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MIM 015 Ricky Smith

MIM 015 Ricky Smith

An Interview with Ricky Smith

This week on Masterminds in Maintenance, we hear from Ricky Smith, CMRP.

Ricky Smith has a wealth of knowledge and years of experience in the maintenance and reliability industry and we were so thrilled to have him join us on our podcast. Ricky Smith started his maintenance journey in the US army, where he wanted to go to school to become a heavy equipment mechanic. He went on to work at a refinery and then Alumex as a technician and then as a maintenance engineer. He’s held a wide range of roles from maintenance supervisor, to maintenance manager, to maintenance company commander while in Iraq. Currently, Ricky Smith is a Maintenance and Reliability Best Practices Advisor at World Class Maintenance, where he is the Vice President.
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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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RRP 080 Mediocre Organizational Leadership with Paul Daoust

RRP 080 Mediocre Organizational Leadership with Paul Daoust

RRP 080 Mediocre Organizational Leadership with Paul Daoust

On this week’s episode, I welcome Paul Daoust to the show.  Paul is the founder of Scio Asset Management and an organizational asset management expert.  We discuss asset management, why most organizational leaders focus on the short term and why that short term focus results in mediocre performance.

If you haven’t yet, check out my website robsreliability.comand sign up for the weekly reliability newsletter with bonus content.  If you like the show, please tell your colleagues about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Finally, if there are any topics, guests you’d like to hear from, questions you want answered, or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Check out UpKeep – http://www.robsreliability.com/upkeep/

Follow Paul Daoust on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-daoust-12554b11/

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Music by XTaKeRuX, Song: White Crow is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License.

 

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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?

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MIM 014 James Kovacevic

MIM 014 James Kovacevic

An Interview with James Kovacevic

This week on Masterminds in Maintenance, we hear from James Kovacevic, Principal Instructor at Eruditio, joining our podcast all the way from Ontario, Canada. James is principal instructor at Eruditio an adult education firm based in Charleston, South Carolina focused on applying core skills associated with Asset Management, Lean Six Sigma, and organizational change leadership. We discuss James’ journey from electrician, to maintenance planner and manager, reliability engineer, then global reliability consultant.
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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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RM 030: A Conversation About Reflow Technology with Guest David Heller

RM 030: A Conversation About Reflow Technology with Guest David Heller

A Conversation About Reflow Technology with Guest David Heller

Episode 30: A Conversation About Reflow Technology with Heller Industries’ CEO David Heller. David joined the family business in 1987, twenty seventy years after its founding. David shares what reflow ovens were like at the beginning stages of surface mount technology and the numerous technological changes required along the way.

 

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RRP 079 Electrical Reliability with Paul Baker

RRP 079 Electrical Reliability with Paul Baker

RRP 079 Electrical Reliability with Paul Baker

On this week’s episode, I welcome Paul Baker to the show.  Paul is the principal consultant for CRED consulting and electrical reliability expert.  We discuss aging electrical infrastructure, transformers and what condition monitoring needs to be done on electrical equipment.

If you haven’t yet, check out my website robsreliability.comand sign up for the weekly reliability newsletter with bonus content.  If you like the show, please tell your colleagues about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Finally, if there are any topics, guests you’d like to hear from, questions you want answered, or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Check out UpKeep – http://www.robsreliability.com/upkeep/

Follow Paul Baker on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-baker-mmp/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/robsreliabilityproject/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/robsreliabilityproject/

Music by XTaKeRuX, Song: White Crow is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License.

 

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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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