Scott Deckers, Senior Customer Success Manager at Fiix Software, joins the Asset Reliability @ Work podcast to talk about the benefits of cloud-based CMMS management. Scott highlights some of the functionalities of their mobile app, the value organizations obtain from collecting real-time data and the security measures behind the software. Discussion highlights include: Understanding the benefits associated with cloud-based maintenance management Explaining the features and functionality...

Mike Smith joins the Asset Reliability @ Work podcast to talk about the role of today's Reliability Engineer. Together, we'll explore how that role has transformed over the years in terms of responsibilities and training. Mike will tell you what he thinks should be in the RE's toolbox and he'll provide advice for those looking to become proficient within this job field. Discussion highlights include: Discussing how the responsibilities have changed over the years Understanding the current...

John Cray stops in studio to discuss how maintenance and operations personnel can effectively measure their reliability activities using a reliability scorecard. John will also provide some personal insights on basic KPIs that should be measured as well as some more advanced metrics for those organizations who have already started measuring their reliability initiatives. Discussion highlights include: Explaining the purpose of a reliability scorecard Discussing what needs to be done prior...

Jeff Nevenhoven returns to the podcast to talk about his real-world experience of having facilitated a change initiative and his encounters with those unforeseen forces hindering success. Jeff will walk us through how he and the organization overcame those obstacles. Discussion highlights include: Facing resistance to change and how to overcome Advice for planning for the unexpected Explaining the lessons learned Additional Resources: Managing Change: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back...

Bob Fei, President and CEO of Life Cycle Engineering, provides his C-level insights on how to create a culture that inspires innovation and explains why it's crucial for all organizations to make innovation a key part of their work environment. Discussion highlights include: Understanding why innovation within manufacturing is a vital piece to achieving industry success Explaining the difference between innovation and continuous improvement Discussing examples from LCE's experience in...

Brad Cunic, Senior Vice President of LCE's Reliability Consulting Group, talks through the organizational benefits of building a business case for reliability and the fundamentals to keep in mind while crafting your objectives. Discussion highlights include: Understanding the benefits of developing the business case Defining Reliability Excellence and the Rx Model Explaining the basic elements that make up the business case Four fundamentals to keep in mind Additional Resources: ...

Johnny Brown, an Asset Management Services Technician, highlights the obstacles that prevent a manufacturing facility from achieving a cohesive and highly efficient work environment. Johnny discusses how to break down some of these barriers in order to create functional partnerships. Discussion highlights include: Identifying some of the barriers that exist in a manufacturing facility Explaining how these obstacles came to be and the complexity of how to solve them Step One: Sell the idea...

Doug Wallace, Senior Materials Management SME, makes his second appearance on the Asset Reliability @Work podcast to give his 12 steps to help materials managers regain control of their inventory warehouse. Discussion highlights include: Understanding the issues of inventory management Discussing the twelve steps in detail Additional Resources: 12 Steps to Inventory Recovery (web article) 12 Steps Infographic Doug Wallace on LinkedIn

In this year-end review episode, Dan Anderson, Account Manager and SMRP Communications Chair, discusses the highlights and noticeable trends from the 2017 conference season as well as identifying the top issues from the maintenance and reliability community throughout the year. Discussion highlights include: Highlighting trends from the 2017 conference season Identifying the common pain points from the reliability community Discussing the rise in technology Providing tips for those...

John Cray makes his second appearance on the podcast to discuss how leadership, vision and behavior can develop a culture that values data integrity and effectively utilizes their CMMS. Discussion highlights include: Explaining how to establish a set of CMMS guiding principles that drives consistency and data integrity Discussing who should be responsible for creating a culture that embraces CMMS Summarizing how measures and audits can motivate and sustain desired system use Additional...

In our final discussion of this three-part series with Greg Flickinger, Chairman of the OpX Leadership Network and Group Vice President of Manufacturing Operations for HEB grocery stores, we talk about the effects training has on boosting employee engagement. Discussion highlights include: The impact of training and upskilling your employees Explaining the benefits of certifications in the workplace Understanding how to effectively train people in new technology How to get the most bang...

Part two of this three-part discussion with Greg Flickinger, Chairman of the OpX Leadership Network and Group Vice President of Manufacturing Operations for HEB grocery stores, highlights the impact of the IIOT movement with regards to new technology developments and techniques on how best to engage employees for successful adoption. Discussion highlights include: Explaining how IIOT is positively impacting business Emergence of augmented reality wearables Addressing the challenges of new...

