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Whitepapers & Guides
March 20 2023

The Basics of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Infographic

Overall Equipment Effectiveness Infographic OEE is a metric that's the gold standard maintenance managers use to assess how well equipment is performing. Learn what factors contribute to Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), why organizations need to measure and benchmark it against…
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Whitepapers & Guides
January 30 2023

OEE Calculator

OEE stands for Overall Equipment Effectiveness. This metric is the gold standard that maintenance managers use to assess how well equipment is performing. OEE is meant to answer three equipment performance-related questions: How often is equipment available to run? How…
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Blog
January 27 2023

Top 5 Online Firefighter Wellness and NFPA Training Courses

Firefighter wellness is crucial for maintaining safety and effectiveness on the job, which can be mentally and physically demanding. It also has a significant impact on a firefighter's overall well-being, including their short and long-term mental and physical health, as…
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Blog
January 4 2023

Early Intervention: The Recipe for Retention in Public Safety…

Because of the special obligations public safety agencies have to the communities they serve—as well as the high stakes and potential liabilities involved—a proper strategy for retaining high-quality employees is critical. A passive approach to staffing and leadership is simply…
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Blog
January 4 2023

Five Crucial Early Intervention Features to Support Staff, Improve…

Effective communication is essential for any organization to work smoothly, and the ability to communicate clearly and candidly can mean the difference between success and stagnation. Most leaders know that taking the time to praise a team member for a…
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Blog
December 7 2022

Best Practices to Transform Your Training Program with Technology

In the fire service, doing more with less is a constant reality:   Provide services to a growing population but do it without additional staffing.  Improve your ISO score but do it without increased budgeting.   Ensure proper coverage but do it…
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November 17 2022

Best Practices for Meeting Annual Training and Recertification Requirements:…

On Nov. 3, Vector Solutions’ Matt Shronts and Tim Riley presented a webinar covering training "best practices" for fire agencies to meet their annual training and recertification requirements. More than 400 people registered for the webinar with Fire Engineering as…
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Whitepapers & Guides
October 21 2022

White Paper: Manufacturing Downtime and the Bottom Line

A skilled workforce is essential to preventative maintenance and mitigating costly downtime. This white paper is a critical piece linking the investment of training and technology to shop floor operations and the bottom line for organizations.  In this white paper…
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Blog
April 5 2022

Using OEE as a KPI Metric for Your Maintenance

When performed poorly, maintenance can sometimes be viewed as a cost center by plant managers, but if it’s performed in a proactive, preventive manner that focuses on reliability and increasing machine uptime and production, it can instead be viewed as…
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