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RiM 11: Six Sigma and Reliability

RiM 11: Six Sigma and Reliability

Six Sigma and Reliability

In this episode, I speak with Sandeep (Sunny) Jadhav about Six Sigma and its importance to Reliability. Sandeep provides some great examples of how he has helped his units understand concepts of Six Sigma such as Hypothesis testing, p-value, Statistical Process Control, and the like. He is on a mission to educate people on the benefits of Six Sigma and shares his perspective and expertise on the matter.

If you would like to learn more about Six Sigma and how to get started on your journey of implementing Six Sigma, you can contact him via LinkedIn.

 

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Risk Decision Making, Frameworks, and Assessments

Risk Decision Making, Frameworks, and Assessments

Risk Decision Making, Frameworks, and Assessments

podcast episode with speaker Greg Hutchins

Disruption has been one of the major news items in 2022. Disruption results in risk. You can see ‘risk’ in almost every video, magazine, and blog. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Supply chain disruption. Climate change. New business models. Reshoring. Inflation. Price of gasoline. Can you imagine $10/gallon gasoline?

Greg will answer the following:

What is risk-based, problem-solving, and decision-making in reliability engineering and quality?

What are risk PDCA, taxonomies, risk assessment, risk management, etc?

What are the two critical risk management frameworks for problem-solving and decision-making?

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RM 097: Best Practices for Purchasing X Ray Equipment

RM 097: Best Practices for Purchasing X Ray Equipment

Best Practices for Purchasing X Ray Equipment

In this episode I speak with four experts about best practices for purchasing X ray equipment.

There are numerous manufacturers of X ray equipment each with multiple models with varying capabilities. Which type of X ray equipment is right for your application? What are the price ranges? What are the specific capabilities? What questions should I ask when speaking with manufacturers of X ray equipment? How do I define my needs? 

These and other questions will are answered by our expert panel.

Our expert panel includes:
Keith Bryant of Keith Bryant Consultancy. Keith has more than 30 years in the electronics industry and has worked for and with X ray equipment manufacturers.
Keith may be contacted here:
keith@smta.org

Dr. David Bernard of David Bernard Consultancy. Dr. Bernard has more than 20 years of experience in the X ray industry and has worked for and with X ray equipment manufacturers.
Dr. Bernard may be contacted here:
dbc@bernard.abel.co.uk

David Kruidhof is the Sales Manager for Creative Electron, a manufacturer of X ray equipment.
David may be contacted here:
dkruidhof@creativeelectron.com

Robert Boguski is the President of Datest, an analytical laboratory specializing in failure analysis. Robert is a user of X-ray equipment.
Robert may be contact here:
rboguski@datest.com

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MM S4:E029 Ramesh Gulati

MM S4:E029 Ramesh Gulati

Ramesh Gulati

There is a lot of talk about sustainability. Many organizations are taking action to reduce their carbon footprint and are advocating for electrification to replace technologies that use fossil fuels. What kind of impact will this make on maintenance and reliability?

In this week’s episode, we have Ramesh Gulati back on the show to share his insights and recommendations. Listen today!

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QDD 060 3 Tips for Planning Design Reviews

QDD 060 3 Tips for Planning Design Reviews

3 Tips for Planning Design Reviews

Many presentation books and guides seem to focus on presentations that we see at conferences, for sales pitches, or for executive meetings about business topics.

They don’t seem applicable to the technical design reviews that engineers host.

But they do relate.

We talk about just 3 ways that we can change how we can plan technical design reviews, using some of the principles of presentations.

 

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RiM 10: Reliability Culture

RiM 10: Reliability Culture

Reliability Culture

In this episode, I speak with Harish about implementing a Reliability culture and discuss some of our experiences. We also talk about what can be done to implement a culture where Reliability improvement initiatives are accepted and championed. If you want to contact Harish, you can do so via LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/harish-lala-22566942/).

If you have any questions, or want to have a chat on Reliability feel free to get in touch with me either through LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshay-athalye-cmrp-cre-63555ba3/) or send me an email on akshay.athalye2@gmail.com

 

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316-The Frustrations of Reliability: From Strategy to Synergy with Bob Latino and Ken Latino

316-The Frustrations of Reliability: From Strategy to Synergy with Bob Latino and Ken Latino

The Frustrations of Reliability: From Strategy to Synergy with Bob Latino and Ken Latino

Welcome Bob and Ken Latino to the Podcast. Bob has been to this Podcast before discussing defect elimination and is an author involved with RCA and other reliability items. Briefly, Ken, can you introduce yourself.

I worked with Bob and my other brother at our family businesses called Reliability Centre for about 15 years. I later left for a small start up called Meridian being involved in reliability softwares.  I also worked as a reliability manager at a Paper Mill for 10 years then went to GE. Presently doing consulting work Prelical.

In this episode we covered:

  • There is a lot of frustration in reliability. Where do you see it comin from?
  • What do you think reliability means to any plant manager or operations manager out there?
  • How do we break this cycle of frustrations?

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PR S4:E01 Ron Sullivan

PR S4:E01 Ron Sullivan

Ron Sullivan

Ronaldo Sullivan has over 25 years’ experience in the condition monitoring field.  He has focused on precision laser alignments and vibration analysis for most of that time. Mr. Sullivan is the Brand and Distribution Manager for the X-Series™ Shaft Alignment Lasers (Hamar Laser Instruments Inc.). He started his career as a field service engineer with Carrier Air Conditioning. Mr. Sullivan has extensive and varied field service experience such as large HVAC system troubleshooting, vibration analysis, dynamic balancing and laser alignments. He spent 15 years at VibrAlign, inc. serving a diverse customer base with laser alignment equipment and services. Fluent in Spanish (he was born in Panama), as a Regional Manager for Commtest, he traveled extensively throughout Latin America.  While serving as Director of International Sales for Azima DLI, he covered Australia as well as Latin America. Mr. Sullivan received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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MM S4:E028 Nigel D’Souza

MM S4:E028 Nigel D’Souza

Nigel D’Souza

Anyone working in an asset-intensive organization will know the importance of planning and prioritizing. In fact, without a robust planning and prioritization process, then creating a robust maintenance budget would be impossible.

In this week’s episode, we have Nigel D’Souza, Manager of Facilities Services at a District School Board in Central Ontario, to share his expertise on this topic! Tune in today.

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TLC 031 Leadership Connection Interview with Nancy Regan

TLC 031 Leadership Connection Interview with Nancy Regan

Leadership Connection Interview with Nancy Regan

The Leadership Connection Host, Doug Plucknette, interviews reliability leader Nancy Regan in Episode 31 of this series.

Nancy Regan has had a love affair (professionally speaking) with Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) for the last 2 decades. She believes that it is one of the most majestic asset management processes on the planet. She’s been at it for 20 years now and there’s nothing she would rather do.

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