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CMMSradioMaintenance and Reliability best practices with James Kovacevic - from Rooted in ReliabilityIn this episode, we have a special guest, James Kovacevic, to help us learn about maintenance and reliability specific to assets and preventive maintenance. He’s the host of Rooted in Reliability – The Plant Performance Podcast where he’s Helping organizations improve the “triple bottom line” through improved asset management practices. James is a maintenance management professional, a certified maintenance and reliability professional, and a certified asset management assessor. He discusses his background and philosophes on building out preventive maintenance programs, along with how to improve user adoption and the challenges therein, for your CMMS or other software/technology solutions...2022-02-2630 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast301 - Bolted Joint Reliability with Jorg AlbrechtBolted Joint Reliability with Jorg Albrecht
It is my pleasure to welcome Jorg Albrecht to the podcast, the managing director of Heavy Technologies.
In this episode we covered:
What do you consider a bolted joint?
How do we normally determine if a bolt is properly in place'?
How do we measure clamping force?
What do you consider a bolted joint?
Any piece of the mechanical equipment or any component that’s got a financial hole that needs to be held together by a friend component or components.
...2022-02-1500 min
The Modern Facilities Management PodcastSpotlight! Building a PM Strategy with James KovacevicJames Kovacevic, Principal Instructor at Eruditio, joins the podcast to discuss the importance of a well designed PM program. James is a trainer, speaker, and consultant that specializes in bringing profitability, productivity, availability, and sustainability to manufacturers around the globe.Throughout his career, James has focused on providing the discipline and training needed to strengthen reliability, maintenance management, asset management, as well as strategy and implementation...2022-01-1329 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast295 - Real Life Metrics with Rick ClonanReal Life Metrics with Rick Clonan
It is my pleasure to welcome back Rick clone into the podcast, the implementation and training manager at era DCO.
In this episode we covered:
What is a metric to begin with?
Why do organizations really use metrics?
With all these challenges, how do organizations either pick the right metrics or use them properly?
What is a metric to begin with?
It’s any kind of quantitative assessment use to compare or track or measure performance or production of a process. Thi...2022-01-0400 min
Reliability MattersEpisode 77: A Conversation with James Kovacevic about Maintenance Reliability TrainingMy guest has been quoted saying his personal mission is to make industry a profitable place; where individuals and manufacturers possess the resources, knowledge, and courage to sustainably lower their operating costs. I speak with James about his maintenance philosophies and his work teaching maintenance best practices.James may be reached here:James Kovacevic, MMP CMRP CAMAjkovacevic@eruditio.comhttps://eruditiollc.com2021-09-2839 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast274 - Dealing with Ramp Up and Degraded Assets with James Reyes-Picknell274 – Dealing with Ramp Up and Degraded Assets with James Reyes-Picknell
Welcome James Reyes who is the author of Uptime and many other books, also a principal consultant at Conscious Asset. More about James:
Having a career that spans for 44 years, James has worked in different organizations and industries some of which include reliability on board both at sea and air. The guest began a reliability consulting career in 1995 focusing on the execution of reliability programs.
In this episode we covered:
What types of Issues are companies going to face?
How do organizations re...2021-08-1700 minThe Modern Facilities Management Podcast#20 - Establishing a Preventive Maintenance Program with James KovacevicJames Kovacevic, Principal Instructor at Eruditio, joins the podcast to discuss the importance of a well designed PM program. James is a trainer, speaker, and consultant that specializes in bringing profitability, productivity, availability, and sustainability to manufacturers around the globe.Throughout his career, James has focused on providing the discipline and training needed to strengthen reliability, maintenance management, asset management, as well as strategy and implementation...2021-07-1529 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast240 - Manage All Failures, or Else with James Reyes-PicknellManage All Failures or Else with James Reyes-Picknell
We’re excited to have James Reyes-Picknell, the author of Uptime, Strategies for Excellence in Maintenance Management, back with us. He’s also written Reliability Centered Maintenance Re-engineered and Paying Your Way which is his latest book. James also trains and consults in maintenance, reliability and asset management areas across different sectors.
In this episode, we will be discussing:
What is a failure
Why do you need to manage failures
How do you forecast failures not yet experienced
Which strategies are available for managing failure states
…a...2020-12-1500 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast202-RCAM with Richard OvermanRCAM with Richard Overman
This episode revolves around the book titled as Reliability Centered Asset Management by Richard Overman. It is based on using the principles of reliability centered maintenance to manage your assets. It helps you understand the processes involved in managing your assets effectively by finding answers to questions such as; how or why your assets are failing? What are the consequences of those failures? And how to take actions to prevent those failures from occurring in the first place. It is based on the application of RCM principles to ensure reliability through-out the lifecycle...2020-03-2400 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast196-Reliability Trends with Fred SchenkelbergReliability Trends with Fred Schenkelberg
We're not invited on Oprah to talk about Maintenance Management Podcasts allow us to get insights from our peers.
In this episode, James once again interviews Fred Schenkelberg. Fred is the reliability expert at FMS Reliability, reliability engineering and management consulting firm he founded in 2004. Fred talks with us today about digital content and its role in the Reliability community.
We start by discussing the traffic levels on various topic posts and how the basics are still what attracts the most views and searches. Articles like...2020-02-1100 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast194-The Importance of Installation with Chris GreeneThe Importance of Installation
“How we install the equipment, will dictate how it will operate.
In this episode, James interviews Chris Greene. Chris helps us to understand how the correct installation of equipment will set the stage for optimal operational quality and longevity.
In this episode we covered:
The correct operation of a machine involves installing it correctly.
The industry as a whole has used the installation as a place to cut costs.
Proper installation makes a big difference in quality, costs, and life-span.
Benefits of documentation.
Use manufacturer standards.
