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.

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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?

And much more!

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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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SOR 478 Tips For Building a Reliability Plan

Tips For Building a Reliability Plan

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Carl and Fred discussing one of the more important aspects of developing a good reliability plan: how to select the right reliability tools.
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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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SOR 477 DFR and Maintenance Input

DFR and Maintenance Input

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James and Fred discussing getting maintenance input into the design process.
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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

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.

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

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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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MIM 013 Erik Hupje

An Interview with Erik Hupje

This week on Masterminds in Maintenance, we hear from Erik Hupjé, founder of RoadtoReliability.com, joining our podcast all the way from Brisbane, Australia. Together we discuss the do’s and dont’s of Maintenance Planning and Scheduling.
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SOR 476 Motivation and Learning

Motivation and Learning

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James and Fred discussing the range of motivation for professional education.
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SOR 475 Cat vs Dog Reliability

Cat vs Dog Reliability

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Kirk and Fred discussing the question of which common pet has more reliable behavior and how this relates to quality versus reliability
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RRP 078 Steam Traps with Doug Waetjen

On this week’s episode, I welcome Doug Waetjen to the show. Doug is the Vice President of Global Operations for UE Systems. We discuss steam traps, how they fail and how you can use ultrasound to identify those failures.

A few of you have asked me which conferences I’ll be attending in 2020. Right now, I have nothing on the books but I am looking for a few to attend. That being said, I’m hoping to attend the SMRP conference, Ultrasound World conference and the MainTrain conference. If there are any others, you’d like me to check out or if you’d like me to speak at your event, please let me know by sending me an email to robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com or send me a message on LinkedIn.

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

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184-HPI and LT with Bob Latino

HPI 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 carrying out the operations or just face continuous failures with temporary corrective measures.

The focus areas for the episode are: