Somebody on site has to own the tires
Programs fail for an organizational reason more often than a technical one. The specifications are agreed, the inspection schedule is set, everybody nods, and then nothing happens because the work belonged to nobody in particular.
Tires sit awkwardly on most sites. They are not quite maintenance, not quite operations, and not quite purchasing. Which means the pressure check that should happen weekly happens when somebody has a quiet morning, and the removal that should have happened at a particular wear point happens when a tire fails.
The fix is not complicated and it is not a Purcell decision. Name somebody. One person who holds the tire schedule, who the store deals with, and who has the authority to take a machine out of service for an hour.
An operation that does that gets a working program. One that does not gets a document.
What the program covers
- Specification by machine and application.
- Scheduled inspection, including pressures, which is where the saving is.
- Removal decisions, so casings come off while they are worth retreading.
- Wheel refurbishing, since the wheel is expensive and repairable.
- OTR services for fitting and repair.
- Reporting, which is what the named person uses.
What is not available here
Mobile service. Springdale is the Arkansas location for planned tire work at a site, so a program run from here is built around work at the store.
The first conversation
The machine list with makes, models, sizes and quantities. Application and surface for each. Hours per shift. What is failing now. Site access and induction. Who the named person is going to be.
About this store
The Mabelvale store runs seventeen services and is managed by Corey Germany. Jonesboro and Springdale also run mining programs in Arkansas.
See the national mining fleet services page for all 13 locations.