A Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) program has become a key strategy in any maintenance/reliability improvement effort. In this webcast Dharmen Dhaliah provides an overview about how value can be realized from a CBM program.
Depending on the industry and the complexity of its asset a large percentage of maintenance tasks are condition-based. On-condition tasks or predictive maintenance tasks are the preferred tactics to apply when it comes to proactive maintenance. However they are not inexpensive when technologies such as vibration analysis, infrared thermography or oil analysis are required. As maintenance/reliability practitioners we fully understand the benefits of investing in a condition-based maintenance program. Our biggest challenge is how to consistently demonstrate those benefits at different level of organization to keep the program alive.
Dharmen is currently leading the development and implementation of an Asset Management framework for the SWMS Division in City of Toronto. Prior to that Dharmen worked for five years in Toronto Water as Engineer/Senior Engineer, Asset Reliability where he lead the development and standardization of maintenance and reliability practices across Toronto Water & Wastewater sites and facilities. He also successfully developed and lead the implementation of a condition based maintenance program to improve asset performance. Dharmen has over 23 years of experience in maintenance & reliability engineering, operations & asset management, and project management in a wide range of industry. Dharmen is a member of the Board of Directors of PEMAC and was also involved with the Canadian Advisory Committee (CAC) for the development and review of the Asset Management ISO 55000 Suite Standards. Dharmen is fluently bilingual and he is instructor of the Maintenance Management Program (MMP) for Northern Lakes College, Alberta and Ècole de Technologie Supérieure, Quebec.