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How a Plant Wellness Way EAM System-of-Reliability gets Operations to World Class Maintenance and Reliability Success

How a Plant Wellness Way EAM System-of-Reliability gets Operations to World Class Maintenance and Reliability Success

Companies end rat-race problems fast and get world class reliability by using the simple Plant Wellness Way EAM methodology to slash operational risk and make your plant and equipment world class reliable

How to get a Plant Wellness Way EAM system-of-reliability that ends your Production and Maintenance rat race is shown in the image below. It’s a simple strategy and plan for building a truly effective life cycle asset management system that purposely replaces old production and maintenance rat-race causing systems.

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Are You a Ghost Leader?

Are You a Ghost Leader?

How you lead and support maintenance and reliability improvements may cause it’s failure

Have you ever wondered what some leaders and ghosts have in common? Well, I will get to that, but let me paint you a picture. You have been told to start improving the storeroom, so you start by analyzing the performance, identify gaps and finally develop a plan to make the improvement. You share this improvement plan and business case with the senior leadership of the site.  You get a resounding “Let’s do it” across the room. You leave super excited to start the improvement journey. As you start implementing the improvements, you run up against multiple barriers, such as finance not willing to write off obsolete parts or sell them back to the supplier for a discount. The storeroom staff “don’t have time” to assist with the cleanup or the data analysis. Since the storeroom doesn’t directly report to you, you talk to their manager, and the manager says their staff are too busy. You go to discuss the barriers with the project sponsor and leadership team, and they are still behind the project. Yet, they don’t go out and talk to the staff, nor do you hear about the project anywhere in the facility. So where are these leaders? They are a ghost to the project. [Read more…]

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Are you Informed, or Data Distracted? You need AIM

Are you Informed, or Data Distracted? You need AIM

Asset Information is far more than just data, and it must be managed. We want to be informed, not distracted by our data. Our goal is to make “evidence-based decisions”. The “evidence” of what is going on can be very useful if it is accurate, timely, complete, and fit for its intended purpose. Increasingly, we are turning to our computers for that evidence. But do we find it? Or do we end up searching through data looking for that “needle in the haystack”? Do we spend our time making informed decisions, or seeking information from an increasingly large and confusing array of disorganized, out-of-date, inaccurate, and incomplete data? Data must be fit for purpose. 

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289 – Secrets of CMMS Implementation with Joseph Schmitt

289 – Secrets of CMMS Implementation with Joseph Schmitt

Secrets of CMMS Implementation with Joseph Schmitt

It’s my pleasure to welcome Joseph Schmitt to the podcast. He is a VP of customer success at Upkeep. The team focused on deploying and implementing upkeep at new locations.

Our customer success team is focused on driving the post onboarding relationship. It’s really honing in on adoption and making sure that customers are successful using the tool, and then also our technical support team.

In this episode we covered:

  • What would you define as a CMMS implementation?
  • Is that the definition of successful implementation or is there more or less to it?
  • What steps or process have you seen or utilized to make sure that we get that successful implementation?

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PR S2:E5 Dan Anderson, Manager, Life Cycle Institute

PR S2:E5 Dan Anderson, Manager, Life Cycle Institute

Dan Anderson, Manager, Life Cycle Institute

Dan Anderson is the Manager of the Life Cycle Institute, the learning, leadership, and change management practice at Life Cycle Engineering (LCE). Dan joined LCE in 2007 as a Learning & Reliability Solutions Consultant. He holds a Bachelor of Science and Master’s degrees in Business Administration from The Citadel. In addition, Dan serves as the Secretary for the Society of Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) where he provides oversight and direction to the SMRP Foundation and Executive Committee. [Read more…]

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Do you really need an assessment?

Do you really need an assessment?

Do you really need an assessment? Will it help, or will it create problems?

Conventional consulting approaches begin with detailed assessments to determine your current state of affairs, judge what’s good and bad about it, give it a score, provide a long list of recommendations and then build an improvement strategy based on the outcome. A typical assessment can take up to a couple of weeks plus report generation time. Does it really add the value you might expect?

