Effective Leadership
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Carl and Fred share their experiences and advices about leadership, and why it is essential to accomplishing reliability objectives.
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CR159: Dan Anderson ReliabilityX from the SMRP Targeted Insights Forum 2025
Dan Anderson ReliabilityX from the SMRP Targeted Insights Forum 2025
Luckily caught a window of time from the CMRP Targeted Insights Forum 2025 to have Dan Anderson, of ReliabilityX, join us for a quick episode! We talked SMRP, ReliabilityX, and industry goodness! It is always great catching time on CMMSradio with this guy! A stellar human and real deal maintenance and reliability industry pro!!
QDD 188: Constraints Unlock Creativity: Why Frameworks Beat Blank Slates in Product Concept Design
Constraints Unlock Creativity: Why Frameworks Beat Blank Slates in Product Concept Design
Too many product teams spend months chasing ideas that feel safe, generic, or simply “meh.” They brainstorm with no direction, leaving a blank canvas that overwhelms participants. Or they wait until a prototype is already built, causing “fixedness” where people can’t unsee the existing design. The result? Stagnant concepts, wasted time, and missed market opportunities.
In this episode, Dianna shows how the right frameworks act like a drum‑less track for a drummer: they provide structure, genre cues, and sections to focus on, yet leave the creative freedom to craft something new.
By applying the Goldilocks principle (neither too little nor too much guardrails) and using the Concept Space Model (inputs, process, outputs), teams can hit the sweet spot after business approval but before detailed design to generate high‑impact ideas that are both feasible and market‑loving.
You’ll walk away with a clear method to set up constrained‑creative sessions, concrete examples of how to map customer experiences into design inputs, and actionable steps to run your own framework‑driven brainstorming without it feeling like another status meeting.
CR158: Machine Shop Profit Starts with the Right Work — and Working Machines with Paul Van Metre ProShopERP
Machine Shop Profit Starts with the Right Work — and Working Machines with Paul Van Metre ProShopERP
In this episode, CMMSradio welcomes Paul Van Metre, co-founder of ProShop ERP, to talk about a recent regional workshop focused on helping machine shops win more profitable work — and keep it.
The conversation explores the critical balance between quoting strategies, choosing the right kind of work, and making data-driven decisions. Paul emphasizes that while technical skills are often strong in small-to-midsize shops, business systems — especially maintenance — are often lacking.
Many shop owners neglect preventative maintenance and calibration, prioritizing production over long-term health. But that short-term mindset leads to breakdowns, bottlenecks, and lost profit.
Paul shares how ProShop’s equipment module acts as a lightweight CMMS, helping shops schedule maintenance, issue work orders, and stay ahead of breakdowns — especially helpful for ISO-certified operations.
The message is clear: a little planning up front, including regular, simple maintenance routines, can unlock major gains in reliability, quality, and profitability.
Increase Profits with Preventive Maintenance: https://proshoperp.com/increase-profi…
RM 186: Electronics Manufacturing Today: Pressures, Priorities, and the Path Forward with Trevor Galbraith
Electronics Manufacturing Today: Pressures, Priorities, and the Path Forward with Trevor Galbraith
When you talk to one manufacturer, you hear a story. When you talk to hundreds, patterns emerge. Today, we step back and examine what those patterns tell us about the real state of electronics manufacturing.
Today’s episode takes a step back from individual processes and technologies to look at the electronics manufacturing industry through a broader, editorial lens.
My guest is Trevor Galbraith, publisher of Global SMT & Packaging—one of the industry’s valuable trade publications.
As a publisher, Trevor speaks with manufacturers, suppliers, technologists, and industry leaders from around the world. That gives him a unique vantage point—not just on where the industry is investing, but where it’s struggling, where expectations and reality diverge, and how issues like reliability, workforce challenges, supply chain pressure, automation, and standards are truly playing out on the factory floor.
In this Meet-the-Press–style conversation, we’ll explore the current state of electronics manufacturing, how reliability is being prioritized—or deprioritized—amid cost and speed pressures, whether manufacturing processes are keeping pace with design complexity, and what Trevor sees ahead for the industry over the next five to ten years.
This episode isn’t about promoting solutions. It’s about understanding the landscape, asking hard questions, and gaining perspective from someone who hears unfiltered voices across the entire electronics manufacturing ecosystem.
Global SMT & Packaging Magazine
https://www.globalsmt.net
SOR 1147 Writing Skills
Writing Skills
Abstract
Carl and Fred discuss the role of writing skills in conveying information to others and influencing the reliability of products and processes.
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CR157: Full Speed or Nothing Baby! Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation Renee Richardson on CMMSradio
Full Speed or Nothing Baby! Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation Renee Richardson on CMMSradio
In this episode, we’re joined by Renée Richardson, Director of Philanthropy for Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation (AWMH). It’s over a year in the making and well worth it! We learn about Renée’s journey from Bay Area radio into the nonprofit world showcasing AWMH’s deep commitment to building better futures through workforce education and community support. A central focus is the Metallica Scholars Program, which connects individuals to technical training and career opportunities through community colleges across the U.S. A special shoutout to ShopFloor Coffee for their support of All Within My Hands, the trades, and manufacturing culture.
- Former radio host at KFOG and Live 105.
- Now leading philanthropy for Metallica’s AWMH foundation.
