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Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast

A weekly Maintenance and Reliability podcast covering common industry challenges and what you can learn from them. Each episode dives deeper into critical issues and explains how you can begin correcting theses maintenance flaws today. Sharing new tips and techniques to help you achieve industry best practice and shining a light on widely debated maintenance topics with special guest experts.

Your host and founder of High Performance Reliability James Kovacevic, will take you on a weekly tour of his 13+ years of shop floor experience, along with special guest that lend an expert look inside your maintenance departments problems and concerns.

Plane, train, or automobile, however you’re traveling to work Rooted In Reliability is compatible for listening on the go.

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256 – Learning Communities with Ryan Chan

256 – Learning Communities with Ryan Chan

Learning Communities with Ryan Chan

It is my pleasure to welcome Ryan Chan who is the founder of Upkeep. Ryan has done a lot of work in building online maintenance communities..

He went to University of California Berkeley and graduated as a chemical engineer. His first job was at a manufacturing company where he noticed several opportunities for improvement in the technology that was being utilized at the time.

These gaps gave me the idea to build a software that could:

  • Assist maintenance engineers and facility managers
  • Improve workforce collaboration
  • Improve parts inventory management
  • And improve overall asset management

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255 – Forecasting the Future with Frank Emery & Stuart Fergusson

255 – Forecasting the Future with Frank Emery & Stuart Fergusson

255 – Forecasting the Future with Frank Emery & Stuart Fergusson

Welcome Stewart and Frank to the podcast. Briefly tell us about yourselves

Stewart has a background in Big Data and Applied Mathematics and currently specializes in AI at Fiix. Frank on the other hand has a background in manufacturing of consumer products.

In this episode, we covered:

 

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254 – Defining Subsystems in an RCM Analysis with Doug Plucknette

254 – Defining Subsystems in an RCM Analysis with Doug Plucknette

Defining Subsystems in an RCM Analysis with Doug Plucknette

We’re excited to be joined again by Doug Plucknette, an author, consultant, and instructor around maintenance and reliability, to talk about RCM analysis. This topic relates to a previous episode on failure curves.

In this episode, we covered:

  • What is an RCM analysis?
  • Why break down an asset into Subsystems to analyze
  • How to break an asset down into Subsystems
  • And much more!

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253 – Using WO Data in a Well Rounded PdM Strategy with Frank Emery

253 – Using WO Data in a Well Rounded PdM Strategy with Frank Emery

Using WO Data in a Well Rounded PdM Strategy with Frank Emery

We’re excited to have Frank Emery, the product manager of AI at Fiix Software, with us to talk about how to make the Work Order data work. Fiix Software is a CMMS that was initially called Maintenance Assistant. He’s been in the software industry for at least ten years, figuring out how to use data. Frank’s work at Fiix is to try and make maintenance technicians’ lives a little bit easier.

Key highlights from this episode are:

  • What is Work Order data?
  • What type of data are you looking for in a WO?
  • How to develop a well-rounded PM program using WO data

.. and so much more!

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252 – How to Avoid Becoming a Prisoner of Your Own Process with Brandon Weil

252 – How to Avoid Becoming a Prisoner of Your Own Process with Brandon Weil

How to Avoid Becoming a Prisoner of Your Own Process with Brandon Weil

We’re excited to be joined by Brandon Weil, the operations director at Eruditio. He was also the chair at the 2020 SMRP conference. Brandon will be giving us an in-depth look into becoming a prisoner of your process.

Key highlights from this episode are:

  • What does the phrase mean?
  • What could cause you to get in too deep?
  • How do you evolve to stop or not become a prisoner of your process?

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251 – How to Make a Good Request with Fred Schenkelberg

251 – How to Make a Good Request with Fred Schenkelberg

How to Make a Good Request with Fred Schenkelberg

We’re glad to have Fred Schenkelberg back to help us understand how to make a complete request. A lot of times, emails circulate through the organization requesting tasks to get completed. However, they don’t define the:

  • Who
  • When
  • How

Fred will give us insight on:

  • Elements of a Complete Request
  • Do the five elements help ensure a significant change in making requests

… and so much more!

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250 – Decoding Mechanical Failures with Shane Turcott

250 – Decoding Mechanical Failures with Shane Turcott

Decoding Mechanical Failures with Shane Turcott

We’re glad to have Shane Turcott to helps us understand more about decoding mechanical failures. He’s a principal metallurgist from Steel Image and is heavily involved in a lot of professional societies. Shane’s previously worked at a steel mill, a turbine company, and a failure analysis lab specializing in failure analysis. Steel Image was established in 2009 and deals with failure analysis, with a specialty in supporting reliability efforts in the refining industry, mining, energy, and heavy industries like automotive and manufacturing.

