Reliability Catch Up with Fred

Reliability and Maintenance industry changes very fast. The organization always enlist the help of consultants when their assets are failing. The reason why it doesn’t work sometimes is because the companies don’t know what they are looking for. Before you go about hiring some consulting firm, you need to have some certain information for them to begin with. Once you know what the problem is and what is it that you are trying to accomplish, it becomes easier for consultants to help you with overcoming failures and stopping them in the first place. You have to understand where you are at? What kind of problems are you facing?

Once you have done that, you need to know your business processes and come up with a working strategy at the very least before you install a bunch of sensors and start collecting data that you wouldn’t know what to do with. Asset hierarchy is another important thing to have in place. You can’t just record everything as it’s not a cost-effective solution. You need to perform data analysis and to get it right, you need to have the right data. There are plenty of options in the market and you should know what is fit for your purpose.

The organizations also need proper resources and people to utilize those resources the best way. There’s a shortage of reliability engineers and experienced reliability engineers are very hard to find. Having good reliability engineers, statisticians, technicians, and leaders always helps you achieve your organization goals. There’s a lot of information on the internet that can help you with some of your problems but it’s not much of a save when you have a problem that can really damage your assets. You need to have those experts that can be your champions in those situations.

Then, the selection of the right tools for a specific problem goes a long way. You should know what kind of tools are you using? What kind of problem you are dealing with? What kind of process you have in place? These are the questions that help you find the answers to a lot of problems that would be ignored otherwise. Experimenting in the lab and applying your knowledge I the field gives you insights that drive best practices but doing research, reading books on reliability and engineering also help you stay up-to-date on the latest technology, tools, and practices that are out there.

You just need to get started somewhere and then you can get better at it by applying that knowledge in different ways. You should be able to communicate that knowledge with people and also know how to convince them through a good presentation or compelling, logical explanation. There are plenty of platforms that can help you help you catch up with the latest trends and advancements in the industry but having a good book by your side always gives you an edge. Consultants can help you better if you have a starting point for them and make improvements from there.

Eruditio Links:

• Eruditio
• HP Reliability
• James Kovacevic’s LinkedIn
• Reliability Report

Fred Links:

• Accendo Reliability
• Speaking of Reliability Podcast
• reliability.fm
• Fred Schenkelberg LinkedIn, Twitter

Books:

• Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations
• Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences
• Checklist Manifesto

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