The Trilogy is defined as set of three activities in any domain which are inter-connected and make the ‘thought’ embedded in these three facets fully complete after the final act. If one looks at three major constituents of MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhauls) ,these also reflect a very well linked subsets of a ‘Trilogy’ which […]
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“It is not rocket science, we’re just automating the mundane tasks.” The Evolution of Predictive and Condition Based Maintenance over the last 40 Years By Brig YVR Vijay Introduction 1. Adding condition monitoring and predictive maintenance for legacy equipment is touted today as a significant source of return on investment (ROI). For some, predictive […]
MRO FOR LAND SYSTEMS IN INDIAN ARMY Background MRO stands as an acronym of Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul as well as Maintenance & Repair Operations. In either of these constructs, it covers the entire range of war fighting but unfortunately has been relegated to routine activity that too somewhere at one of the lowermost steps […]
In a battle scenario the simple processes of maintenance and repair can become an important factor. Military equipment is complex by its nature as it is designed to produce results in the most difficult of environments. The profile of this equipment keeps changing and thus makes the maintenance of military equipment an ever changing conundrum. […]
Repair of an equipment can only be carried out if certain elements are present at the point of repair. The first element is skilled manpower . This person who is there and who has to carry out the repairs must have the knowledge and skills to do what is necessary to repair and bring the […]
(4 minutes read)This is about the value of the maintainer who can also be a trainer. Let us coin the word “maintainer-trainer” to describe such an individual. I have been a maintainer-trainer both in India and abroad. There are certain basic ingredients in any maintenance organization. First is the skilled individual. A skilled individual who […]
(2 minutes read) Performance based logistics (PBL) or performance based contracting is a system in which instead of buying spares and services, the contractor must assist in ensuring a specific and measurable serviceability level of equipment. The goal being high equipment availability with minimum logistics footprint leading to a cost effective and efficient maintenance system. […]
(3 minutes read) In a war zone every type of resource becomes scarce. This is equally true for the military maintainer. His skills, knowledge and ability become his mainstay. Each one of these is something which becomes critical because backup becomes almost impossible. At the crucial point when everything must work, the one resource which […]
