A Good Reliability Engineer
Abstract
Kirk and Fred discuss a simple question of what being a practical and sound reliability engineer means.
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SOR 1053 A Good Reliability Engineer
CR016: Your CMMS is the Accounting System for Maintenance and Reliability with Dr John Ross CMRP
Your CMMS is the Accounting System for Maintenance and Reliability with Dr John Ross CMRP
This episode features Dr. John Ross, CMRP – The president of Maintenance Innovators, Inc. and a maintenance professional with nearly 4 decades of experience driving process improvement through teaching and implementing maintenance and reliability best practices. There’s a lot covered in this episode thanks to John’s dedication to being a net contributor to the maintenance community.
- What’s the worst thing one can do when selecting a #CMMS and how to you assure success in your CMMS search?
- What is the factory acceptance test for software?
- CMMS is the accounting system for maintenance and reliability.
- Input vs output
- Data driven decision making is a MUST to achieve continual process improvement
- The course through Noria
- Reliable Plant Preview
- SMRP conference workshop preview – No one has ever done this!!
SOR 1052 Confidence Reliability
Confidence Reliability
Abstract
Kirk and Fred discuss the term “confidence” and its use in reliability engineering
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CR015: The Maintenance Mindset with guest Jim Vantyghem on CMMS radio
The Maintenance Mindset with guest Jim Vantyghem on CMMS radio
Jim Vantyghem, CMMS Senior Support Manager at Associated Materials – Gentek Building Products, joins CMMSradio to discuss the maintenance mindset, how maintenance happens in the real world, why the basics of maintenance is so critical (and what is it), how systems create your maintenance culture, and much more. Several decades in this space has given Jim and insight from which we can all benefit.
How do we get upper management to buy-in (to CMMS, etc.)? You change the mindset through educating others and increasing accountability.
Why do CMMS implementations fail?
You’ve got to have an end in mind before you start!
Use a dummy database to get team buy-in as a pre-launch step.
There’s a lot more in this episode – Tune in and let us know what questions you have about CMMS, what challenges you’re facing, or share a topic you’d like covered on CMMSradio!
CR014: CMMS radio with guest Chris Palumbo discussing Llumin CMMS+
CMMS radio with guest Chris Palumbo discussing Llumin CMMS+
Chris Palumbo joins Greg on CMMSradio to discuss his journey into CMMS and the Llumin CMMS+ computerized maintenance management software solution.
Several years in manufacturing and working with plant managers, and related verticles, made moving over to Llumin a good fit to continue helping manufacturers achieve their goals.
We discuss how to make it easier for orgs by understanding the alignment of personnel when it comes to implementing a CMMS. Helping people benchmark their curent state to then set a plan to reach their goals.
- Differentiating preventive maintenace from predictive maintenance
- Sensor monitoring and solving problems before they happen
- Reduced downtime, increased throughput, via real-time data
- Another CMMS horror story
- How Llumin helped
- The most rewarding part of engaging with clients
Fundamentals of Metric Monitoring
Fundamentals of Metric Monitoring
podcast episode with speaker Fred Schenkelberg
Following along the idea stated by Lord Kelvin, “…when you can measure what your are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it…”, we have organizations measuring reliability performance. Not that measuring something is managing it, those are two different activies. Yet, using various metrics that we track on a regular basis does provide some useful information if done well.
Let’s explore a few ways that I’ve seen reliability metric monitoring. Let’s also examine a simple process to establish, maintain, and end metrics. Measuring something has an expense, so it must also provide value. If the value is not there, or it’s not useful for making decisions, then either improve the metric system or end the metric.
RM 164: AI Integrated Supply Chain Management Software with Sebastian Schaal
AI Integrated Supply Chain Management Software with Sebastian Schaal
Today, we’re tackling a topic that has become increasingly vital in recent years: supply chain management.
With global supply chains recently under immense pressure from disruptions, shortages, and growing complexity, the need for smarter, more efficient solutions has never been greater.
And what better way to explore this than by discussing the cutting-edge role of AI-powered supply chain management software.
My guest today is Sebastian Schaal, the founder and CEO of Luminovo, a company at the forefront of transforming how supply chains are managed in the electronics industry. Sebastian Schaal is the founder of Luminovo, a leading software provider revolutionizing the electronics supply chain.
He holds two masters degrees—one in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Technical University of Munich and another from Stanford University, where he was a Fulbright scholar focusing on Management and Computer Science.
Before founding Luminovo, Sebastian gained diverse industry experience, working on AI algorithms for signal processing and computer vision at Intel and robotics companies NavVis and Magazino.
