Machinery Lubrication magazine published by Noria Corporation
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Be Featured in the Next 'Get to Know' Section WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE FEATURED IN THE NEXT "GET TO KNOW" section or know someone who should be profi led in an upcoming issue of Machinery Lubrication magazine? Nominate yourself or fellow lubrication professionals by emailing a photo and contact information to editor@noria.com. y magazine? Nominate yourself or fellow lubrication professionals by emailing a photo and contact information to editor@noria.com. and CILs (cleaning, inspections and lubri- cation tasks) utilized, we are starting to see sustainable effi ciency gains. Q: How does your company view machinery lubrication in terms of importance and overall business strategy? A: Our company views machinery lubrica- tion as a critical part of our overall maintenance program. Through a compre- hensive oil analysis program and a well-developed lubrication program, along with the initiatives that drive best practices through the progressive maintenance and autonomous maintenance pillars of our Smucker's Quality Management System (SQMS), we are able to show signifi cant savings in maintenance costs every year that in return contribute to the company being one of the lowest cost producers of our products in the industry. Q: What do you see as some of the more important trends taking place in the lubrication and oil analysis field? A: Overall organizational awareness is starting to come to fruition. I believe it is important for ever yone in an organi- zation to understand the critical nature of lubrication best practices and how they affect each area of the business. Q: What has made your company decide to put more emphasis on machinery lubrication? A: Several things have brought machinery lubrication into the spotlight in our company. I would say the largest contribu- tors are knowledge and communication. We have an operations team like no other. This is rare these days. We all work together to execute best practices at the highest level. We have operators who understand and execute lubrication best practices. Our maintenance department is very experienced and understands the crit- icality of good lubrication practices. The strong leadership and management of our department has been the enabling factor of our successes. We have been able to provide thousands of dollars in both cost savings and cost avoidance, giving us the credibility with senior management to trust and believe in what we do.