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Arts sector prepares to re-open
Australia’s much-loved arts sector has not been immune to the coronavirus pandemic. Our galleries, museums and libraries across Australia closed doors to the public months ago, leaving a void for many individuals.
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Assets getting greater – Great Western Highway upgrade
The Great Western Highway runs from Sydney to Bathurst, across the Blue Mountains, and is one of Australia’s most iconic roads. It is a well-used route for the freight industry, tourists, and families, providing the connecting link between regional centres of Portland, Bathurst, and Lithgow.
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Asset Management System Benefits for Industry and Government
Rami Affan provided a great presentation on Asset Management System Benefits for Industry and Government in our Sydney Chapter’s virtual technical meet last Thursday evening. An excellent summary of the Policy position and implementation requirements for NSW government agencies and a great update on where Infrastructure NSW is up to on their journey implementing consistent Asset Management Systems providing benefit for the citizens of NSW.
Juggling Maintenance and Reliability with OEMs
It’s rather obvious to state that maintenance of assets results in a greater reliability of that asset. In asset management circles, a well-oiled machine is not just a metaphor. But with large engineering assets, sometimes the reliability of your asset relies on external providers, such as OEMs, as well as your own business. What happens to your asset maintenance plan when depending on suppliers as part of reliability?
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Data Mining in Asset Management
Working with data is a must. In our technical world, we can’t avoid data.
Within asset management, data can help businesses build value. This can be achieved via data mining, which is the extraction of patterns within large data sets, and as there is almost always valuable information contained in every large data set, discovering these patterns will help to inform decisions at all levels of a business. The trick lies in avoiding the pitfalls to find and use that valuable information.
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