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This time of year, people talk a lot about joy and family. But what about finding joy in the workplace? Most people in the Reliability profession spend at least 40 hours each week at work (probably much more). That’s almost 25% of our total time, and more than 35% of waking hours if you average 8 hrs of sleep per night. Who wants to spend a third of their life without joy?
If your workplace is getting you down or just plain blah, here are some ways to make a change. [Read more…]
Improving reliability is easier said than done.
Often times you can develop great PM routines, improve equipment and have the right processes in place, but reliability doesn’t improve. Why is that?
It all comes down to people. People are the heart of reliability, whether they run the equipment or maintain it.
Changing people’s perception of reliability can be a very difficult task. So where do we start?
When trying to implement such change, you will often hear of change management and change framework.
This is a great exercise and contributes greatly to success. But what if you are a Maintenance Supervisor who needs a tangible action that you can run with? [Read more…]
Reliability is not the sole responsibility of the reliability engineer but results from nearly everyone in an organization making decisions that move toward the desired product reliability performance.
As a reliability professional, I often find it necessary to explore ways to leverage my knowledge of these areas to change the culture within an organization to create a sustainable program that achieves reliable products time and again. [Read more…]
