Industrial Talk is onsite at SMRP 31 and talking to Paul Crocker, Sr. Reliability Engineer at Reliability X about "Ensuring your asset management training aligns with technology". Here are some of the key takeaways from our conversation:
- Industrial asset management and reliability with a guest speaker. 0:03
- Paul is a reliability engineer with 29 years of experience in maintenance and asset management.
- At Reliability X, Paul focuses on ensuring clean and drinkable water through asset management and reliability.
- Paul discusses a utility implementation project that has taken around 3 years, with ongoing development and legacy data issues.
- Paul and Scott MacKenzie discuss the challenges of implementing new systems while still dealing with existing issues and lack of end-user experience.
- Implementing an enterprise system development approach. 5:01
- Scott MacKenzie and Paul discuss challenges with enterprise system development, including data cleaning and legacy systems.
- Paul advises against translating old systems into new ones, instead focusing on understanding new system's functionality and mapping processes.
- Paul provides a tour of their old system to new employees to help them understand its functionality and processes.
- Paul highlights the importance of mapping out processes before implementing a new system, saving time and money in the long run.
- Scott MacKenzie agrees, emphasizing the value of identifying gaps and improving processes, rather than simply accepting the status quo.
- Reliability engineering and asset management. 11:30
- Scott MacKenzie and Paul discuss the implementation of a big project across different departments in a utility company.
- They talk about the challenges of aligning distribution, transmission, generation, and substations, and how the project is being implemented in a geographically diverse manner.
- Scott MacKenzie interviews Paul Crocker on reliability engineering and asset management.
- Paul Crocker shares insights on the importance of collaboration and education in the industry.
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PAUL CROCKER'S CONTACT INFORMATION:
Personal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pcrockerkck/Company LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reliabilityx/
Company Website: https://reliabilityx.com/
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