...2020-01-2800 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast192-DIKDAR with Paul DaoustDIKDAR with Paul Daoust
In maintenance and reliability industry, soft skills are just as important as the hard skills. When you are faced with uncertain and complex situations, it becomes difficult to make good decisions. That's why it comes in handy if you are good at critical thinking and can perform better under pressure as compared to your peers. Some organizations have competitive environment and they have limited resources to deploy for different programs. In these cases, they need to identify and put certain activities in place that would help their employees make the best use of...2020-01-1400 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast190-How to Start a Vibe Program with Jesus SefonteHow to Start a Vibe Program with Jesus Sefonte
Even though the vibration analysis has been around for a long time, there are very few organizations that use it. Machinery vibration is the study of the behavior of rotating machinery for detecting faults based on the monitoring of different machinery components using vibration signals. All the rotating machines vibrate either in a good or bad way and vibration analysis is the best way to predict machinery behavior by making it part of your predictive maintenance program. It helps you access machinery health, predict failures, and do corrective...2019-12-3100 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast188-Thermal Growth with Daus StudenbergThermal Growth with Daus Studenberg
When a machine heats up and starts expanding in all the directions is simply called the thermal growth. When it actually comes to understanding it, it means that you are dealing with machinery movement and that can cause misalignment in the machine. Also, your alignment is only as good as your target. If your machine starts moving and you have a bearable misalignment in the off-set condition, you will allow that bear minimum of misalignment in your machine deliberately in that condition. So, before you detect thermal growth, you need to have...2019-12-1700 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastSMRP 06 - Motion Amplification with Jeff HayMotion 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.
In this episode we covered:
How motion amplification works.
The advanced products like the IRIS M being put out by RDI.
The crazy movements of machinery.
The possibilities in monitoring allowed by camera technology...2019-12-0527 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast186-Third Habit with Peter HorsburghThird 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...2019-12-0300 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastSMRP 04 - Getting It Right With Mikeal TernerGetting 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.
In this episode we covered:
Increasing the lifespan and efficiency...2019-12-0227 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast184-HPI and LT with Bob LatinoHPI and LT with Bob Latino
RCA has been around for a long time and has evolved with time. There are different acronyms associated with it such as HPI and RCFA. There are also different definitions of RCA out there and it really depends on how to perceive RCA. Most of the organizations consider it a linear process that serves the same purpose as a 5-Y would. When companies try to implement RCA with these sorts of limited perceptions, they always fail to get the results that they need. In the end, they either blame the individual...2019-11-1900 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastBonus Episode-Advancing the Reliability and Maintenance Standards of Electrical Systems with Alan RossAdvancing the Reliability and Maintenance Standards of Electrical Systems with Alan Ross
In this episode, James interviews Alan Ross, former Vice-President of Reliability at SDMeyers and President of the Electric Power Reliability Alliance. Alan Ross has been involved with electrical systems for roughly 30 years and is now dedicated to transforming the industry by educating the next generation of electrical reliability mentors and leaders. He will do this through the Electric Power Reliability Alliance.
In this episode we covered:
The Background and Purpose of the EPRA.
The Reliability and Maintenance Standards of Electrical Systems.
How...2019-11-1435 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastSMRP 02 - Gaining Control of Process ControlGaining Control of Process Control
In this episode, James interviews Keith Staton of Weyerhaeuser. Keith has had a long career in reliability and got his start with the Navy. He is now the maintenance and reliability director for 14 Weyerhaeuser plants and just published a paper titled Gaining Control of Process Control which inspired this episode.
In this episode we covered:
Automatic process control.
Getting better control of process controls.
The pitfalls of a lack of controls and standardization.
How you can begin to better take control of your processes.
To begin with...2019-11-1127 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastElectronic Monitoring With Simon JagersElectronic Monitoring With Simon Jagers
Impact the environment and your bottom line with better monitoring.
In this episode, James interviews Simon Jagers, founder of Semiotic Labs. Semiotic Labs creates and markets smart machine-monitoring technologies and Simon is a passionate advocate for the power of this technology to reduce wasted time, energy, and costs. Simon walks us through the motor monitoring systems popular today and how modern motor current signature analysis (MCSA) and a web connection allows monitoring to be done safer and more cost-efficient than ever.
In this episode we covered:
Semiotics...2019-11-0500 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastWork-order Management with John ReeveWork-order Management with John Reeve
Work-order management is the key for successful asset management programs. It is usually incorporated in the CMMS in its designing stages to obtain knowledgeable information out of the system. It can be defined as the process of tracking of all the maintenance activities from initiation to completion. Work orders are used to keep record of every task that is being carried in the facility. It can be planned when you have bigger jobs to perform such as condition-based monitoring or it can be unplanned in case of small corrective actions of simple...2019-10-2200 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastRisk-Based Asset Criticality with Suzane GreemanRisk-Based Asset Criticality with Suzane Greeman
Asset criticality plays a huge role in asset management. It is the ranking of assets depending upon the importance of every asset to the organization. When we talk about assessing that asset criticality, it means that we are determining that importance level of the assets within a particular organization. Once you know the criticality of each of your assets, you will be able to devise a methodology for risk based management of those assets. As it is a risk based process, everything related to that asset especially its history is very...2019-10-1500 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastProject Manager's Guide with Brandon WeilProject Manager's Guide with Brandon Weil
Planning and scheduling maintenance and reliability programs takes a bit of a work but implementing that plan takes real effort and that's where the project managers come in. They are the ones who define the scope of the plan and come with estimates in terms of budget and time. Project planners usually have a singular responsibility and that is to divide the work into a group of activities. These activities are part of major interdependent processes and there are always risks involved that need to be identified and addressed at the...2019-10-0100 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastPlanner Certification with Shon IsenhourPlanner Certification with Shon Isenhour
Behind a successful reliability program, there's always a great plan for implementation. This is something that maintenance planners handle. They are the ones who create job plans, strategize those plans, and then develop procedures to implement them with success. The scope of a maintenance planner's job is flexible, so there are different type roles that a planner or a planner and scheduler plays depending upon the type of the organization they are working for. Some of the maintenance planners receive proper training while the others just get into the process as they...2019-09-2600 minRooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastRCA Tips with Shon IsenhourRCA Tips with Shon Isenhour
RCA is one of the most basic yet most important of the processes in a reliability program. RCA isn't just about solving a problem or fixing an error in your system. It is more than just finding a single root causes. When a problem occurs, there can be more than one reasons why that occurred in the first place. RCA helps us reduce the risk of that problem to a level that is acceptable to the organization. It is always a systemic and latent approach that takes time and should be done...2019-09-2400 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastCyber Security with Howard PenroseCyber Security with Howard Penrose
Cyber security can be a significant issue why your assets are not working as they are supposed to and you face more downtime than expected. When you use network enabled systems, there are a lot of things on the internet that can cause damage to your system. Viruses such as malwares, ad-wares, and other harmful software leave your asset vulnerable to all sorts of attacks. If you are a leading organization in the industry, your systems can be exposed to hackers as well. So, there are a lot of aspects that an...2019-09-1700 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastWhat is the CMRT with Terry TorrenceWhat is the CMRT with Terry Torrence