- AWMH supports disaster relief, food security, and skilled trades education.
- Metallica Scholars Program Now active in all 50 states and Guam.
- Helps fund short-term, affordable training in skilled trades and manufacturing.
- Supports both students and adults seeking career change or upskilling.
- Major Partners: Includes Carhartt, Wolverine, and the Lowe’s Foundation.
- AWMH works with Metallica’s M72 tour stops to connect students and community partners.
- Renée shares how the foundation helps transform lives—often leading to real job opportunities.
Reach out via info@allwithinmyhands.org or support through their Month of Giving merchandise sales at https://www.allwithinmyhands.org and support this amazing foundation! They are making a real difference! Keep an eye out for more update from All Within My Hands on CMMSradio!
SOR 1146 Customer Expectations
Customer Expectations
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Dianna and Fred discuss the “fuzzy and shadowy” world of customer expectations, discussing how to set reliability requirements that actually keep customers coming back.
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CR156: From Poultry to Asset Management Champion with Joe Caetano of Elevotec from Streamline 2025
From Poultry to Asset Management Champion with Joe Caetano of Elevotec from Streamline 2025
Meet Joe Caetano of Elevotec! From poultry to asset management champion! It’s just a slice of the journey story and it’s loaded with insights, laughs, and a real talk on maintenance management! Just what we like!! Thank you, Joe, for an awesome discussion! Your passion is obvious!
Connect with Elevotec here: https://www.elevotec.com/
CR155: Meet team WearCheck International Ahead of Reliable Plant 2025
Meet team WearCheck International Ahead of Reliable Plant 2025
In this episode of CMMSradio, we meet the team from Wear Check International – Jon Fazenbaker, Leila Morzan-Lantos, Andreas “Andy” Lantos, and Bill Quesnel – To hear about their plans for RP2025 and their passions for the maintenance and lubrication industry.
Connect with Team WearCheck here: https://wearcheck.com/
SOR 1145 Standard Reliability Methods
Standard Reliability Methods
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Dianna and Fred discuss the importance of standard reliability methods within a company, to ensure teams are using effective, proven techniques rather than just following a generic recipe.
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CR154: CMMS Ain’t Magic – Know Your Business First with Bryan Bieschke CMRP
CMMS Ain’t Magic – Know Your Business First with Bryan Bieschke CMRP
This week we sat down with Bryan Bieschke (“Just a Mechanic”) of UpKeep for one of the most honest conversations we’ve had about CMMS implementation.
Spoiler alert: most failures aren’t about the software — they’re about unclear roles, leadership gaps, and chasing tools instead of outcomes.
💡 Some 🔑 takeaways:
- Start with a RACI chart — define who owns what before you even log in.
- Leadership matters — don’t expect teams to use what you won’t touch.
- Forget the sales pitch — make vendors prove it works in your world.
- Training isn’t about screens — it’s about empathy and trust.
- Data migration? Do it clean. And use it to reset your standards.
If you’re implementing a CMMS or thinking about it, this one’s a must-listen. No fluff. Just hard-earned lessons from the field. 🎧
Grab a discovery call and demo here: https://upkeep.com/cmmsradio/
SOR 1144 Trick Questions
Trick Questions
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Kirk and Fred discuss questions that can reveal some job candidates’ knowledge or lack of understanding of new product reliability development ᐅ Play Episode
CR153: Train, Clean, Optimize Using A CMMS Implementation Formula by Andy Gager
Train, Clean, Optimize Using A CMMS Implementation Formula by Andy Gager
On this episode of CMMSradio, Andy Gager of AMG International lays out the no-nonsense path to CMMS success. From selecting the right system to avoiding common pitfalls, Andy shares what works—and what derails even the best intentions.
🔑 Key Takeaways:
- Choose smart: Research and narrow down 3–4 systems that match your business needs.
- Watch the fine print: Make sure vendor promises align with real requirements—get it in writing.
- Clean it up: Don’t migrate junk. Data cleansing is non-negotiable.
- Train with purpose: Multi-stage, hands-on training works better than rushed rollouts.
- Fix the foundations: Optimize PMs, validate asset hierarchies, and eliminate bad processes.
- Let AI help (but clean first): Good data makes AI smarter—not the other way around.
10 Reasons to do FMEAS with AI
10 Reasons to do FMEAS with AI
podcast episode with speaker Chris Jackson
Amazing products are 90 % identical to mediocre products. It is that last 10 % where failures, forgotten features, overlooked interfaces, and all manner of other things reside. FMEAs and FMECAs are tremendously powerful tools (when done right) at finding the ‘vital few’ things you can address in your first and early design iterations that make everything else that follows a breeze. FMEAs and FMECAs are also awful (when done wrong), as they waste everyone’s time, create no meaningful design guidance, and are just forced upon the tragic few. Then there is AI … which promises to do it all for us! This is not the case. Beyond what standard ‘ISO/IEC 23894:2023 – AI and Risk Management’ says you can and can’t do, AI can only help you get on top of that 90 %. That 90 % is absolutely essential – but at best, AI can quickly get you to mediocre. It is the human brain that takes care of the rest. This webinar gives you 10 reasons why you should do FMEAs and FMECAs properly – and use AI to accelerate getting on top of that 90 % so you can focus on that amazing new product.
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