Today, we’re tackling important points such as:

  • What is Fractography
  • How to study failed components
  • Difference between a Ductile and Brittle fracture
  • How to become successful with Decoding Mechanical Failures

… and so much more!

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249 – Understanding the Failure Curves with Doug Plucknette & Ron Moore

249 – Understanding the Failure Curves with Doug Plucknette & Ron Moore

Understanding the Failure Curves with Doug Plucknette & Ron Moore

Were excited to have Ron Moore and Doug Plucknette get into the topic of age and random failure patterns. Ron’s been involved with maintenance and reliability for a long time. Doug’s from RCM Blitz and is a big advocate for understanding failure modes, reliability centered maintenance, and its different aspects. He has experience ranging from wrenching to supervision and management, and also training and consulting.

In this episode, we covered:

  • The tools a Maintenance Engineer needs!
  • How to make change!
  • The steps you need to build a performance tool!
  • And much more!

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248 – Leading FMEAs with Bill Leahy

248 – Leading FMEAs with Bill Leahy

Leading FMEAs with Bill Leahy

We’re honored to have Bill Leahy back to talk about Failure Mode Effect Analysis. He’s a principal instructor with Eruditio, having a background in manufacturing and the military. He’s been involved with maintenance and reliability for several years.

Today, we’re tackling important points such as:

  • What is an FMEA
  • Why do the FMEAs
  • Who should lead FMEAs
  • How to perform an FMEA

… and so much more!

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247 – Global Asset Management Certifications with Susan Lubell

247 – Global Asset Management Certifications with Susan Lubell

Global Asset Management Certifications with Susan Lubell

We’re excited to have Susan Lubell, the PEMAC Asset Management Association of Canada President, with us. She’s also the chairperson at World Partners in Asset Management and the principal consultant at Steppe Consulting. Susan presents at conferences, instructs, and has been heavily involved in maintenance and reliability and asset management for more than 25 years. These have been in oil and gas as well as mining and mineral processing.

In this episode, we covered:

  • What is Asset Management
  • Which AM certifications are available
  • Difference between CSAMs and CPAMs
  • And much more!

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246 – Where Did Procedure Based Maintenance Come From with Jack Nicholas

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!

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245 – The Role of Steering Committees in an M&R Implementation with Shon Isenhour

245 – The Role of Steering Committees in an M&R Implementation with Shon Isenhour

The Role of Steering Committees in an M&R Implementation with Shon Isenhour

We’re glad to have Shon Isenhour, a founding partner at Eruditio, back with us. He was heavily involved in maintenance and reliability, industry, consulting and finally started Eruditio. He’ll help us know more about the role of a steering committee in maintenance and reliability implementations. That’s because many companies struggle with getting leadership and the lower levels of the organization on board. A steering committee is there to help with that change and implementation, but it’s often overlooked.

This episode focuses on:

  • What is the Steering Committee?
    Who and which roles should be on the Steering Committee?
    How do we manage competing interests in the Steering Committee?

… and so much more!

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244 – RAM Modeling with Fred Schenkelberg

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!

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243 – The Role of Project Management in M&R with Lucas Marino

243 – The Role of Project Management in M&R with Lucas Marino

The Role of Project Management in M&R with Lucas Marino

We’re excited to have Lucas Marino back. He works at Amentum and is the owner of the East Partnership. He’s also working on the book Level of Repair Analysis. In the past, he spent many years in logistics engineering and the coast guard. Lucas will be delving into Project Management as a vital aspect of any maintenance or reliability professional’s role.

Some of the important insights include:

  • What is a project, and what is PM?
  • How important is managing risks in projects?
  • Does a reliability professional have to be an expert in PM?

and so much more!

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242 – Am I ready for AI with Geraldo Signorini

242 – Am I ready for AI with Geraldo Signorini

Am I ready for AI with Geraldo Signorini

We’re pleased to have Geraldo, the principal consultant at Eruditio. He spends a lot of time doing reliability activities like instructing and consulting, among others. He started his engineering career in 2008 and spent more than ten years in oil and gas in roles related to reliability and maintenance engineering. He’s also talked at presentations and contributed to articles on Machine Learning and Artificial intelligence, which is the topic we’ll dive into.

In this episode, we will be discussing:

  • What is AI or ML
  • More prerequisites to prepare for AI or ML
  • What are the roles you need in place for AI or ML
  • Are any more fundamentals necessary

…and so much more!

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