How do you know if YOU need robustness? It is a combination of testing and analysis. Can you afford it? How do you decide? This video helps set the stage for this decision. [Read more…]
Do You Need Robustness?
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What’s Stopping Your Organization from Improving?
A View From the Shop Floor on What is Preventing Improvement
I recently had a very interesting discussion with a craftsman at a large automotive manufacturer. During this discussion, he outlined a few of the issues he saw in his plant, and why they weren’t able to overcome them.
The craftsman indicated that he had been reading my previous posts and that it all made sense. In fact, he stated, ” it is common sense, but we don’t have that here”.
Using IOT Intelligent Things to Monitor Risk in Real-time
Using IOT Intelligent Things to Monitor Risk in Real-time
Although in ISO 31000 monitoring risk is another of its key tenets, I again see little monitoring in most risk management systems. Periodic review, dashboards, heat maps, and KRI reports are all Review (a different ISO 31000 tenet) not monitoring. IoT technology can deliver real-time monitoring of risk for more than just physical environmental metrics.
To monitor means to supervise and continually check and critically observe. It means to determine the current status and to assess whether or not the required or expected performance levels are actually being achieved. [Read more…]
The 5 Whys Method of Root Cause Analysis
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It’s important when resolving a problem that you address the problem and not a symptom of the problem. Determining the real problem is called finding the root cause. There are special techniques for determining the root cause of a problem. One technique is known as “The 5 Whys.” [Read more…]
Why an owner of a task or deliverable doesn’t really exist…
When it comes to ensuring a task or deliverable is accomplished, we often see the word “owner” used. Perhaps surprisingly, there really is no true ‘owner’ of anything in the context of program or project management.
We can begin explaining this with two adjectives: responsible and accountable.
Is Safety Really Important?
Something to think about in a day and age when most companies post their Mission, Vision and Goals on the company web page. Do we really stand behind these statements and demonstrate the behaviors that clearly show we are willing to do what it takes to create a safe workplace? [Read more…]
Do Companies Need Robust Design?
I know what Robust Design is, but do companies really need it? If so, who needs it and why? This video helps address that question. [Read more…]
Learning About Asset Management
My personal insights on Asset Management
NOTE: This post will be a little different from my normal posts. Instead of discussing a specific topic, I will be covering my journey in understanding Asset Management and some key takeaways from the journey. [Read more…]
Risk and the Limitations of Knowledge
Guest Post by Geary Sikich (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)
Awareness of risk can lead to unforeseen risk behaviors based on knowledge that is sufficiently convincing to lead to false positives.
“The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.”
― attributed to Aristotle
Rolling Bearing Vibration Detection
Roller bearing vibration measurement is one of the major condition monitoring tools in regular use. By measuring the velocity, acceleration and frequencies emitted from a rolling bearing it is possible to tell its condition and the likelihood of imminent failure. The technology is well established and well proven but requires a good understanding of equipment vibration characteristics before a user can draw good interpretations from the results.
Keywords: out of balance, vibration analysis, bearing life [Read more…]
FMEA Q and A – Where do reliability requirements belong in an FMEA?
FMEA Q and A
Can you take into account reliability or durability functions in an FMEA? How can this be done? A reader asks this question, and it is discussed and answered in this FMEA Q and A article.
“A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.”
Francis Bacon
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How Do You Respond When Engineering Struggles?
When your engineering project struggles, how do you respond? This video provides a sports analogy to the situation. Get back to the fundamentals – and Design of Experiments can be part of that process.
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Assessing Your Asset Management System
What You Must Know About Assessing Your Asset Management System
Often times organizations want to determine where they in their journey of asset management. This usually takes place in the form of benchmarking or assessing their asset management system against the standard. Before progressing any further, it is important to understand the difference between an assessment and an audit; [Read more…]
Using Big Data to Identify Trends and Evolving Risks
Guest Post by Greg Caroll (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)
Probably one of the most recognized but least understood disruptive technologies for Risk Management in the 2020’s is Big Data. [Read more…]
Dust Control Concepts
Dust control concepts. Industrial dust is the result of material escaping from the confines of a process or a storage location. The size of the problem depends on the dust’s characteristics and the means of its distribution. The best policy to control dust is to not let it escape from where it ought to belong. There are simple techniques that can be used to manage dust and prevent it from becoming a major health and environmental problem once the mechanism of creation and distribution are under stood. [Read more…]
