CTMA case studies
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The CTMA (Certified Technology Manager) is a professional credential in technology management. On the ATMAE site, certification is presented through the Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE), which lists a Certification section, a Certification & Assessment Exams page, a Board of Certification and Assessment, and a Senior Certification track. The CTMA case studies are 5 cases and about 2,975 words.
1Legacy Controls Migration at Ridgeway Extrusion
Ridgeway Extrusion operates a 24/5 sheet line controlled by a 1998 PLC and a Windows XP HMI. In the past 14 months the line had three unplanned stoppages, the longest 9 hours; contribution margin is 7,500 per hour, and broker-sourced spares now cost 40,000 a year.
602 words, about 3 min2CNC Cell Capacity at Halbrook Machining
Halbrook Machining supplies hydraulic manifolds to an OEM. Its bottleneck is a five-machine CNC lathe cell running two 8-hour shifts, five days a week; planned maintenance consumes 4 hours per machine per week.
624 words, about 3 min3Cold-Weather Seal Failures at Brightline Fluid Systems
Brightline Fluid Systems shipped 120 hydraulic power units to a mining customer in northern Alberta. Nine units leaked at the pump housing seal within the first winter, all at ambient temperatures below −25 °C; laboratory testing at −10 °C passed.
597 words, about 3 min4Warehouse System Launch at Northline Distributors
Northline Distributors is deploying a 2.4 million warehouse execution system across three distribution centers. The project is six weeks behind a 16-week plan and 10 weeks from peak season.
561 words, about 3 min5Scaling Predictive Maintenance at Vantage Foods
Vantage Foods piloted vibration monitoring on 12 critical motors for six months. The system detected four of five developing failures and produced 18% false positives; maintenance planners estimate the pilot avoided 85,000 in unplanned downtime.
591 words, about 3 min