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Delivering Outcomes, Building Trust

Delivering Outcomes, Building Trust

Guest Post by James Kline (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)

On July 17, 2020, the American Council for Technology – Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) issued a report entitled “Delivering Outcomes, Building Trust”.  The ACT-IAC is a non-profit educational organization established to create a “more effective and innovative government”. The report provides some ideas on how the United States Federal government can become “more resilient, adaptable, and responsive.” This piece will look at the report and its recommendations.

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272 – Operator Care: A Thought Out Approach with Cliff Williams

272 – Operator Care: A Thought Out Approach with Cliff Williams

272 – Operator Care: A Thought Out Approach with Cliff Williams

Welcome Cliff Williams back to the Podcast. Cliff is a principal advisor with People and Process as well as TMS Asset Management. The guest has also worked as an asset manager for many years.

In this episode we covered:

  • What is operator care?
  • Where should we use operator care and autonomous maintenance?
  • What prerequisites are often needed to implement operator care?

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Quality 4.0: What Does This Mean for the Quality Profession?

Quality 4.0: What Does This Mean for the Quality Profession?

Guest Post by James Kline (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)

In several pieces for Insights, I have discussed the decline of ISO 9001 certifications, the internal and financial problems ASQ is experiencing and the implications for the quality profession.  Recently I was on the ASQ website. There are several references to Quality 4.0.  This article will look at Quality 4.0 and its implications for the Quality Profession. It will also provide an update on ASQ’s financial problems and the possibility it will declare bankruptcy. 

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271 – Developing Operational Standards with George Williams and Joe Anderson

271 – Developing Operational Standards with George Williams and Joe Anderson

271 – Developing Operational Standards with George Williams and Joe Anderson

Welcome Joe Anderson and George Williams back to the podcast. They are the founders of ReliabilityX and are consultants as well as trainers. 

Briefly about them and Reliability X:

Reliability X covers all aspects of reliability; both operational and maintenance, coaching and currently creating online classes.

Joe Anderson has been in the pharma and food industries for 25 years before moving to consultancy.

George Williams has a background in pharma and medical devices rising from a technician over the years to a global reliability manager.

In this episode we covered:

  • What are operational standards?
  • Why would we need operational standards?
  • Who develops standards?

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TMC S3:E7 Dan Anderson

TMC S3:E7 Dan Anderson

Dan Anderson

In this week’s episode of The Maintenance Community Pod, we have Dan Anderson, Manager at Life Cycle Engineering and member of the SMRP Board of Directors, on the show! Ryan and Dan discuss change management practices, and how organizations can shift their culture to proactive maintenance. Listen today!
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TLC 004 Leadership Connection Interview with Shon Isenhour

TLC 004 Leadership Connection Interview with Shon Isenhour

Leadership Connection Interview with Shon Isenhour

The Leadership Connection Host, Doug Plucknette, interviews reliability leader Shon Isenhour in Episode 4 of this series. Shon specializes in Adult Learning, Leadership, Asset Management and Reliability Engineering and has lead improvement initiatives for industries such as pharmaceuticals, metals, petrochemical, automotive, paper, and power generation, among others and is currently a Partner at Eruditio, LLC.

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We want it now and we want it cheap

We want it now and we want it cheap

These days most of us are used to instant gratification – we want it now and we want it cheap! When it comes to information, entertainment, finding your way around, and communications we more or less have it all at our fingertips. It’s also available to us just about anywhere. We can even order and pay for coffee to pick up on our way from the commuter train to the office – no line ups for delays. We can book houses, rooms, hotels, airlines, vacations, and rental cars at the touch of our fingers with apps that show us the cheapest options. [Read more…]

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261 – Why is it so hard to get Lubrication right with Bennett Fitch

261 – Why is it so hard to get Lubrication right with Bennett Fitch

Why is it so hard to get Lubrication right with Bennett Fitch

Welcome Bennett who is the Director of Product Development at Noria Corporation.

Bennet has a background in Mechanical Engineering and worked in an oil analysis laboratory. Currently focuses on lubrication product development and has consulted for many plants enough to notice the common challenges

In this episode we covered:

  • Why do organizations struggle with lubrication?
  • What are the small things that make the biggest difference?
  • How do we overcome current restrictions on training due to pandemic?

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