Interview of Peter Morrison from PWCS (14 minutes)

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Peter Morrison Interview - Cost Reduction with Payback within 6 Months

Peter is a very experienced and widely respected member of our maintenance community. A lot a Peter's experience has come from various roles in Aluminium refinery businesses in Australia and overseas. Peter currently works at Port Waratah Coal Services (PWCS) in Newcastle as the Specialist Adviser Maintenance Systems.

Interview by Peter Todd - IMRt Facilitator NSW

I started the interview by asking Peter what suggestions he had for maintenance people who where under strong cost reduction pressures, with a focus on initiatives that could give a payback in less than 6 months. Download mp3 file of the interview Takes about 50 seconds depending on your system.

Topics covered in at attached interview are:-

  • Identifying what is causing your costs
  • Deferring Costs
  • Assessing downday and other costs
  • Deferring downdays and minimising scopes
  • Spares cost reductions
  • Reducing spares stock holding levels
  • Cost reporting systems
  • Understanding your costs
  • Identifying costs before they occur
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