Noria new audit service helps manufacturing and processing sites save money through identifying and implementing maintenance and lubrication best practice

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(2004), "Noria new audit service helps manufacturing and processing sites save money through identifying and implementing maintenance and lubrication best practice", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 56 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ilt.2004.01856bad.011

Noria new audit service helps manufacturing and processing sites save money through identifying and implementing maintenance and lubrication best practice

Noria new audit service helps manufacturing and processing sites save money through identifying and implementing maintenance and lubrication best practice

Keywords: Lubrication, Maintenance, Audit, BPR

Independent oil analysis and lubrication training and consultancy firm Noria UK Ltd announces the launch of a new on-site Opportunities Audit. The audit can help manufacturing and processing sites across diverse industries make huge savings on maintenance and lubrication through prolonging equipment life, reducing the frequency of equipment failures and reducing consumption of maintenance consumables.

The new service surveys clients current lubricant related maintenance practices, identifies where improvement is required, then sets priorities for improvement and provides direction for implementation of best practice in the most cost effective manner. By following Noria UK's best practice recommendations, clients across industries including pulp and paper, steel milling, water, transport, petrochemical and power generation can benefit from a higher return on investment and improved profitability.

The opportunities audit follows Noria's structured approach to consulting on the management of a lubrication programme and provides a general assessment of an organisation's entire machinery lubrication and oil analysis programme. For over 2-3 days, the facility is rated on issues related to effective maintenance, lubrication and oil analysis practice including purchasing, education, storage, dispensing and condition based monitoring and contamination control.

Using the survey results, an evaluation report is compiled including productivity, environmental impact, and health and safety considerations. A return on investment is calculated detailing the benefit and impact of raising the standards across the site. World-class targets are set and a proposal to raise the standard from the initial audit towards achieving the new targets is determined. Key performance indicators (KPIs) are set to determine the progress. Finally, the report outlines a five-point hit list of actions that would offer immediate benefit.

“It is an unfortunate fact that when it comes to maintenance issues, many manufacturing and processing sites are merely monitoring bad practices, or are too busy fighting fires to implement a proactive strategy,” comments Martin Williamson, Noria UK Ltd. “The three key factors to a successful maintenance and reliability programme are alignment, balancing and lubrication. Companies generally have a strong alignment and balance programme but fail to meet the world-class standards in lubrication. Recognising that oil is not just another consumable, but a vital lubrication component, is key to realising the production and commercial benefits of good maintenance practices.”

In conjunction with the opportunities audit Noria also offers an optional training programme suitable for non-technical staff outlining the business importance of lubrication. Feedback is presented by Noria's expert consultants allowing senior management opportunity to review the actions and to show commitment to their maintenance team.

For more information on Noria's training and consultancy services, please contact: Noria UK Ltd. Tel: +44 (0)1244 659 381; E-mail: mwilliamson@noria.co.uk; Web site: http://www.noria.co.uk