RRP 049 RCM-R Deep Dive with Jesus Sifonte

On this week’s episode, I welcome back on to the show, author of RCM – Re-Engineered, Jesus Sifonte to take a deeper look at RCM.  We talk about the importance of defining a proper operating context, primary, secondary and hidden functions and why having a champion is vital in the implementation stage.

My calendar has been filling up lately with conferences and I wanted to let you know where I’ll be podcasting and speaking.  I’ll be at Reliable Asset World in Clearwater Beach, Florida May 14-17 and I’ll be at Asset Management Manitoba Summit on June 7th in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

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Check out PdM Tech –  http://www.pdmtechusa.com/

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RRP 048 FMECA with Andrew Curry

On this week’s episode, I welcome on Andrew Curry to the podcast to discuss Failure Mode, Effects & Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and changing reliability culture from reactive to proactive.

My calendar has been filling up lately with conferences and I wanted to let you know where I’ll be podcasting and speaking.  I’ll be at Reliable Asset World in Clearwater Florida May 14-17 and I’ll be at Asset Management Manitoba Summit on June 7th in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

I’m looking for a new opportunity in maintenance & reliability so if you hear of any open positions that I might be suited for please let me know on LinkedIn or send me an email at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

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RRP 047 Calibration with John Cummins

On this week’s episode, I welcome on John Cummins, the CEO of CalOpex.  We discuss why calibration frequencies need to be risk-based and why we need to talk about calibration at our facilities.

My calendar has been filling up lately with conferences and I wanted to let you know where I’ll be podcasting and speaking.  I will be in Chicago, Illinois at MaintenanceCon April 15-17th.  Then I’ll be at Reliable Asset World in Clearwater Florida May 14-17 and I’ll be at Asset Management Manitoba Summit on June 7th in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

I’m looking for a new opportunity in maintenance & reliability so if you hear of any open positions that I might be suited for please let me know on LinkedIn or send me an email at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

If you enjoy the show, please tell your colleagues in reliability about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn.  If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Check out CalOpex – www.calopex.com

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RRP 046 Reliability Blockchain with Tim Ingram

This week, I welcome on Tim Ingram.  Tim is an asset management consultant and the chair of UK’s mirror committee for ISO 55000.  In this episode, I speak to Tim about reliability blockchain, a concept of crowdsourcing reliability data from OEMs and equipment users.  If you’re interested to learn more after the episode, check out reliabilityblockchain.com

My calendar has been filling up lately with conferences and I wanted to let you know where I’ll be podcasting and speaking.  I will be in Chicago, Illinois at MaintenanceCon April 15-17th.  Then I’ll be at Reliable Asset World in Clearwater Beach, Florida May 14-17 and I’ll be at Asset Management Manitoba Summit on June 7th in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

I’m looking for a new opportunity in maintenance & reliability so if you hear of any open positions that I might be suited for please let me know on LinkedIn or send me an email at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

If you enjoy the show, please tell your colleagues in reliability about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn.  If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

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Check out reliabilityblockchain.com

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RRP 045 The Art of Reliability with Fred Schenkelberg

This week, I welcome on Fred Schenkelberg.  If you haven’t heard of Fred, you haven’t been looking hard enough.  Fred runs accendoreliability.com, does reliability consulting, teaches reliability at University of Maryland and hosts the Speaking of Reliability podcast.  In this episode, I speak to Fred about the art of reliability.  Fred answers what should reliability engineers do?  What should we be learning and gives his take on what skills we need.

My calendar has been filling up lately with conferences and I wanted to let you know where I’ll be podcasting and speaking.

I will be in Chicago, Illinois at MaintenanceCon April 15-17th.   I’ll be at Reliable Asset World in Clearwater Florida May 14-17 I’ll be at Asset Management Manitoba Summit on June 7th in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

I’m looking for a new opportunity in maintenance & reliability so if you hear of any open positions that I might be suited for please let me know on LinkedIn or send me an email at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

If you enjoy the show, please tell your colleagues in reliability about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn.  I’m putting out, at a minimum, weekly videos for that page so if you follow my personal LinkedIn, you might miss out on some great stuff.