As a Reliability Engineer, you are always keen to learn something new and practice it to add to your professional experience. There are a lot of ways to get the kind of knowledge that you need to be good at your job. Online certifications are a trendy way to get skills these days. These certifications are especially beneficial for engineers who don't have the time to register to a university and take classes there. There are many good platforms that provide such certifications to help you shine in your career...2019-09-1000 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastWhat is ICML55 with Jim FitchWhat is ICML55 with Jim Fitch
Lubrication is one of the fundamental things that needs to be taken care of if you want your machines healthy. There's a lot to learn from the leading organizations in order to have good lubrication programs. The organizations looking to get started in the field can take information from different platforms and online media. One of such resources is International Council of Machine Lubrication. ICML55 is a standard that originated from the concept of asset management standard ISO55000. There was a need to have a standard lubrication guide that will allow...2019-09-0300 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastKey Performance Influencer with Bill LeahyKey Performance Influencer with Bill Leahy
What does a KPI mean to you? Is it just a performance measurement tool to you? Is it a metrics that you have developed to see how your systems are doing? A KPI is all of these things but much more than that. A KPI is an organizational goal that you have to achieve. When you have smaller key performance Influencer in place to drive people's behavior towards achieving a larger organizational goal, that's when a KPI becomes effective. So, we are using our key performance influencers any incentives or benefits...2019-08-2700 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastDecision Making with RobDecision Making with Rob
Decision making is a major part of maintenance and reliability. The engineers have to make decisions all the time regarding assets, budgets, and risk analysis. There are some decisions that don't really have serious consequences but when it comes to asset management, every decision is important. They need to be economical and there should be a good balance between cost, risk, and asset performance. Most of the time, the managers are making all the decisions and they either do it based on their experience or they just go with their gut feeling.
2019-08-2000 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastPMO with Rick ClonanPMO with Rick Clonan
PMO is a process where you make efficient use of your PMs to understand the operating context of your assets in a better way. Once you have identified your critical assets, you can plan your PMs accordingly. These routine PMs should be designed in a way that they serve the purpose that you want from your assets. It is not just about reducing number of PMs, it is about finding failures and mitigating them. Our primary focus should be to make the PMs, more effective and then we can focus on the efficiency...2019-08-1300 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastRCA Trends with Chris EckertRCA Trends with Chris Eckert
RCA is a process where you get to the root cause of the problem and then solve it by using a systemic approach. To get started with RCA, you need to gather your data first. Once you set your data points to gather meaningful and useful data, then, you can perform RCA to prevent a failure or find a solution to fix it. There are four basic steps for a good RCA. In the first step, you should be able to gather fresh data the minute a failure occurs. In the second...2019-08-0600 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastWhat are Functions with Nancy ReganWhat are Functions with Nancy Regan
Reliability Centered Maintenance or RCM is a philosophy that is rooted in the fundamentals of the reliability and maintenance. There are seven steps or principles of RCM that can really help you do RCM correctly. The first four steps of RCM make up FMEA and when you combine the next two with these, it gives you a FMECA baseline. With these seven steps, you can do all the wonderful things that make up a successful reliability program. In RCM, functions are where you start your journey. A function can be defined...2019-07-3000 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastGreatest Manufacturing Challenges with Calvin WilliamsGreatest Manufacturing Challenges with Calvin Williams
Every organization's end goal is to have continuous improvement. There are tools out there that can help you with it. One of such tools is the Impruver. It helps you keep your performance up-to-date and notifies you when you miss something and gets you on your way towards what need to be done. Another tool that helps you make continuous improvement is digital action board. It places an accountability process in place where you can see the results for yourself, improve the area that needs it, and keep tracking individual and...2019-07-2300 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast2nd Habit with Peter Horsburgh2nd Habit with Peter Horsburgh
Whenever there's a problem in the plant, it always comes to finding the root cause if you are looking to solve it and stop it from reappearing later on. To successfully do that, you need to have what's going on with your plant. You should have the complete understanding of the processes and the events that might have led to that issue in the first place. It isn't always a single root causes that results into a failure. It can be a number of small things that contribute to that problem and...2019-07-1600 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastReliability Catch Up with FredReliability Catch Up with Fred
Reliability and Maintenance industry changes very fast. The organization always enlist the help of consultants when their assets are failing. The reason why it doesn't work sometimes is because the companies don't know what they are looking for. Before you go about hiring some consulting firm, you need to have some certain information for them to begin with. Once you know what the problem is and what is it that you are trying to accomplish, it becomes easier for consultants to help you with overcoming failures and stopping them in the first...2019-07-0900 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastUnsung Heros of Reliability with Ryan ChanUnsung Heros with Ryan
With the kind of data that technicians collect in the field on a daily basis, it is very hard to note down everything. What they usually do is they go into the shop, perform some routine repairs and then come back to their desks to note everything they have encountered. Even if they manage to note down every single thing into their notebook or whatever paperwork they have available to them, they have to move around a lot and hassle through data every time they leave their position to go into the shop...2019-07-0200 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastFRACAS with Brandon WeilFRACAS with Brandon Weil
With changing technology in the reliability and maintenance industry, the best practices are always changing in order to improve the overall reliability for the long term. Failure reporting analysis and corrective action system or FRACAS is one of the best tools towards just achieving that goal. It is a process for collecting failure history, analyzing it for patterns, getting to root causes, implementing the corrective actions and then, monitoring the results of those actions. So, it is basically the collection of all the other reliability processes merged into one. In order for this...2019-06-2500 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastBearing Isolators with Chris and WoodyBearing Isolators with Chris and Woody
One of the major reasons of bearing failure is the operating conditions of the machine. That's why bearing isolators are used to keep the bearing separate from the external environment. It is a type of seal that helps keep bearing and the oil free from contamination. There are several different types of bearing isolators. The major categories are contacting or mechanical which have been used for rotating equipment for a long time and non-contacting seals that are used for dynamic purposes and consistent performance. The latter type has a long life...2019-06-1800 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast161 PdM Survey with Tom WilkPdM Survey with Tom Wilk
Predictive maintenance is a continuous activity and it is really hard to drive PdM program success without having a clear set of goals and a vision that everyone understands. The industry trends for reliability and maintenance are changing fast and so are the organizations that want to keep up with the new technology. The results of PdM Survey from 2017 to 2018 show that the type of technology that a company uses effects its reliability program on a larger scale. In this survey, the participants were asked questions about the type of technology being...2019-06-1100 min
Maintenance DisruptedPlanning with James KovacevicThis week on Rob's Reliability Project, I welcome James Kovacevic back to the show to discuss planning. We talk about the differences between planning and scheduling, what planners should be doing and James gives us his top planning tips.
