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313 – Decarbonization and the Impact on Maintenance with Steven Dobie

313 – Decarbonization and the Impact on Maintenance with Steven Dobie

Decarbonization and the Impact on Maintenance with Steven Dobie

Welcome Steven to the podcast. Steven is a co-host of another podcast called Maintenance Disrupted. However briefly, tell us more about yourself.

I am a maintenance and reliability engineer in the mining industry who has been in tech for a couple of years. Presently working with a centralised maintenance group focused on keeping equipment and trucks running longer.

In this episode we covered:

  • Are you being impacted a lot by sustainability i.e decarbonization, electrification?
  • How does this impact people from a maintenance person’s perspective?
  • What are the other ways to produce power?

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How to Check a Regression Fit

How to Check a Regression Fit

How to Check a Regression Fit

podcast episode with speaker Fred Schenkelberg

When fitting a line or curve to data, it’s a model. When modeling, it is worth remembering the George Box quote, “Essentially all models are wrong, but some are useful.” Yet, how do we separate a useful model from one that isn’t useful? One step in finding a helpful regression model is to consider the residuals. BTW: Weibull analysis is another term for regression analysis. [Read more…]

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312 – Cost vs Benefit of Inspection with Dane Boers

312 – Cost vs Benefit of Inspection with Dane Boers

Cost vs Benefit of Inspection with Dane Boers

Welcome Dane back to the podcast. We last talked about asset modelling and factors that influence those assets. Today we will talk about optimising strategies; how we determine cost vs benefit of strategies. But first, give a brief introduction of yourself and Modla.

Modla is an asset knowledge and analytic platform. The vision is to capture subject matter expertise and knowledge around an asset and business processes. It then combines that with data for continuous improvement. We have worked in the utility industry; particularly water and electricity.

In this episode we covered:

  • How do we determine the probability of finding a defect to establish inspection frequency?
  • Are organisations looking to optimise inspections to ensure the benefits are worth the costs?
  • Can you borrow a task in an FMEA from another organisation?

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311 – Defect Elimination with Doug Plucknette

311 – Defect Elimination with Doug Plucknette

Defect Elimination with Doug Plucknette

Welcome Doug back to the podcast. Doug is the Author, President and Owner of Reliability Solutions Inc. Though briefly, give an introduction of yourself.

I started my reliability consultancy career back in 1999 after serving in several capacities at different organisations. Although currently semi-retired, I still respond to past clients who need help in streamlining their processes.

In this episode we covered:

  • How do we start moving defect elimination from smaller  to a little more advanced problems?
  • How long does it take to move from simpler problems such as leaks to dealing with more advanced asset problems?
  • How do you prioritise the problems to be worked on?

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What is Reliability Growth?

What is Reliability Growth?

What is Reliability Growth?

podcast episode with speaker Chris Jackson

Sounds simple, right? And it is. Reliability growth literally refers to a process where we improve the reliability of a product, system, or service. But sometimes we find ourselves in situations where it is expected that not only do we understand reliability growth … but measure it. And predict how much it will grow in the future. This is sometimes called Reliability Growth Testing (RGT), Reliability Growth Planning (RGP), or Reliability Growth Prediction. And there are lots of equations and models for all these things. But do these models actually model the ‘real world?’ … can they work for you? … SHOULD they work for you? This webinar introduces you to the topic of reliability growth (both qualitative and quantitative) along with key concepts (like the Duane Failure Pattern) to help you work out if there is (or is not) a place for reliability growth in your organization.
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309 – Optimizing Energy Efficiency of Rotating Equipment with Simon Jagers

309 – Optimizing Energy Efficiency of Rotating Equipment with Simon Jagers

Optimizing Energy Efficiency of Rotating Equipment with Simon Jagers

It is my pleasure to welcome back Simon Jagers, one of the founders of Samotics, an industrial analytics company that helps clients improve reliability and sustainability, particularly of their rotating equipment.

In this episode we covered:

  • Why is energy efficiency so important for organizations?
  • What can we do to address these problems with energy efficiency?
  • What do we do about all these energy wasting assets?

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307 – The Evil Ways of MTBF with Fred Schenkelberg

307 – The Evil Ways of MTBF with Fred Schenkelberg

The Evil Ways of MTBF with Fred Schenkelberg

It’s my pleasure to welcome Fred Schenkelberg back to the podcast. He is a reliability engineer and management consultant.

In this episode we covered:

  • What is MTBF?
  • Why would people want to calculate what that average time between failure is or where did this come about?
  • What do you think about using MTBF to monitor a complex systems reliability, and using that to pro proactively look at reviewing the maintenance program to it?

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306 – RCM Implementation with Nancy Regan

306 – RCM Implementation with Nancy Regan

RCM Implementation with Nancy Regan

It is my pleasure to welcome back Nancy Regan to the podcast, the founder of RCMtrainingonline.com.

In this episode we covered:

  • What is an RCM implementation?
  • What challenges do you see within organizations as they go to implement the findings from their analysis?
  • What do you believe is the most important outcome from an RCM implementation at the end of it all?

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CT E07 Part 2: A Successful Implementation of the Active Learning Model with Keith Fong

CT E07 Part 2: A Successful Implementation of the Active Learning Model with Keith Fong

CT E07 Part 2: A Successful Implementation of the Active Learning Model with Keith Fong

In Part 2 of Episode 7, my recurring guest, the phenomenal Keith Fong and I pick up our chat where we left off in Part 1 and go into detail on how to successfully apply the active learning model in your day-to-day. We also go over an example of a successful active learning program implementation.

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What is Process Capability Analysis (PCA)?

What is Process Capability Analysis (PCA)?

What is Process Capability Analysis (PCA)?

podcast episode with speaker Chris Jackson

A ‘capable’ process is a really weak term for what we are dealing with here. In short, a process is considered ‘capable’ if it creates products that, in spite of all the unavoidable natural variation in production, still fall within the boundaries of what ‘good’ looks like. Perhaps instead of ‘capable’, we should say ‘amazing’! A ‘capable’ process will essentially create products that have a very, very small chance of being defective. So how do we get here? SPC can help. But how do we measure how ‘capable’ our process is? And can we use this measurement to (for example) work out how many Parts Per Million (PPM) defects you are likely to get? This webinar introduces you to the concept of process capability, including well-known indices like CPK, along with what this means for your process. [Read more…]

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305 – Balancing Short and Long Term in Change with Shon Isenhour

305 – Balancing Short and Long Term in Change with Shon Isenhour

Balancing Short and Long Term in Change with Shon Isenhour

It’s my pleasure at welcome back, Shon Isenhour to the podcast, the owner of R and D show.

In this episode we covered:

  • How do clients get time to move and to start doing some of these proactive things?
  • How do you manage skill traits? How do we schedule them appropriately?
  • What are some short-term things we can do to create a little bit of breathing room?

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