Additionally, he served as a consultant at McKinsey, advising on data strategy.
Sebastian and his team are leveraging artificial intelligence to streamline processes, enhance collaboration, and future-proof supply chain operations.
In this episode, we’ll explore how AI is reshaping supply chain management, the unique challenges facing the electronics industry, and what companies can do to stay ahead in an ever-changing global landscape.
This conversation is packed with insights you won’t want to miss.
So, sit back, relax, and get ready to learn about the innovations that are revolutionizing supply chains worldwide.
Luminovo
https://luminovo.com
SOR 1051 Reliability and Safety
Reliability and Safety
Abstract
Carl and Fred discuss the difference between the body of knowledge of reliability and safety, and how they work together.
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CR013: The Importance of Lubrication Management in Maintenance & Reliability with Travis Richardson LubePM
The Importance of Lubrication Management in Maintenance & Reliability with Travis Richardson LubePM
This episode feature Travis Richardson discussing Noria’s LubePM – A lubrication management system – and the intricacies of designing lubrication, and oil analyses, protocols in your plant environments.
LubePM goes beyond the limits of CMMS platforms when it comes to next-level maintenance and reliability best practices and it allows for API utilization should you wish to get data from LubePM into your CMMS platform.
What is the main problem LubePM solves?
What factors go into assessing a plant environment and how does that contribute to the creation of lubrication routes?
How does this data, from LubePM, translate into the KPIs management needs to see while also being easy for technicians to handle their workload the way they like to work?
SOR 1050 A Curse of Reliability Engineers
A Curse of Reliability Engineers
Abstract
Carl and Fred discuss the importance of reliability engineering and customer service working together to increase reliability and safety from the customer point of view. It is very important to understand how customers actually use your product, and customer service staff are uniquely positioned to provide that insight.
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CR012: Answering Your Burning CMMS Questions with guest Bryan Bieschke CMRP
Answering Your Burning CMMS Questions with guest Bryan Bieschke CMRP
This episode features guest Bryan Bieschke, CMRP helping us answer questions from a recent CMMSradio LinkedIn poll. We cover several questions with insights and guidance for anyone looking to find, or improve, their CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management) outcomes plus being mindful of if/when to switch CMMS platforms. Here’s a brief list of what’s covered:
- Fixing CMMS failure to launch
- Improving CMMS user adoption
- CMMS – Keep it simple or Go BIG (complex)?
- Empowering team CMMS adoption
- The mindset of maintenance techs/departments, past and present
- How to champion internal support from upper management for CMMS
- Stop looking at this as a cost
- Dollars and cents (Sense)
- Be mindful before switching CMMS systems
QDD 164: Supplier Agreements: The Good, The Bad, and The Quality
Supplier Agreements: The Good, The Bad, and The Quality
In today’s fast-paced manufacturing landscape, the link between product quality and supplier agreements is more critical than ever.
Custom product development can be complex, and regarding suppliers, we can uncover hidden challenges. These come up when suppliers are not aligned with the quality standards necessary for our products to be successful.
Join us as we discuss various types of supplier agreements commonly encountered in new product launches. They are important, but do they have what you need to ensure quality?
Tune in to learn how to transform your supplier partnerships into an invaluable asset in your quest for quality excellence.
CR011: CMMSradio with FlowPath CTO and Co Founder Brandon Cummings
CMMSradio with FlowPath CTO and Co Founder Brandon Cummings
This episode features guest Brandon Cummings – FlowPath CTO and Co-Founder sharing his view onthe origin and journey story, how data plays a critical role in modern facilities management, current and future trends in #CMMS , and the mysterious puffin that appears throughout the FlowPath journey. Brandon and his co-founders, Alex Cummings and Griffin Hamilton, came together to solve some specific problems they saw in how #cmms platforms at the time were not quite what the industry needed. The challenge – how to create a solution that works the way people actually work without all of the complexities common to most other platforms on the market. Facilities management simplified!
SOR 1049 The Testing Strategy
The Testing Strategy
Abstract
Enrico and Fred discuss a couple of ways to approach planning reliability testing.
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CR010: CMMSradio The Facilio Journey with Co-Founder Raj Subramanian
CMMSradio The Facilio Journey with Co-Founder Raj Subramanian
Raj Submaranian joins CMMSradio to discuss the Facilio journey. Raj is Co-founder and head of product Strategy at Facilio – an AI-driven property operations platform providing O&M teams real-time visibility into their operations. We discuss his background, the original problem Facilio solves, advice for organization still using legacy CMMS platforms, and how AI within Facilio comes into play and why is it important to facilities operations and maintenance.