Thank you for listening and if you enjoy the show, please subscribe to Rob's Reliability Project on your favourite podcast platform and share it with your colleagues. You can also follow Rob's Reliability Project on LinkedIn and Facebook and check out robsreliability.com as well.
If you're looking for a shorter tip, subscribe to Rob's Reliability Tip...2019-06-1136 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast160 Transition on the road to Asset Management with Susan LubellTransition on the road to Asset Management with Susan Lubell
Asset management means to get the best value from your assets in a collaborative way. It helps you manage your assets safely and in a cost-effective manner. The organizations need to understand the risks involved in introducing unsafe practices into the field. These unhealthy practices can put the lives of your engineers at risk and cost you heavily in terms of asset damage and equipment repairs. Asset management is a journey and even though your organization might already be doing asset management, there's always room to improve.2019-06-0400 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast159 Maintenance Metrics with Stuart FergussonMaintenance Metrics with Stuart Fergusson
Maintenance metrics is a very important part of a maintenance and reliability program because you can't improve what you can't measure. Performance measurement is necessary to derive those improvements that will help you carry out your maintenance activities the best way possible. It is a cycle that can be divided into three steps. First you have to enable you team members, then you have to train them, and in the end you have to measure their performance on a consistent basis using some standard KIPs. It is repetitive process and you have...2019-05-2800 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast158 LORA with Lucas MarinoLevel Of Repair Analysis with Lucas Marino
Most of the organizations in the maintenance and reliability industry have limited resources and they want to make the best use of what they have got. If the maintenance requirements of an organizations don't match its resources, it is always going to result into an increased cost and decreased employee performance. The type of maintenance that an asset required throughout its life cycle needs to be performed in a balanced way. That's why it is so important to have a maintenance philosophy when you are planning the life cycle cost...2019-05-2100 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast157 PdM in RCM R with Jesus SifontePdM in RCM R with Jesus Sifonte
Condition monitoring is time-based solution to mitigating and preventing failures and it is a huge part of RCM or RCM R. RCM R is the advanced, updated version of RCM that entails predictive maintenance as the main technique to perform condition-based monitoring to improve asset performance. The reason that RCM and PDM fit together perfectly is because reliability can never be complete without having some sort of predictive maintenance method in place. Condition monitoring is the perfect tool for that. It also incorporates vibration analysis, oil analysis, and the use...2019-05-1400 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast156 Manufacturing Analytics with Bryan SapotManufacturing Analytics with Bryan Sapot
Data is the single important thing whether it's quality data, failure data or any other kind of data that helps you make decisions in the best interest if your assets and the organization. You may have set data points but those don't mean anything unless you know what you are looking for. When you take unstructured data, analyze it, and then turn it into meaningful information to improve manufacturing, it can be called manufacturing analytics. You can use it to make your reliability processes better or you can use it for performance...2019-05-0700 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast155 Bearing Installation with Bernd SeidenthalBearing Installation with Bernd Seidenthal
Predictive maintenance is a huge part of the overall reliability of your assets. Most of the times, equipment fails because of the bearing or seal failure. Bearing failures are very common in the facilities and improper installation of a bearing is one of the biggest reasons it fails. If you don't do it right with proper tools, you are going to damage the bearing and it is only a matter of when rather than how. Before installing a bearing, you need to have a clean space and all the necessary tools should...2019-04-3000 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast154 Asset Condition Monitoring with Jack NicholasAsset Condition Monitoring with Jack Nicholas
Asset condition monitoring can be defined the process to determine the health status of the equipment using high-tech tools, predict future status based on the deficiencies found, and return health to normal before complete loss of function. That way you can plan the maintenance of the equipment at your own best time rather than having the equipment fail at a bad time. There are a lot of tools out there that can help you with predictive maintenance or asset condition monitoring. Using sensors is one of the best examples of advanced...2019-04-2300 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast153 What tool when with Ron MooreWhat Tool? When? with Ron Moore
Today's episode is based on What Tool When by Ron Moore. The book covers all the common tools that are handy in a workplace for a maintenance engineer. Then, it covers concepts like Manufacturing, six sigma, TPM, reliability and maintenance along with information about lots of tools. In the early chapters, it provides insights into leadership and culture change. It tells you about the very basics of having a tool around and how to use it but it also provides you the basic things that should be in place before you...2019-04-1600 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast152- Field Balancing with Gary JamesField Balancing with Gary James
There are a lot of aspects that need to be taken care of in condition monitoring and field balancing is one of those. There are two types of balancing; static and dynamic. The first one deals with balancing in a controlled environment and other one is purely balancing a piece of equipment in the field. When you have balanced an asset against a bunch if parameters, you know when there's an unbalance in the equipment. There are different defects that can caught using a balancing frequency or other parameter. There are a...2019-04-0900 minRooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast151- First Day as an RE with Fred SchenkelbergFirst Day as a Reliability Engineer with Fred Schenkelberg
It is always a difficult first day for a reliability engineer in a new place. There are a lot of things to get yourself involved in and there are some tips that can really help you get through that successfully. The job of a reliability engineer requires always moving around, so there is hardly the need of finding the station first. A good reliability engineers always starts with getting the lay of the land first. This would involve getting to know the relevant personnel on the job and...2019-04-0200 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast150 - Machinery Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting with Heinz BlochMachinery Failure Analysis and Troubleshooting with Heinz Bloch
