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site also has a reliability champion who is the
point of contact for the PdM programs.
When reliability and predictive mainte-
nance in general were not improving as quickly
as desired, Eli Lilly's management realized that
some areas were better than others in the reli-
ability space and as a result started to integrate
these improvements into their business plans.
Wenzel explains that Lilly's vice president of
corporate engineering has become a major
supporter of reliability and has made this a
priority for the overall corporate agenda.
"I am also writing a business case to
increase our overall support in the PdM space
to include our in-house oil sampling, vibration
and thermography," Wenzel said. "We are
increasing the ser vices in this group to not
only do an overall screen for oil samples but
to provide analytical ferrography expertise as
well as post-mortem analysis in a mini-lab
that we have created. We have excellent
craftsmen who own and support these tech-
nologies and want to help provide solid
analysis and results."
According to Wenzel, there is still a ways to
go in implementing these programs and
driving change, but many of the sites have
already begun their journey toward excellence.
"I am truly blessed to be in this global reli-
ability program role and help drive reliability
and lubrication globally," she said. "It's time to
take this program to the next level, and I'm
determined to make it happen."
Wenzel's group has developed two courses
on basic and advanced lubrication fundamen-
tals. These courses cover proper oil sampling
and analysis practices as well as program
design and management. Her team has trained
more than 900 engineers, craftsmen, supervi-
sors and technicians in these techniques. She
is now expanding the program to include webi-
nars for employees outside the United States.
With all the changes that have occurred
since winning the Battle award, Wenzel says
that this has been a very exciting time at Eli
Lilly. She also hopes to apply for the Augustus
H. Gill award very soon.
To learn more about how your organiza-
tion can win one of the recognition of
excellence awards from the International
Council for Machiner y Lubrication (ICML),
visit w w w.lubecouncil.org. The awards are
open to end-user companies worldwide, inde-
pendent of any involvement with ICML. To
submit a nomination, email your plant infor-
mation to info@lubecouncil.org.
