Stop Putting Out Fires in Your Plant: Get Ahead of Problems

A firefighting mentality is one where plants are frantically rushing to solve unexpected problems, making impulsive decisions, and applying short term “band-aid” solutions to restore production as quickly as possible. Plants are up against a wide variety of risks to productivity and product quality. Human error, equipment failure, cyber-attack, and natural disaster all have the potential to cause significant downtime. This paper discusses proactive actions you can take and tools you can use to break this cycle and save time, money, and maintenance efforts.