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What Your Lube Room
Says About Your
Lubrication Program
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LUBRICANT RECEPTION & STORAGE
Travis Richardson
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Noria Corporation
Overview
One of the
most common
misconceptions
about lubricants
is that new oil
is clean oil."
Whether you are eating out at a
restaurant or preparing a meal at
home, you expect your food to be
handled with care and safe to eat.
But most people rarely think about
the rules and regulations that keep food safe
for consumers. ink about it: the food you
eat has been grown and harvested, sent to
a plant to be processed and packaged and
then shipped to a store or restaurant for you
to purchase. is process may have taken
many days and covered a thousand miles, but
every step of the way, care has been taken
to make sure your food is safe. Otherwise,
the consequences to people's health could
be high. Even if all the care in the world is
taken, if one step in the chain fails to use
good practices, all the previous safety steps
are worth nothing.
What if lubrication programs treated
their lubricants with the same care as food
processors treat their food? e lubricant
reception and storage lifecycle is a vital part
of a lube program. A lot of work goes into
to selecting the proper viscosity, base oils
and additive packages before a lubricant
is brought on-site. If that lubricant is not
cared for in a certain way on site, it could
compromise the lubricant and invalidate the
lubricant selection efforts. Let's look at how
the Lubricant Reception & Storage Lifecycle
Stage can help by going through all three
levels: Platform, Management and KPI's—as
well as the factors within each level.
Key Performance
Indicator Level
Management Level
Platform Level
• R1P – Quality Control Process
• R2P – Lubricant Storage &
Lube Room
• R3P – Lubrication Safety
Practices Management
• R4M – Inventory
• R5M – Reception & Storage
Training KPI's
• R6K – Reception & Storage
