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Machinery Lubrication Sept Oct 2014

Machinery Lubrication magazine published by Noria Corporation

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50 | September - October 2014 | www.machinerylubrication.com By Suz y hitchcock, icMl Since winning the 2008 John R. Battle award for excel- lence in machinery lubrication, Eli Lilly and Co. has continued to develop its lubrication program not only in the United States but around the world. The company operates more than 20 manufacturing sites internationally, with each having its own goals, objectives, culture, challenges and reliability journey. In 2009, Rendela Wenzel took the reins of Eli Lilly's corporate lubrication technical team. She has continued to grow the lubrica- tion program and has recently taken on a new role to further drive reliability. As the new global process owner for reliability, Wenzel is responsible for all of Lilly's policies and direction for reliability and predictive maintenance (PdM). "I have been in this role for six months, and I am making some excellent progress with sites all over the world," Wenzel says. "Reli- ability in the past few years has taken on a life of its own at Eli Lilly. This is due in large part to winning the John R. Battle award and the need to bring areas up to speed in their efforts to control costs and produce more than ever before." This year, Wenzel created a lubrication assessment and an end-user guide to assess each manufacturing site's overall lubrication program performance. The assessment covers seven different sections — storage, handling/dispensing, safety, training, lubrication PMs, oil analysis and recycling — with multiple questions in each section. The scores for all of the sections are totaled to produce an overall score for each site. The sites are responsible for identifying deficiencies in their programs and providing Wenzel with an action plan. The plan must then be implemented by the end of 2015. Each CER TIFICATION NEWS l u b r i c a t i o n P r o g r a m s elI lIlly sPreAds Award-winning lUBrICAtIoN ProGrAm Around the world One of Eli Lilly's world-class lube rooms

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