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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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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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241 – The Role of the EAM in Improving Reliability with Steve Richmond

241 – The Role of the EAM in Improving Reliability with Steve Richmond

The Role of the EAM in Improving Reliability with Steve Richmond

It’s our pleasure to welcome Steve Richmond, the founder, and CEO of Projetech, a company providing IBM Maximo as a service. He has a degree in mechanical engineering and is also on the Forbes Technology Council. Projetech started by building automation systems, energy management, among others. It’s currently involved in providing Enterprise Asset Management as a service, with Steve’s experience in CMMS and EAM systems spanning about 30 years.

In this episode, we will be discussing:

  • What is Maximo
  • How does an EAM help with improving reliability
  • How do you ensure the data collected is accurate within the CMMS
  • What mistakes do organizations make when they’re trying to use EAMs to improve reliability

…and so much more!

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240 – Manage All Failures or Else with James Reyes-Picknell

240 – Manage All Failures or Else with James Reyes-Picknell

Manage All Failures or Else with James Reyes-Picknell

We’re excited to have James Reyes-Picknell, the author of Uptime, Strategies for Excellence in Maintenance Management, back with us. He’s also written Reliability Centered Maintenance – Re-engineered and Paying Your Way which is his latest book. James also trains and consults in maintenance, reliability and asset management areas across different sectors.

In this episode, we will be discussing:

  • What is a failure
  • Why do you need to manage failures
  • How do you forecast failures not yet experienced
  • Which strategies are available for managing failure states

…and so much more!

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239 – The Soft Side of Planning with Rick Clonan

239 – The Soft Side of Planning with Rick Clonan

The Soft Side of Planning with Rick Clonan

We’re excited to have Rick Clonan back with us to talk about planning. He currently serves as an Implementation and Training Manager at Eruditio and as the Best Practices Chair for the SMRP. He’s been in the industry for close to 30 years as a technician, planner/scheduler, maintenance supervisor, CMS administrator.

In this episode, we will be discussing:

  • What is maintenance planning
  • What is the soft side of planning
  • What is morale
  • What’s the connection between morale and productivity

…and so much more!

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238 – Marketing with Ashley Larrimore

238 – Marketing with Ashley Larrimore

Marketing with Ashley Larrimore

We’re excited to be joined by Ashley, a marketing expert at Eruditio. She has been there for 2 years and handles all the marketing e.g., emails, products, websites, conferences, etc. Overall, she has amassed a wealthy 8 years of experience in marketing.

She’ll be our guide on discussing the common themes around marketing including:

  • Marketing and its importance
  • How you can get started
  • Measuring the effectiveness of your marketing strategy
  • Some of the common hurdles and possible solutions

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237 – Bringing Ultrasound to iIoT with Blair Fraser

237 – Bringing Ultrasound to iIoT with Blair Fraser

Bringing Ultrasound to iIoT with Blair Fraser

We’re glad to have Blair Fraser, the Global Director for IIoT Solutions at UE Systems. He’s been our guest on topics like Artificial Intelligence, IIoT, and other areas relating to tech and maintenance and reliability. Blair previously worked at Quartic and Lakeside Process Controls, getting involved in the tech side of reliability. His earlier career influences got him involved in maintaining assets on the plant floor. Blair will be giving us more insight on bringing ultrasound in the iIoT space.

Blair Fraser of Quartic.ai shares some important insights as well as:

  • How do we bring Ultrasound to IIoT?
  • How is Ultrasound being brought into IIoT?
  • Is Ultrasound qualitative or quantitative?

…and so much more!

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236 – Machinery Installation: Planning with Roman Megela

236 – Machinery Installation: Planning with Roman Megela

Machinery Installation: Planning with Roman Megela

It’s a pleasure to have Roman Megela from Easy-Laser join us on this deep dive into Machinery Installation. He’s worked with rotating equipment for over 20 years, particularly in service, installation, assembly, and commissioning for gas compression, glass production, and stainless steel. So far, we’ve looked into how strategy and integrity fall into the Machinery Installation process. We’ll now get a look into the role Planning plays in Machinery Installation.

Roman will give us insights on:

  • What is Planning?
  • Are there technical specifications for planning?
  • How does Planning impact installation?

… and so much more!

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235 – Preparing for the CMRP with Bobby Lee

235 – Preparing for the CMRP with Bobby Lee

Preparing for the CMRP with Bobby Lee

We’re excited to welcome Bobby Lee on this episode. He started in the maintenance field in his early twenties. He got a two-year degree in Industrial Systems Technologies, after which he worked at Baxter Healthcare. He then proceeded to work for American Zinc Products as a reliability engineer for nearly one and a half years. From there, he joined Eruditio where he’s currently a reliability engineer. During those years, Bobby got involved with implementing reliability engineering programs, FMEAs, RCAs, among others. He’s also managed to get his CMRP, which is what we’d like to know more about.

In this episode, we covered:

  • What is the CMRP?
  • Why would you want a CMRP certification?
  • Other Benefits of having the CMRP
  • And much more!

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234 – In-House or Contracted Oil Analysis with Bryan Johnson

234 – In-House or Contracted Oil Analysis with Bryan Johnson

In-House or Contracted Oil Analysis with Bryan Johnson

We’re thrilled to have the chairman of ICML, Bryan Johnson, with us. He’s worked at the Palo Verde Generating Station for 30 nearly years as a lubrication engineer. Bryan’s also involved with ASTM, starting about three decades ago. That was due to the creation of an on-site oil testing lab. This became a subcommittee that deals only with the condition monitoring of lubricants.

In this episode, we covered:

  • What are the benefits of on-site oil analysis?
  • How do you know you’re getting consistent results from an analysis?
  • What are the standards to follow?
  • And much more!

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233 – Learning from Failure with Jim Fitch

233 – Learning from Failure with Jim Fitch

Learning from Failure with Jim Fitch

We’re excited to have Jim Fitch, the CEO of Noria Corporation and the director of ICML, back. He previously explored ICML 55, the standard around lubrication programs. ICML was founded about 18 years ago as a non-profit. It was to provide certification resources for organizations and individuals who needed certificates for completing their training. Noria Corporation is a for-profit services company that’s 22 years old. It provides training and consulting services globally, relating to oil analysis and lubrication. They also offer transformation services. These are for plants moving from their current state to something closer to the greatest reference state. Noria also publishes machine lubrication magazines among other e-publications. They’re also a conferencing company.

In this episode, we covered:

  • What has Noria learned about failures related to lubrication?
  • How many failures can be attributed to a lubrication-related issue?
  • Do the employees’ skillsets and training levels contribute to failures?
  • And much more!

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232 – Machinery Installation: Strategy with Roman Megela

232 – Machinery Installation: Strategy with Roman Megela

Machinery Installation: Strategy with Roman Megela

We’re glad to have Roman Megela, a reliability engineer with Easy-Laser. With over 20 years of experience, he’s been a service manager, assembly manager, and commissioner for gas compression systems. Roman’s also worked in steel and glass production, as well as oil and gas. He’s joined us before, shedding light on different elements involved in machinery installation. We started with Integrity and will look at strategy in machinery installation.

To recap, integrity is the practice of being honest. It’s showing consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral, ethical values and principles. It means you are doing what you say you’re doing.

Roman will give us insights on:

  • What is the Strategy element
  • What does a strategy have to do with machine installation
  • What should you include in a strategy

… and so much more!

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