oil and chemical, cement, building products, aircraft manufacturing, mail delivery, the Indonesian Government, US Military and others.

Examples of our team members' successes are highlighted below:

Performed Craft Skills Assessments and Training for multiple plants at a major Building Products Corporation

• Advisory First is accredited by the National Center for Construction, Education and Research (NCCER) to perform craft skills assessments and training.
• Training performed met or exceeded all expectations.
• Craft skills training is a vital step in achieving optimum plant reliability and profitability.

Provided training and implementation of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) at a major Building Products Corporation

• Trained key plant personnel in the basics of RCM and how to apply it to make substantial improvement in critical asset reliability and reduced downtime.
• One of the keys to optimum plant reliability is to ensure “the right work” is  identified.  Advisory First’s unique RCM approach does just that.
• AF will either perform RCM as a “turn-key” project, or, train your key employees how to do it so that a legacy is left for your future successes.

Performed ARM Benchmarking Assessments for a major Building Products Corporation

• Many of the recommendations have been implemented.
• Provided recommendations regarding RR&E and organizational structure for a division reliability program.

Implemented Management-Of-Daily-Activities (MDA^TM) at a major Building Products Corporation

• Substantial increase in Craft productivity (over 70% in a two-month period)

                  - This means that the existing craft performed 70% more maintenance! In other
                    words, you do not need to hire more craft. Just get more out of the craft you
                    have!
  
• Developed a reliability organization including RR&E for key personnel.
• Schedule adherence improved from below 50% to an average of 75%.
• Significant improvements in production and plant availability have been made

Developed ARM Program for Nuclear Power Plant

• Quantum Increase in Production of Electricity.
• 51% - 97.7% increase in Capacity Factor (CF) resulting in tens of millions in gross annual profits..

Developed business process for installation of Maximo at a major thermal power generating station

• Significant improvement in utilization of Maximo software.
• Increased efficiency in the conduct of asset reliability and maintenance processes.

Implemented Reliability Centered Maintenance program for government owned thermal power plants in Indonesia

• Numerous solutions identified that have dramatically increased generation of electricity.
• Trained plant managers and key employees in how to sustain and improve the RCM process.

Selected, integrated and implemented a pilot Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for one of the largest oil and gas pipeline companies in North America

• Initiated RCM/FMEA to develop failure cause codes for continuous improvement.

Implemented Inventory Management Process for a plant owned by the largest private company in North America

• $400-$600,000 savings in parts recovery and process enhancements.
• Savings of over 1 million dollars expected by benefits of enhanced inventory management process.

Implemented a formal Planning & Scheduling Process for a Major Airplane Manufacturer

• Increase in workforce productivity of 15-50% over 40 Customer Service Groups.  What this means is that the existing craft were able to perform substantially more work without the need to hire additional employees.

Implemented “Start-Up” maintenance program for major mail carrier

• Performed RCM/FMEA and implemented a Predictive Maintenance Program for a facility with construction costs exceeding 4 billion dollars.
• When construction is completed, expect major gains in equipment reliability.

Developed/implemented maintenance procedures, PM, PdM, planning & scheduling processes for plants across several industry sectors

• ROI average of 5:1

Managed Total Maintenance Program for U.S. Army Battalion

• Highest equipment reliability rating on record.

Produced “White Paper” and implementation strategies for major T&D Company

• A template for industry “self-regulation.”

Performed Asset Reliability Management (ARM) Benchmarking assessments at multiple plants for a major nitrogen and fertilizer manufacturing company.  In addition, implemented follow-on ARM and RCM processes at selected plants

• Significant improvements in asset reliability were achieved.

Implemented Asset Reliability Management (ARM) program for a major chemical company

• Increase in product throughput from 76-93%.
• Increase in “first pass” quality from 83-97%.
• ROI of 50:1 (This is far above the norm but shows what can be achieved by our Advisory First team).