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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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SMRP 06 – Motion Amplification with Jeff Hay

SMRP 06 – Motion Amplification with Jeff Hay

Motion Amplification with Jeff Hay

How Motion Amplification Helps Us Learn More About Our Machines

In this episode, James interviews Jeff Hay. Jeff is the CEO and founder of RDI technologies and today helps us to understand motion amplification and how it used in reliability today and how RDI is playing a role in this process.

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186-Third Habit with Peter Horsburgh

186-Third Habit with Peter Horsburgh

Third Habit with Peter Horsburgh

If your machines aren’t running smooth, clean, cool, and dry, there’s no way you will ever be able to get its lifetime out of it. When you are facing such situation where one of these indicators isn’t being met by your machine, it’s time for a change. To make a change in the way you treat your assets, you need to start asking the questions. If you don’t know or understand something, ask someone who can help you make sense of things. If you don’t have the tools for solving a problem, start getting the support of management to invest in the equipment.

In this episode, we covered:

  • What is the Third Habit?
  • How can you get vital support from the management?
  • Why do you need to think out of the box?

And much more!

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SMRP 04 – Getting It Right With Mikeal Terner

SMRP 04 – Getting It Right With Mikeal Terner

Getting It Right With Mikeal Terner

How better tools and installation can reduce downtime and improve functionality

In this episode, James interviews Mikael Terner at SMRP 2019. Mikael currently handles the global sales and marketing for Easy-Laser and talks with us about installation and its importance in reducing downtime and improving the overall longevity of your machinery. Mikael also gives us an insight as to how the precision products from Easy-Laser and their support teams help people in conducting a better installation.
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185-The Impact of Industry 4.0 with Blair Fraser

185-The Impact of Industry 4.0 with Blair Fraser

The Impact of Industry 4.0

Industry 4.0 has two notable waves. The first constitutes of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data. The second wave is what we’re currently experiencing and constitutes of Artificial Intelligence, Augmented and Virtual Reality.

Blair Fraser of Quartic.ai shares some important insights on the significance of Industry 4.0 as well as:

  • Its benefit in the industry
  • The technologies behind Industry 4.0
  • How Artificial Intelligence Works
  • Considerations before diving into the new wave
  • Pitfalls and ways to avoid a mismatch in the technology fit

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184-HPI and LT with Bob Latino

184-HPI and LT with Bob Latino

HPI and LT with Bob Latino

RCA has been around for a long time and has evolved with time. There are different acronyms associated with it such as HPI and RCFA. There are also different definitions of RCA out there and it really depends on how to perceive RCA. Most of the organizations consider it a linear process that serves the same purpose as a 5-Y would. When companies try to implement RCA with these sorts of limited perceptions, they always fail to get the results that they need. In the end, they either blame the individual carrying out the operations or just face continuous failures with temporary corrective measures.

The focus areas for the episode are:

  • What is the truth behind RCA?
  • Who do these definitions limit the perceptions of engineers?
  • What principles make up HPI?

And much more!

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Bonus Episode-Advancing the Reliability and Maintenance Standards of Electrical Systems with Alan Ross

Bonus Episode-Advancing the Reliability and Maintenance Standards of Electrical Systems with Alan Ross

Advancing the Reliability and Maintenance Standards of Electrical Systems with Alan Ross

In this episode, James interviews Alan Ross, former Vice-President of Reliability at SDMeyers and President of the Electric Power Reliability Alliance. Alan Ross has been involved with electrical systems for roughly 30 years and is now dedicated to transforming the industry by educating the next generation of electrical reliability mentors and leaders. He will do this through the Electric Power Reliability Alliance.

In this episode we covered:

  • The Background and Purpose of the EPRA.
  • The Reliability and Maintenance Standards of Electrical Systems.
  • How Production Quality of Electrical System pieces has changed.
  • How You Can Help the EPRA on their mission

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183-Transitioning to CMMS with Steve Ricard

183-Transitioning to CMMS with Steve Ricard

Transitioning to CMMS with Steve Ricard

CMMS stands for Computerized Maintenance Management System. These systems have been in existence since somewhere around 1965. They have, however, seen a dramatic shift from punch cards to the modern architecture we see today.

Steve Ricard of Fiix joins in this episode to share his insights on how organizations can make a successful transition from older to more modern CMMS.

The focus areas for the episode are:

  • How to know when to transition?
  • What drives organisations to make the shift?
  • Key considerations to make an effective migration
  • Should you take historical data with you?
  • What role do people make in the transition?

