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Week of 29 March 2021: Boneyard Blues

Mar 25, 2021 at 11:46 am by topdog18

Email Jim at jim.thompson@ipulpmedia.com I hate boneyards. These piles of junk provide a false sense of security, causing clueless managers to think there is something there t.... Read More

Week of 22 March 2021: Overdependence

Mar 18, 2021 at 11:46 am by topdog18

Email Jim at jim.thompson@ipulpmedia.com From July 1925 to December 1970, Popular Science Monthly, a familiar magazine here in the US, ran a feature called Gus Wilson's Model.... Read More

Week of 15 March 2021: Maintenance--it is not just wrenches and volt meters any longer

Mar 11, 2021 at 11:46 am by topdog18

Email Jim at jim.thompson@ipulpmedia.com Foolishly, back in the early days of personal computers (my business bought its first one in December of 1979), I thought we would buy.... Read More

Week of 8 March 2021: Who dominated your mill design--operations or maintenance?

Mar 04, 2021 at 11:46 am by topdog18

Email Jim at jim.thompson@ipulpmedia.com With experience, one can walk on to an operating floor and determine which faction, operations or maintenance, had the larger influenc.... Read More

Week of 1 March 2021: Maintenance Month

Feb 25, 2021 at 11:46 am by topdog18

Email Jim at jim.thompson@ipulpmedia.com Is there anything left to be said about maintenance that I have not already said in the last twenty years of writing this column? Yes,.... Read More