Part one of this three-part discussion with Greg Flickinger, Chairman of the OpX Leadership Network and Group Vice President of Manufacturing Operations for HEB grocery stores, features an engaging discussion about today's manufacturing challenges and how leaders are coming together to help solve those issues. Discussion highlights include: Explaining the OpX Leadership Network's mission Identifying the top four issues members of the council are facing Greg talks about the most challenging...

Bill Wilder, founder and leader of Life Cycle Engineering's change management practice, joins the podcast to discuss the point of change saturation and the risks associated with undergoing more change than an organization is capable of handling at a given time. Discussion highlights include: Defining change saturation Understanding the risks of too much change Identifying common symptoms of change overload Minimizing the risk of change saturation Additional Resources: I Heard it...

Anil Agrawalla, a Senior Reliability Engineer and Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP), joins the podcast to discuss predictive maintenance strategy and how manufacturing organizations are implementing and maintaining the program's efficiency. Discussion highlights include: Struggles with tracking PdM program's effectiveness Measuring your PdM programs success Tips to better measure results Next steps after reviewing metrics and KPIs Additional Resources: Predictive...

Anil Agrawalla, a Senior Reliability Engineer and Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP), joins the podcast to discuss predictive maintenance strategy and how manufacturing organizations are implementing and maintaining the program's efficiency. Discussion highlights include: Difference between predictive and preventive maintenance Best practices for setting up a PdM program Common mistakes organizations make during implementation On-the-job struggles of maintaining the...

We are joined by Doug Wallace, a Senior Materials Management SME and PROSCI-certified Change Management professional, to discuss the considerations manufacturing facilities should make when setting up their storeroom for long-lasting effectiveness. We also talk about how to fix a broken storeroom. Discussion highlights include: Purpose of the storeroom Technology advancements for smarter storerooms Planning and setting up the storeroom Fixing a failing storeroom Biggest challenges...

In this episode we're discussing stakeholders as it pertains to a manufacturing setting; where the employees, customers, and in some cases the community are the stakeholders. John Cray, a Certified Reliability Leader (CRL) with over 35 years of experience working in various processing industries, details how to effectively engage with your stakeholders to get the buy-in your project needs. Discussion highlights include: Identifying your project's stakeholders Understanding consequences of...

Roger Corley joins the podcast for a second time to talk about the role of the maintenance planner and the six characteristics that make a planner great. Discussion highlights include: Explaining the responsibilities of the maintenance planner Understanding the difference between planner and scheduler Identifying the six unique traits of a great planner Discussing the education needed to become a planner Additional Resources: Avoid the Misguided Application of the Maintenance Planner...

Jeff Nevenhoven, a Prosci-certified Change Management Practitioner with over 20 years of experience in operations and reliability, joins the podcast to discuss the Prosci ADKAR model for change management. Jeff explains how each phase of the model is used to facilitate successful change management for manufacturing organizations. Discussion highlights include: Explaining the purpose of the ADKAR model Detailing each phase and how it's used to facilitate change Discussing the importance of...

Our podcast co-host and Learning SME, Tara Holwegner, brings her passion and knowledge about workforce development to explain why manufacturing facilities should view competency-based training as a necessity for those organizations looking to become world-class leaders. Tara also explains her process to achieving competency and how that approach is closing the skills gap. Discussion highlights include: Defining competency and how it's helping the bottom line 70/20/10 model for learning and...

Roger Corley, a Materials Management SME, brings 30 years of experience in Maintenance Planning and Scheduling and Materials Management to discuss how organizations are benefiting from investing in corrective maintenance instead of deferring maintenance until a shutdown period. Discussion highlights include: Explaining how day-to-day planning differs from turnaround planning Understanding why facilities do a poor job planning routine corrective jobs Realizing the greatest payback is...

Senior Reliability Engineer, Mike Smith, explains the concept of an asset management plan, the main goal for developing an asset management plan, and highlights what he believes are the four stumbling blocks to an effective asset management plan. Discussion highlights include: Defining an asset management plan Explaining the purpose of the plan Four stumbling blocks preventing an effective asset management plan Additional Resources: The 5 Biggest Risks to Asset Management (SlideShare)...

Wally Wilson, Senior SME in Materials Management, joins the Asset Reliability @Work podcast to highlight the safety concerns and added cost of using counterfeit parts in your maintenance activities and how to reduce the risk of receiving counterfeit parts. Discussion highlights include: Discussing the growing problem of receiving and using counterfeit parts Understanding how counterfeit parts affect equipment performance and the associated cost of maintaining those parts Identifying a...