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SMRP 02 – Gaining Control of Process Control

SMRP 02 – Gaining Control of Process Control

Gaining Control of Process Control

In this episode, James interviews Keith Staton of Weyerhaeuser. Keith has had a long career in reliability and got his start with the Navy. He is now the maintenance and reliability director for 14 Weyerhaeuser plants and just published a paper titled Gaining Control of Process Control which inspired this episode.
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182-Electronic Monitoring With Simon Jagers

182-Electronic Monitoring With Simon Jagers

Electronic Monitoring With Simon Jagers

Impact the environment and your bottom line with better monitoring.

In this episode, James interviews Simon Jagers, founder of Semiotic Labs. Semiotic Labs creates and markets smart machine-monitoring technologies and Simon is a passionate advocate for the power of this technology to reduce wasted time, energy, and costs. Simon walks us through the motor monitoring systems popular today and how modern motor current signature analysis (MCSA) and a web connection allows monitoring to be done safer and more cost-efficient than ever.

In this episode we covered:

  • Semiotics and creating practical tools for the internet of things.
  • Motor Data and how motor monitoring works.
  • Benefits of MCSA systems.
  • Environmental factors involved.

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SMRP 07 – IoT Readiness with Kevin Clark

SMRP 07 – IoT Readiness with Kevin Clark

SMRP 07 – IoT Readiness with Kevin Clark

The internet of Things (IoT) is often assumed to be understood by everyone. However, there is somewhat of a disconnect between what we know IoT to be, and actually implementing it especially on larger scale. 

Kevin Clark helps us clear the air around IoT and how organizations can prepare themselves to make the most of it.
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181-Pilot to Full Scale Adoption of iIoT with Arun Santhebennur

181-Pilot to Full Scale Adoption of iIoT with Arun Santhebennur

Pilot to Full Scale Adoption of iIoT with Arun Santhebennur

The Industrial Internet of Things is not an initiative. It is now a real-world application. For organizations that are data-driven, IIoT is where rubber meets the road.

The fourth industrial revolution being hallmarked by growing networks around people and things. As the internet becomes more mature, we’re seeing a new era of innovations building on to the influence created by social media. It is the Internet of Things (IoT) which aims to connect people to smart devices. Industry players are seeking ways of leaner and smarter production to remain competitive. Industrial IoT (IIoT) comes in with provisions of monitoring and preventive maintenance to improve productivity. The end goal is optimizing the life of production assets.

In this episode, Arun shares his insights on:

  • How people can pilot and bring full-scale adoption of IIoT
  • What improvement IIoT can bring
  • The critical steps in adopting IIoT solutions
  • Challenges and ways to overcome successful shift to IIoT

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SMRP 08 – SMRP Recap with Bill Leahy

SMRP 08 – SMRP Recap with Bill Leahy

SMRP Recap with Bill Leahy

The Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP) Conference of 2019 attracted over 1200 professionals across fields of reliability, maintenance and physical asset management across the USA. The 2019 event was held in Louiseville Kentucky between 7th and 10th October 2019. 
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SMRP 03 – Rules of Thumb in Reliability

SMRP 03 – Rules of Thumb in Reliability

Rules of Thumb in Reliability

Reliability is a procedural science at its core. This simply means that it is guided by a discipline to follow the set procedure and incrementally improve. As human beings, we tend to have a slight weakness in strict adherence to procedures. Sometimes with reliability, it is usually a result of not having the fundamentals down that we end up with inconsistent operations. Ricky Smith, a renowned reliability expert shared nuggets of wisdom from his seasoned experiences. ᐅ Play Episode

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180-Work-order Management with John Reeve

180-Work-order Management with John Reeve

Work-order Management with John Reeve

Work-order management is the key for successful asset management programs. It is usually incorporated in the CMMS in its designing stages to obtain knowledgeable information out of the system. It can be defined as the process of tracking of all the maintenance activities from initiation to completion. Work orders are used to keep record of every task that is being carried in the facility. It can be planned—when you have bigger jobs to perform such as condition-based monitoring—or it can be unplanned in case of small corrective actions of simple fixes.

In this episode, we covered:

  • What role does Work-order management play in asset management programs?
  • Why are planned work orders a good idea when there are complicated tasks to be carried out?
  • How can you save money even if you don’t have a formal work-order management process in place?
  • And much more!

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SMRP 01 – Role of Data in Reliability

SMRP 01 – Role of Data in Reliability

Role of Data in Reliability

With the advent of Industry 4.0, data and connectivity have enabled equipment to become continuous factories of data. Whether process data, master data or realtime data, it has never been a more challenging time to adjust and harness the power of seemingly huge piles of potential information. Traditional maintenance and reliability are undergoing a tremendous shift as organizations become more data-driven. Sean Rosier and Nathanael Ince of PinnacleART are on the show to help us put in context, the relevance of data in reliability.
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