The organizations often tend to ignore some simple things when they are mitigating a machinery failure. Some of the important things being; why did the failure occur? Who should be asked about it? What kind of measures can be taken so that it doesn't occur again? Most of the time, it is just changing parts without doing the proper analysis or troubleshooting for that matter. What you should be doing as a professional organization is, train your technicians about step by step problem solving by giving them test examples...2019-03-2600 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastSMRP18 - Working Man's iIoT with Kevin ClarkSMRP18 – Working Man’s iIoT with Kevin Clark
Whenever people talk about the iIOT or other advanced technologies, they are not considered as the tools the technicians at the shop floor can benefit from. The reason is that they are so complex that you need proper training to get the results that you need. But it is vital that such technologies and tools are made available to the people on the plant floor. They are the ones who can benefit the most from it as they spend all their time being close to the asset. Whenever a prob...2019-03-2000 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast149-Football and Downtime Don't Mix with Frederic BaudartFootball and Downtime Don’t Mix with Frederic Baudart
Cloud-based technologies have really improved data sharing. All you have to do is capture the data, transfer it to your smart phone, and then share it with anyone who need to know that information via cloud. It is a very efficient and secured way of sharing information that helps take smart measures in a matter of minutes anytime and anywhere. FLUKE provides such remote data monitoring solutions that have the ability to share asset data based on the performance and outputs. This data can include the operating conditions of...2019-03-1900 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast148-Leveraging Failure Data for Better Decision Making with John ReeveLeveraging Failure Data for Better Decision Making with John Reeve
Failure data is very important for leaders to make effective and efficient decisions. That's why they are always looking for industry best practices and new implementation techniques to understand failure codes and failure modes in a better way. The organizations always focus on understanding failure codes so that they can design their CMMS. They always configure their CMMS to better analyze the failure data. They have a process in place that allows them to run failure data against different fields based on the failure codes. Failure data...2019-03-1200 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast147- What is Oil Analysis with Robert KalwarowskyWhat is Oil Analysis with Robert Kalwarowsky
Lubrication is an important part of asset management and oil analysis plays a major role in keeping the lubrication system of your machines well. There are a number of factors that need to be taken into account while checking the lubricant for impurities and high viscosity etc. That's why it is important to check the oiling process of the gearboxes and other machine parts that would fail if the condition of the lubricant is not up to the standards. There are a lot of precautions and different tests to make...2019-03-0500 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast146 - Distance Learning and Coaching with Bill LeahyDistance Learning and Coaching with Bill Leahy
Distance learning is becoming more trendy in the industry and is preferred by a lot of students especially the ones doing their Masters. The biggest reason that the students choose distance learning over traditional learning is because of the flexibility of the process. Due to this supreme advantage, anyone can get into an online course. It is particularly very advantageous for people who have jobs or need to take care of their families. It is really good for the parents who have limited time and need flexible study hours which...2019-02-2600 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast145 - How to Choose the Correct Seal Type with Chuck TannerHow to Choose the Correct Seal Type with Chuck Tanner
Seals are very important to contain machine fluids and keep them from different sort of contamination. There are different types of seals in the market such as traditional packing, mechanical seals, air seals, and other seals that keep bearing hoses in check. Traditional packing is one of the cheapest sealing solutions out there in the market. The only difference between a mechanical seal and packing is that the mechanical seals work very well for the rotating piece of equipment. They give precision and accuracy where is needed...2019-02-1900 minRooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast144 - Understanding Asset Hierarchy with Shon Isenhour and Brandon WeilUnderstanding Asset Hierarchy with Shon Isenhour and Brandon Weil
Asset hierarchy is very important to utilize the limited resources of an organization in the best way possible. It helps manage time and cost by prioritizing our assets. That's why every organization needs to have a hierarchy. There are a lot of standards out there to help you build an asset hierarchy. ISO 14224 helps greatly in the matter. It contains guidelines that a maintenance and reliability organization can use to define some sort of organized processes and procedures that are important to have in the facilities. When they...2019-02-1200 minRooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast143 - The Soft Skills Reliability Engineers Need with Fred SchenkelbergThe Soft Skills Reliability Engineers Need with Fred Schenkelberg
In every industry, people skills contribute a lot to the success of an employee. The thing is that engineers and especially reliability engineers are not taught soft skills like change management and communication strategies across different facilities in the maintenance and reliability oriented organizations. The reason that engineers don't have enough soft skills because organizations don't have enough time or resources to do this. Most of the times, an organization just doesn't realize how important it is to be able to communicate the procedures in the right way...2019-02-0500 minMaintenance DisruptedKey Performance Indicators with James KovacevicI welcome back James Kovacevic on to the show. James is the host of Rooted in Reliability podcast and the principal instructor at Eruditio. Be sure to stay tuned to Rooted in Reliability because I will be appearing on that podcast in March talking about oil analysis. James and I talked about Key Performance Indicators, the difference between KPIs and metrics, leading and lagging indicators and James gives us some tips on how to correctly use metrics at our sites.