If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

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Check out accendoreliability.com

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RRP 044 Precision Alignment with Adam Stredel

This week is another 2 part episode.  In the first part, I welcome on Maureen Gribble from UE Systems to give us some details on their conference, Reliable Asset World/Ultrasound World, May 14-17, 2019.  I’ll be there and I’ll be podcasting so if you’re heading to that conference, come say hi.

In the second part, I welcome on Adam Stredel from Ludeca to talk all things precision alignment.  Adam breaks down soft foot, thermal expansion and gives us his top tips on laser alignment.

I’m still looking for new opportunities in reliability and maintenance so if you hear of any positions that you think I would be suitable for, please let me know at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Also, I have put up a survey pinned to the top of the Rob’s Reliability Project page on LinkedIn and I would appreciate it if you filled it out.  It’s a short survey and I will read all answers so any feedback about topics that you’d like to hear, content that you liked or disliked and how I can serve you better would be greatly appreciated.  Link to survey – https://goo.gl/forms/fsABmgBp5YMyIn4I3

I got feedback from Gerard Wood about my microphone popping.  First off, thanks Gerard for the feedback.   I have tried to remedy the situation with my setup but it hasn’t appeared to work.  I have ordered a new microphone which will arrive tomorrow, however, I have some episodes in the tank so you’ll have to give me 5-6 weeks before it gets cleared up.  I apologize for the audio quality over those next few weeks and then we’ll be in the clear.

Now let’s get started on the episode.  We have Maureen Gribble up first speaking about Reliable Asset World and then Adam Stredel breaks down precision alignment.  Let’s go.

If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Check out Ludeca – https://ludeca.com/

Check out Reliable Asset World – Ultrasound World – http://www.ultrasoundworld.com/

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RRP 043 Failing Companies & Personal Development with Calvin Williams

This week, I welcome on the CEO of Impruver Technologies, Calvin Williams.  Last time Calvin was on we spent a lot of time getting into continuous improvement and some of the strategies behind it.  This time I wanted to dive deeper into a 5 Why video that Calvin made about New England Confectionery Company’s bankruptcy, however we spent more time on the continuous improvement mindset and personal development.

I’m looking for a new opportunity in maintenance & reliability so if you hear of any open positions that I might be suited for please let me know on LinkedIn or send me an email at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

If you enjoy the show, please tell your colleagues in reliability about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn.  I’m putting out, at a minimum, weekly videos for that page so if you follow my personal LinkedIn, you might miss out on some great stuff.

The book mentioned on the show – “The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results” by Gary Keller & Jay Papasan

If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

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RRP 042 Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Deep Dive with Holcombe Baird

This week, I welcome on the principal root cause analysis (RCA) investigator for Reliability Center, Holcombe Baird.  We take a deeper look at the RCA process and Holcombe gives us his insights on what makes a good investigator and how we can avoid some common mistakes.

I’m looking for a new opportunity in maintenance & reliability so if you hear of any open positions that I might be suited for please let me know on LinkedIn or send me an email at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

I mentioned this last week but the offer still stands.  I have some more time so if you have any reliability questions, frustrations or anything I can help with, I am happy to jump on a phone call with you and give you my advice.  A bonus is, if I don’t have a good answer for you, I will get in contact with the right person to get you the help you need.  I want to be clear and say I’m not charging for this and I won’t try to sell you anything, I’m just doing this to bring more value to you.

