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RM 007 A Conversation with ITM Consulting’s Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall

RM 007 A Conversation with ITM Consulting’s Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall

A Conversation with ITM Consulting’s Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall

I’ve known Phil Zarrow and Jim Hall for many years. Phil, Jim, and what they describe as their brothers, operate ITM Consulting, a consulting and advisory firm for the electronic assembly located in Springfield, TN. Phil and Jim also produce a question and answer program, answering technical assembly-related questions in an equally valuable and humorous manner. As you will hear, Phil and Jim, while taking their customer’s problems seriously, don’t take themselves too seriously, which is one of the things I love about them.

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

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

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

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/robsreliabilityproject/

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147 – What is Oil Analysis with Robert Kalwarowsky

147 – What is Oil Analysis with Robert Kalwarowsky

What is Oil Analysis with Robert Kalwarowsky

Lubrication is an important part of asset management and oil analysis plays a major role in keeping the lubrication system of your machines well. There are a number of factors that need to be taken into account while checking the lubricant for impurities and high viscosity etc. That’s why it is important to check the oiling process of the gearboxes and other machine parts that would fail if the condition of the lubricant is not up to the standards. There are a lot of precautions and different tests to make sure that the machines run smoothly.

In this episode, we covered:

  • Why is oil analysis important?
  • Why it’s important to have leaders!
  • Where do you start?
  • And much more!

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RRP 041 Reliability Centered Maintenance – Reengineered with Jesus Sifonte

RRP 041 Reliability Centered Maintenance – Reengineered with Jesus Sifonte

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

Follow Jesus Sifonte on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesus-sifonte-18714a12/

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SOR 399 Paths to Learning Reliability

SOR 399 Paths to Learning Reliability

Paths to Learning Reliability

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Chris and Fred discuss about how to learn to be a reliability engineer. And ‘learn’ means different things. It could be experiential learning. It could be academic learning. It could be instructional or ‘mentorship’ learning. And you tend to be a particular type of a reliability engineer based on how you learn about reliability. But there are pros and cons for each approach. And sometimes, you just ‘stumble’ into a learning process when a company sponsors you to become their expert. There are so many different ways to learn about reliability. This podcast talks about some of the more common ways, and how each tailors to a certain learning path.
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146 – Distance Learning and Coaching with Bill Leahy

146 – Distance Learning and Coaching with Bill Leahy

Distance Learning and Coaching with Bill Leahy

Distance learning is becoming more trendy in the industry and is preferred by a lot of students especially the ones doing their Masters. The biggest reason that the students choose distance learning over traditional learning is because of the flexibility of the process. Due to this supreme advantage, anyone can get into an online course. It is particularly very advantageous for people who have jobs or need to take care of their families. It is really good for the parents who have limited time and need flexible study hours which distance learning provides. The institutions are becoming more inclined towards it these days.

In this episode, we covered:

  • What is distance learning?
  • What are the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning?
  • How to excel in distance learning?
  • And much more!

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RRP 040 Risk, Decision Making & Uncertainty with Devin Luquist

RRP 040 Risk, Decision Making & Uncertainty with Devin Luquist

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

Follow Devin Luquist on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/devinluquist

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

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SOR 398 Introducing Accendo Reliability 2020

SOR 398 Introducing Accendo Reliability 2020

Introducing Accendo Reliability 2020

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Chris and Fred discuss the new challenges of reliability in the upcoming years. Accendo was originally setup to help reliability professionals in an objective and broad forum. And this appeared to fill a void. Trade magazines are over-bearing, with sponsor adds replacing well thought-out articles. Professional societies are becoming less and less relevant (but more expensive). And Accendo lists ‘competitor’ programs, blogs and articles where other organizations strictly focus on their products, courses, books and so on. So Accendo has become the only ‘one stop shop’ for the reliability engineering community who want to develop their skills.

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