Lean Management: Reliability Centered Maintenance Program at BART ...

Wyle Laboratories will support Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in its maintenance improvement program for the mass transit system rolling assets. ...

... "Wyle will use its expertise in applying Versatile Asset Management System principles for equipment maintenance, including Reliability Centered Maintenance process improvement techniques, a leading standard that has been used in the aerospace industry for almost 30 years. We're excited to use our technical expertise to help the Bay Area protect such an important public investment and to help BART achieve its future capacity goals, said Kevin Balsan, Wyle's project manager. This contract win is part of Wyle's business objective to provide its Reliability Centered Maintenance and Lean capabilities to new markets.

Wyle employs a team of certified maintenance and reliability professionals skilled in the Versatile Asset Management System tools of Reliability Centered Maintenance, Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma, as well as other process improvement methods. That team works at Wyle's Jacksonville, Fla., location, where management and oversight of the analysis for the BART maintenance program will take place. LEAN and Reliability Centered Maintenance consultants from Wyle will also work on-site at BART's various San Francisco Bay Area locations. " ...

Lean Management: Reliability Centered Maintenance Program: Via Wyle Laboratories: Wyle Laboratories Awarded $6.9 Million Contract to Support BART Program