If you enjoy the show, please tell your colleagues in reliability about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn.  I’m putting out, at a minimum, weekly videos for that page so if you follow my personal LinkedIn, you might miss out on some great stuff.  If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Follow Holcombe Baird on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/holcombe-baird-272863/

Check out Reliability Center – www.reliability.com

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RRP 041 Reliability Centered Maintenance – Reengineered with Jesus Sifonte

This week, I welcome Jesus Sifonte to the show.  Jesus wrote Reliability Centered Maintenance – Reengineered with James Reyes-Picknell.  He is  also the founder of PdM Tech and Conscious Reliability. We discuss what makes a great RCM facilitator, what makes RCM-R different from classic RCM and common mistakes people make when doing an RCM.
If you enjoy the show, please tell your colleagues in reliability about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn.  I’m putting out some bonus content only for that page so if you follow my personal LinkedIn, you might miss out on some great stuff.
If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

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RRP 040 Risk, Decision Making & Uncertainty with Devin Luquist

This week, I welcome my good friend Devin Luquist to the show.  Most of you won’t know Devin but he’s a chemical engineer who has worked in oil & gas for the last 7 years before starting his own artificial intelligence company, Woven Cognition.  Devin and I went to MIT, played on the varsity water polo team, were fraternity brothers and took economics courses together.  In the episode, we take a deeper look at risk, decision-making and uncertainty.  We give you some ideas on how to take risk into your decisions, how to deal with variance and introduce expected value.

If you enjoy the show, please tell your colleagues in reliability about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn.  I’m putting out some bonus content only for that page so if you follow my personal LinkedIn, you might miss out on some great stuff.

If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

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If you have any questions for Devin Luquist – dluquist@wovencog.com

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RRP 039 Ultrasound Deep Dive with Adrian Messer

On this week’s episode, I welcome Adrian Messer from UE Systems to the show.  We talk more about how to use ultrasound as a predictive maintenance tool and different mechanical faults that you can detect.   We also dive into some of the nuts and bolts of setting up an ultrasound program including where, how often to take readings and procedures.

If you enjoy the show, please tell your colleagues in reliability about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn.  I’m putting out some bonus content only for that page so if you follow my personal LinkedIn, you might miss out on some great stuff.

If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Check out UE Systems – uesystems.com

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RRP 038 Holistic Physical Asset Management with Dharmen Dhaliah

On this week’s episode, I welcome Dharmen Dhaliah to the show.  Dharmen is the author of Physical Asset Management – An Organizational Challenge and he’s the corporate asset manager for the town of Halton Hills in Ontario, Canada.  We discuss the concept of holistic physical asset management, why we need to be better at communicating between corporate silos and why physical asset management requires significant amounts of work with a different mindset from what we currently have.

If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Check out Dharmen Dhaliah’s website to purchase Physical Asset Management – An Organizational Challenge – https://www.dharmendhaliah.com/

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RRP 037 Key Performance Indicators with James Kovacevic

This is a 2 part episode, in the first part, I welcome on Jordan Cohen, director of uMaintenance to talk about his upcoming conference, MaintenanceCon, that I will be speaking at in Chicago in April of 2019.  It’s a quick segment but hopefully some of you will join me at that conference!

In the second part of the episode, I welcome back James Kovacevic on to the show.  James is the host of Rooted in Reliability podcast and the principal instructor at Eruditio.  Be sure to stay tuned to Rooted in Reliability because I will be appearing on that podcast in March talking about oil analysis.  James and I talked about Key Performance Indicators, the difference between KPIs and metrics, leading and lagging indicators and James gives us some tips on how to correctly use metrics at our sites.

If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

To find out more about MaintenanceCon – https://www.umaintenance.com/events

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RRP 036 Listener Questions about AI with Rajiv Anand

On this week’s show, I welcome on Rajiv Anand, the founder and CEO of Quartic.AI.  During this episode, Rajiv explains different types of projects where AI would be a good solution, how much data we need to get started and answers some other listener questions.

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RRP 035 Artificial Intelligence Primer with Adam McElhinney

On this week’s episode, I welcome on Adam McElhinney.  Adam is the Chief of Machine Learning and AI Strategy from Uptake and, in his spare time, he teaches computer science and math at the Illinois Institute of Technology.  During this episode, Adam introduces us to machine learning, artificial intelligence, data science, deep learning and gives us some tips on how to implement this technology at our site.

If you have any questions, business inquiries or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Check out Uptake – https://www.uptake.com/

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