Thank you for listening and if you enjoy the show, please subscribe to Rob's Reliability Project on your...2019-02-0528 minRooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast142 - Developing Failure Codes with Bill LeahyDeveloping Failure Codes with Bill Leahy
Failures codes help the reliability engineers to make intelligent business decisions regarding the issues with the assets. It is a formula that helps you understand how an asset fails and how can you gather the needed data to mitigate a failure? A good failure code contains a hierarchy of the problem towards a suitable solution. The best practice to devise a failure code would be to break it into a sequence of Part, Problem, and Cause. In short, failure codes help you describe and understand the problem based on the failure...2019-01-2900 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastSMRP18 - Online Monitoring with Maureen GribbleSMRP18 – Online Monitoring with Maureen Gribble
Ultrasound is a great tool but using it to monitor your equipment needs resources and time. When you install sensors for data capturing, there are a lot of values that come up. That much amount of data can overwhelm your engineers. That's why it is better to have an online monitoring solution that can do that job for you. One of such tools is Forecast' designed by UE systems. All you have to do is plug the device to the critical equipment, put the sensors at various vulnerable points, and you ha...2019-01-2800 minRooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastSMRP18 - SMRP Conference Discussion w Fred SchenkelbergSMRP18 – SMRP Conference Discussion w Fred Schenkelberg
This episode is about the learning and value that conferences hold. In SMRP 2018 conference, there were a lot of companies that participated along with their workers so that they learn something new. This yearly conference is a great opportunity for people who are struggling with different things in reliability and maintenance programs. There are presentations, workshops, and discussions all around from where you can learn to change reliability practices, improve, and sustain the process for a long term. There are a lot of new engineers or trainees who are looking fo...2019-01-2400 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast141 - Continuously Identify Problems w/ Peter HorsburghContinuously Identify Problems w/ Peter Horsburgh
Extraordinary Reliability Engineers always have some habits that differentiate them from the rest. One of these habits is that they identify the problem and really make sure that they understand it before they continue working towards its solution. A successful reliability engineer doesn't just rely on the failure data, he actually analysis the problem, understands it, takes feedback from different people, and then deploy resources to fix that problem. When you really know what's going on with your assets, only then you can hope to come up with a good solution...2019-01-2200 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastSMRP18 - Power Monitoring with Alex DesselleSMRP18 – Power Monitoring with Alex Desselle
Condition-based monitoring is one of the best ways to proactively approach the solution to the problems. When you are looking at the equipment for expected failures, it is very important to check the power conditions. There are a lot of failures that can be captured ahead of time if you have the power quality checks in place. When we talk about Power monitoring, the maintenance managers have to look for voltage spikes, current flow, and thermal changes in the operating environment of the equipment. This can be done by using thermal se...2019-01-2100 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastSMRP18 - The Importance of Procedures with Adrian MesserSMRP18 – The Importance of Procedures with Adrian Messer
There are a lot of plant facilities that do everything right but the results are never what they expect. The reason that they can't get a hold of the problem and solve it for good is that they don't have the procedures in the place. So, they are doing the right things but not in the right way. That's why there should be procedures in place before any kind of maintenance work is done. Procedures not only help and support the maintenance personnel does their jobs the best way bu...2019-01-1700 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast140 - The Job Plan Library with Brandon WeilThe Job Plan Library with Brandon Weil
Technicians and engineers carry out their day to day tasks in a standard way. Sometimes, there are variations in the operating conditions but the standard procedures stay the same. They are doing PMs and different sorts of analysis. Some are really good at it because they have been doing it for a long time. The experience and knowledge of those people should be written down somewhere so that others can adopt those best practices to carry out their standard routine work the same way. This is something a Job Plan...2019-01-1500 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastSMRP18 - Electrical Motor Maintenance with Howard PenroseSMRP18 – Electrical Motor Maintenance with Howard Penrose
Motor maintenance is very important because the electric motors are vital parts of every machinery. There is a trend in the organizations that they don't pay much attention to the motors. This is also because of the lack of communication between mechanical and electrical technicians. Sometimes, they are not trained and other times, their roles are responsibilities are not clearly defined. This creates great confusion in the mind of the cross-sectional departments and motors end up either not being maintained. Another reason behind motors not being properly looked after is th...2019-01-1400 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastSMRP18 - What is Machine Learning with Philip GarciaSMRP 18 – What is Machine Learning with Philip Garcia
Reliability is a very wide term and has numerous applications in different industries. With the new technologies, concepts, and reliability solutions based on iIOT, Cloud servers, and distributed computing, the reliability programs do everything on any kind of machines. Machine Learning plays a huge role in doing these wonderful things. Machine learning can be used to do enhanced condition-bases monitoring. There are a number of variables that we need to take care of if we want to prevent failures ahead of time and increase the uptime of the assets. Th...2019-01-1000 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast139 - Change Management with Scott DeckersChange Management with Scott Deckers
The organizations are always going through one or the other change. Whether it's the change in roles and responsibilities, the change in the technology or the change in the CMMS itself. Everything changes in the industry all the time and it is always at a higher rate than the organizations keep up with it. When we talk about the change, it always starts with the change in processes. When a business process changes, everything else changes with it. Whenever a change is to be implemented, the first question that pops up in...2019-01-0800 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance PodcastSMRP18 - What is IIoT with Blair FraserWhat is IIoT with Blair Fraser
There are new emerging technologies that are helping organizations in the Maintenance and Reliability industry. Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of things are one of the hot topics out there. The part of IOT that is used for the industry best practices is called iIOT. When it comes to the Predictive Maintenance, iIOT and Augmented Reality are one of the best solutions in the Market. They might be suitable for organizations that have a legacy to live up to but the money that you invest in these data sensing technologies is...2018-12-2000 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast133 - Detecting the Most Common Motor Faults with John BernetDetecting the Most Common Motor Faults with John Bernet
Vibrational analysis has widely used applications in the maintenance and reliability industry. It is a very effective tool in detecting an imbalance in the machine components by monitoring, comparing, and then eliminating any issues that can wear the machinery down. It can also be used for dealing with mechanical faults in the motors. For the detection and elimination of electrical faults, electrical tools are better suitable. When there is an offset in the alignment of the shaft or there is an imbalance in the bearings, you can scan...2018-11-2700 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast127 - The Top 5 Most Frequent Pump Failures with Heinz BlochThe Top 5 Most Frequent Pump Failures with Heinz Bloch
Being one of the most important parts in automotive and aircraft industries, pumps are no exception to failure modes. The reason why pump failures exist is because either people think the pumps are not that important or they just know it and simply don't want to take enough time to fix the problems. They just go about either replacing the pumps or just relying on the reserved pumps. They don't even bother to eliminate the repeating failures by finding the root cause.
In this episode...2018-10-1600 minMaintenance DisruptedSpare Parts Management with James KovacevicOn this week's episode, I welcome James Kovacevic back to discuss spare parts management. We talk about what mistakes companies make when choosing inventory levels, why we hold spare parts and how to start looking at your store room more critically. Enjoy! Follow James Kovacevic on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameskovacevic/
Thank you for listening and if you enjoy the show, please subscribe to Rob's Reliability Project on your favourite podcast platform and share it with your colleagues. You can also follow Rob's Reliability Project on LinkedIn and Facebook and check out robsreliability.com as we...2018-10-0941 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast118 - Leadership with Erin SaylorLeadership with Erin Saylor
Leadership is the key to achieving your goals in an organization. Without leadership, every process is destined to fall apart with time. That's why it is so important to know what does it mean to be a true leader and how to improve your leadership skills as you move along. The first thing a leader needs to have is a code or principle that he never breaks no matter what. That means he needs to follow the rules first before he starts making any. He should be a good follower in as much...2018-08-1400 minMaintenance DisruptedPreventive Maintenance Optimization (PMO) - James KovacevicOn this week's episode of Rob's Reliability Project, I sit down with James Kovacevic and talk about preventive maintenance optimizations (PMOs). James helps us understand what a PMO is, how we can do it better and gives us some tips on what to avoid.
