Common Sense
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Carl and Fred discussing the role of common sense in reliability engineering and management.
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SOR 624 Warranty and Reliability
Warranty and Reliability
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Chris and Fred discuss what warranty and reliability mean for each other. They sounds like very related topics or ideas. But are they? Listen to this podcast to learn more.
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Not a car analogy: How RG is like cooking
Anyone who knows me knows that I tend to only think in terms of cars. I can remember the car someone pulled up in at a party four years ago, but will have no recollection of what their name was. Moreso, I view culture, politics and economics through a sort of automotive anthropologist lens. For example, darker colors are more popular in luxury car sales when an economic downturn has occurred and major shifts in industrial focus will be reflected in increased offerings of economy cars that can hold 4 to 5 people. I think you can see what the problem is here.
In any case, I came up with a cooking analogy (in no way automotive related) for a principal of data organization and I have to say, it’s actually pretty good! So, I am documenting it here.
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Electric Car Hidden Risk
Guest Post by John Ayers (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)
Fifty years ago, having your own car was a sign of adulthood and your ticket around town. But that is all going to change within the next five to ten years due to rising CO2 levels and a new trend called Transportation as a Service. TaaS sits at the intersection of four technical macro trends. These are:
- Autonomous vehicles
- Electric vehicles
- Connectivity
- Sharing economy
These trends are here today and are predicted to grow significantly and quickly over the next five to ten years. It is a positive trend with a lot of positive affects on the country and world.
The risk to this trend is the need for electric power will outstrip the supply. This article presents the case for this risk. [Read more…]
Do you want a PM program that really works
Do you want a PM program that really works
Reliability Centered Maintenance – Re-engineered (RCM-R®)…
… is the world’s leading method for identifying maintenance and other activities required to sustain reliable performance of physical assets. Previously I discussed the various maintenance approaches you can use. This method (RCM-R®) is a structured approach to making those choices. If you want a proactive maintenance program that really works, then Reliability Centered Maintenance is the most thorough approach you can take to get there.Since the 1970’s RCM (generic) has been responsible for huge improvements in airline flight safety – crash rates today are 1 / 120th of what they were before RCM, and the costs of aircraft maintenance programs are way down. We are all comfortable flying in safety. That would not be the case had RCM not come along. [Read more…]
Project Communications
Guest Post by Malcolm Peart (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)
George Bernhard Shaw once said, and it’s now been written down and put on posters and the like: “The problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place”.
In this ‘Information Age’ we have access to, receive, generate, and send more information than ever before. People can suffer from infoxication as a consequence of ‘information overload’ and decision making has, we are told, become more difficult as a consequence. [Read more…]
246 – Where Did Procedure Based Maintenance Come From with Jack Nicholas
Where Did Procedure Based Maintenance Come From with Jack Nicholas
We’re excited to have Jack Nicholas with us. He started as a naval officer before becoming a senior service engineer and reserve naval officer. He’s founded companies, authored books, and helped with driving forward maintenance and reliability programs, predictive maintenance, and the other aspects that help deliver a holistic maintenance program.
In this episode, we covered:
- What is the SubSafe program?
- What is the role of training with PBM?
- What makes PBM successful?
- And much more!
What’s Wrong With A Questioning Attitude?
What’s Wrong With A Questioning Attitude?
As a key attribute of High Reliability Organizations (HRO), what’s wrong with a questioning attitude? One the surface it would seem like this is something we would encourage all of our employees to do. Certainly they ask such questions because they seek legitimate answers, right? We wouldn’t want to discourage that behavior, would we? [Read more…]
Guide to Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
The cornerstones of effective maintenance management are maintenance planning and scheduling, which ensure that maintenance technicians are at the right place at the right time with the right tools. Effective maintenance planning and scheduling involve prioritizing and organizing work so that it is completed in the most efficient manner possible. The advantages of proper maintenance planning and scheduling include the following:
- More efficient use of labor hours
- Reduced equipment downtime
- Lower spare parts holdings
- Faster execution of jobs
- Cost savings
- Improved workflow
- Reduced injuries and stress
How to Identify and Manage Uncertainties of an Unpredictable Future
Guest Post by Patrick Ow (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)
On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) learned of several cases of severe pneumonia in the Chinese city of Wuhan. This strain of coronavirus has since spread through China and into other countries. WHO later named COVID-19.
The emergence of the coronavirus was exactly the type of fast-emerging risk with uncertain consequences that could have triggered quick actions by governments and organisations. Instead, it was played down or dismissed by many. They adopted a wait and see approach to risk management. [Read more…]
Continuous Training Strengthens your Asset Reliability Program
By Guest Blogger Traci Hopkins, senior training & education advisor, SDMyers
Whatever style of workforce training your organization practices—on-the-job training, trade school, equipment-specific skills courses, internships, or external technical training—there is one thing that can amplify that training’s effectiveness and increase retention significantly: continuity. [Read more…]
244 – RAM Modeling with Fred Schenkelberg
RAM Modeling with Fred Schenkelberg
We’re pleased to have Fred Schenkelberg back with us. He’s a reliability engineering and management consultant with a background in product development. He’s also been a manufacturing engineer and shift supervisor working in a factory and helped found AccendoReliabilty.com. Fred will give us more insight into RAM Modeling.
Fred will give us insight on:
- What is RAM Modeling?
- Which stage of the life cycle does RAM modeling apply?
- Where to learn more about RAM modeling
… and so much more!
Understanding the Principles of Reliability
The Reliability Approach… “Something understood and practiced by engineers and highly specialized technicians,” is apt to be the first reaction of the line supervisor, “certainly not an area where I can be expected to become involved.” Although this reaction is understandable; nothing is farther from reality. Let’s explore why in this paper. Please read until the surprising end (I know it is lengthy) and you will find that these Reliability Principles apply to any industry, any where at any time! [Read more…]
It’s All About Jobs!
Guest Post by John Ayers (first posted on CERM ® RISK INSIGHTS – reposted here with permission)
COVID 19 throws a curve ball in the path of life and job security. If you compare life as a walk through a forest, then COVID-19 is a high stone wall (curve ball) along the path of life. Do you stop and retreat or go over or around it and continue your journey? I think you get through the pandemic and continue along the path back to job security and low unemployment. [Read more…]
Maintenance and finance – partners
CFO – you need to know that maintenance can help you be very strategic in achieving greater outputs, at low cost, and for a minimal investment. Maintenance and Asset Management managers, you need to enlist Finance as your ally. Both Finance and Maintenance / AM are after the same results. Understanding this is key to becoming partners in sustaining our businesses. After all, we both have the same goals in mind.
