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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
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