Thank you for listening and if you enjoy the show, please subscribe to Rob's Reliability Project on your favourite podcast platform and share it with your colleagues. You can also follow Rob's Reliability Project on LinkedIn and Facebook and check out robsreliability.com as well.
If you're looking for a shorter ti...2018-08-1436 minRooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast112 - Root Cause Analysis with Shon IsenhourRoot Cause Analysis with Shon Isenhour
When you deal with machines on daily basis, machine failures are bound to happen. But what if these failures keep occurring? Wouldn't you get tired and want a solution for these problems? This is why root cause analysis is so important in an organization. The basic idea of RCA is to know the reason behind the occurrence of a failure and then finding a solution to reduce a risk certain or uncertain in a cost-effective manner. You can't just rely on a single approach all the time because it might not...2018-07-0300 minRooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast111 - Ultrasound Condition Monitoring with Adrian MesserUltrasound Condition Monitoring with Adrian Messer
There are certain things in the reliability and maintenance industry that are made easier with the help of technology. Condition monitoring is one of those processes that is effective due to the use of ultrasound technology. Usually, the ultrasound is used to clean different machine parts using high frequency powered waves. The type that is used in the maintenance industry makes it far more efficient when it comes to listening to the sound of the machines. They are constantly monitoring a machine to listen for any weird sounds that are the...2018-06-2600 minRooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast110 - Laws of Leadership with Bill LeahyLaws of Leadership with Bill Leahy
Leadership is a very strong concept. It is unique to everyone. So how do you understand leadership? Well, different people have a different understanding of the word leadership'. This is because we have our own unique perspectives. Every person has his own skills and is working in different fields of everyday life. These people can be leaders in their own way. It doesn't matter if you are working in the office or just leading a teenage life. Once you realize that you are a leader, then you start showing abilities of...2018-06-1900 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast109 - Top 10 Machinery Installation Issues with John LambertTop 10 Machinery Installation Issues with John Lambert
When you are installing a new machinery in a facility of the organization, there are certain issues. These issues are listed from top to the bottom categorized on the basis of seriousness. The top of the list is shaft alignment. It is the most common issue while installing the machinery. It occurs due to lack training or of precision instruments, as well as measurement misconceptions. Most organizations think they have achieved alignment just because an instrument showed so. They don't take the stress and heating mechanisms into account which causes...2018-06-1229 minRooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast108 - Maintenance Engineer vs Reliability Engineer with Shon IsenhourMaintenance Engineer vs Reliability Engineer with Shon Isenhour
In the maintenance and reliability industry, we have maintenance engineers, manufacturing engineers, and reliability engineers. There is a little bit difference between the types. A maintenance engineer is there to make sure the equipment is in running condition as soon as possible once a failure occurs. He has to get the asset operational the quickest possible time. He performs day to day routine checks to make sure the asset is running without defects. He does precision maintenance and promotes industry best practices. He is responsible for checking alignment, balancing...2018-06-0535 minRooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast107 - Maintenance Metrics with Brandon WeilMaintenance Metrics with Brandon Weil
Whenever we talk about successful business practices, planning and scheduling remains a key element. Not only it helps you track performance but it also helps you build on the initial layout later on. Through performance management, you will know what's going on inside an activity and process. Now, performance management is the combination of systems that are responsible for achieving the goals of the organization. These may include accountability, assessment, and measurement techniques that are used in the organization. On the lower level, metrics are being used to measure performance.
...2018-05-2931 minRooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast106 - How to Learn from Failures with Fred SchenkelbergHow to Learn from Failures with Fred Schenkelberg
No matter how good you are at your job, there are always failures in the systems because of some reason. You can't stop all of them but you can learn from them. There is always something to learn when a failure occurs. Whether it is finding the root cause or devising a solution to prevent it in the future. What happens in the industry that we forget what failures occurred in the last few years? over the time. This is something that is alarming. It is your job to...2018-05-2230 minRooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast105 - The Importance of a Reliability Engineer with Fred SchenkelbergThe Importance of a Reliability Engineer with Fred Schenkelberg
The main goal of every organization is to get the quality product in the market. That's why they spend millions of dollars to stay on the plan they had in place. They can't do that if their equipment keeps failing. The only way to make it sure is to maintain it properly. And that is a job for reliability engineers. They are the ones who maintain the assets of the company. They find the cause of the failures and stop it by making the system design better. They...2018-05-1541 minRooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast104 - What's a Process Engineer with Fred SchenkelbergWhat’s a Process Engineer with Fred Schenkelberg
The organizations that are more innovative and have a mark in the industry tend to do things that others don't. So, what are those things and how do they do that? This is an area where process engineers play their role to increase the production and solve problems that come along the way. Sometimes they have to experiment using different chemicals, use the calculations, and use the recorded data to come up with processes that can increase the yield of a product without compromising the quality. Their job is to...2018-05-0837 minRooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast102 - Reliability with a Best Practice Organization with Heinz Bloch, Part 2 of 2Reliability with a Best Practice Organization with Heinz Bloch, Part 2 of 2
Striving to be best in class is perhaps the ultimate goal of every organization. But what exactly does it take to get there? In the first part of this podcast, we talked about the changes seen in maintenance, reliability, and failure analysis over the years and what makes these practices successful in best in class organizations.
Another aspect to best practice reliability is the use of lubrication. Good lubrication entails improving the choice of lubricant and lubrication method, oil filtration, cooling systems, prevention and...2018-04-2430 minRooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast98 - Planning and Scheduling with Brandon WeilPlanning and Scheduling with Brandon Weil
Planning and Scheduling is the core of any reliability program. It is part of Work Control process which is described as the execution of a work order from start to end, and setting the right expectations to everyone involved. The role can be viewed separately or as a hybrid, depending on the maturity of the organization and the complexity of the process.
