Clive Moore MIEAus- AMC , RMIA
Topic Reliability and Resilience in the metal casting Industry.
The Australia metal casting industry is an essential manufacturer and important /critical supplier to many other industries in Australia.
From the Commonwealth Governments perspective, Metal Casting is regarded as a Sovereign Industry, especially for local defence manufacturing purposes.
Both Federal and all State governments have departments that are involved in supporting Australian manufacturing, to provide employment opportunities and to be able to be a local supplier of products, for the Australian markets.
However, like all manufacturers in Australia, there is constant pressure from clients, as to on time delivery at the required quality and at a competitive cost!
Many Australian manufacturing and overseas companies, have adopted manufacturing improvement strategies and Software including A.I that are focused on the actual plant Reliability and the Operational Equipment Effectiveness, this is an area of potential opportunity for the Australian Metal Casting Industry...
The use of purpose designed technology also extends into improving energy management and also can assist OHS&E outcomes, with the potential to provide a level of Resilience to meet enforced changes from external parties such as the EPA , also insurance companies have a vested interest in the risk management strategies deployed by companies and importantly the owner/ shareholders need to have an ROI