Simply put, the Planner is the one who scopes the jobs and build the job plans, and the Scheduler is the one that assigns schedule for each...2018-03-2034 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast96 - Electrical Reliability with Mark RodgersElectrical Reliability with Mark Rodgers
Electricity or energy is what gives power to a production plant. Any organization spends a considerable amount to keep their equipment in optimal condition and ensure maximum production efficiency. If the electrical system is not up to the mark, this will not only affect the production output but also will expose the employees to potential risks.
There are huge losses every year because of air leakage, moisture, and poor insulation in facilities. Through electrical reliability, data are being collected and analyzed to check the condition of equipment and electrical systems...2018-03-1351 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast95 - Recruitment & Retention Best Practices with Joel CrawfordRecruitment & Retention Best Practices with Joel Crawford
Recruitment and employee retention are few of the areas that every company has to spend resources on. It's not unusual that an employee may leave his/her jobs after a period of time (even during training) for various reasons. No matter what the HR initiatives and employee engagement programs are, it's always a fact that employee will come and go, even to the best of organizations; and the only remedy to this is to keep the attrition rate to a minimum.
Hiring the best skilled workers always entails...2018-03-0651 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast91 - Uptime: Strategies for Excellence in Maintenance Management with James Reyes-Picknell Part 2Uptime: Strategies for Excellence in Maintenance Management with James Reyes-Picknell Part 2
In every organization who is in the business of maintenance and reliability, the first challenge is always reducing the unnecessary downtime in the machines. There are a lot of strategies that engineers come with to get that level of excellence where they can truly achieve the desired uptime for their assets. For similar guidance such as in this endeavor is provided by James Reyes-Picknell's book Uptime: Strategies and its latest edition contains a lot of knowledge about how to get your goals about keeping your workforce...2018-02-0631 minRooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast90 - Uptime: Strategies for Excellence in Maintenance Management with James Reyes-Picknell Part 1Uptime: Strategies for Excellence in Maintenance Management with James Reyes-Picknell Part 1
In every organization who is in the business of maintenance and reliability, the first challenge is always reducing the unnecessary downtime in the machines. There are a lot of strategies that engineers come with to get that level of excellence where they can truly achieve the desired uptime for their assets. For similar guidance such as in this endeavor is provided by James Reyes-Picknell's book Uptime: Strategies and its latest edition contains a lot of knowledge about how to get your goals about keeping your workforce...2018-01-3037 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast89 - Understanding Prescriptive Maintenance with Jack NicholasUnderstanding Prescriptive Maintenance with Jack Nicholas
There has always been room for improvement when it comes to reliability and future holds a few surprise to take the predictive maintenance practices to a new level. That new level is prescriptive maintenance. That word is going to be more common in the next few years in the reliability and maintenance industry. Prescriptive maintenance can be defined as a concept that not only includes detecting degrading in the assets well ahead, it also prescribes a solution to mitigate that problem. There are multiple scenarios that you run here to know...2018-01-2348 minRooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast88 - Reliability Improvements with James Reyes PicknellReliability Improvements with James Reyes-Picknell
When it comes to reliability programs, many organizations only focus on the cost reduction of assets and that is a terrible practice. It is not the only goal that reliability program can be deduced to achieve. There are a lot of other activities that can generate a sustainable revenue for you if you perform the necessary maintenance activities for keeping your assets working more efficiently. The real goals of the reliability programs should be to reduce downtime, increase availability, and enhance the performance of those assets that should be working for continuous...2018-01-1630 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast47 - RCM Reengineered with James Reyes-Picknell & Jesus SifonteRCM Reengineered with James Reyes-Picknell & Jesus Sifonte
In this episode, the guests, James Reyes-Picknell and Jesus Sifonte talk about the RCM Reengineered that they have also explained in their book to be launched on 20th April with a lot of practical approaches as well. The RCM Reengineered is based on the original RCM technique to avoid and manage failures occurring during the asset management process, but it optimizes a lot of factors with a broad range of criticality measures and problems that come along with it. The RCM has been around for a long time and was...2017-04-0438 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast18 - An Asset Management Discussion with James Reyes-Picknell; Part 2An Asset Management Discussion with James Reyes-Picknell, Part 2
This is second of 2-part episode of the Rooted in Reliability podcast which will give you a detailed insight about where to start with the asset management and then how to take it all the way out. Firstly you really need to understand this concept completely that what's and what's not the asset management. The first episode covers the Asset Management and the role of ISO 55000 in it.
You can start with reading the actual standards of ISO 55000 and so on. For making it work, maintenance and...2016-09-1319 minRooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast17 - An Asset Management Discussion with James Reyes-Picknell; Part 1An Asset Management Discussion with James Reyes-Picknell, Part 1
This episode of the weekly podcast covers the Asset Management and the role of ISO 55000 in it. First of all asset management covers the entire life cycle of the equipment or any asset being used by the organization and you need to make sure that nothing goes during this whole process to do it effectively.
Reliability needs to be taken care of from the start to the end to make sure the necessary features are obtained along with an improved performance of the asset. This thing is...2016-09-0634 min
Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast00 Welcome to the Rooted In Reliability PodcastWelcome to the Rooted In Reliability Podcast: Your Plant Performance Podcast
This podcast is for the maintenance professional who has limited time to research the information they need.
The Rooted In Reliability Podcast is designed to do the research for you, and you can learn as you commute to work.
Your host James Kovacevic, principal instructor of Eruditio, LLC is a seasoned professional in the field of Maintenance, Reliability, and Asset Management.
The podcast episodes will range from 20 – 30 minutes on average, although some interviews may exceed this amount.
The po...2016-06-0907 min
The MRO Guy PodcastMRO Guy Podcast 043 – James Kovacevic with HP Reliability Shares Keys to Successful Work PlanningIn this episode, James Kovacevic with High Performance Reliability stops by to share some great keys to successful work planning as well as how to take steps to get better. You can spend some 1-1 time with James at the… See more ›2015-09-0700 min