MD 155 Considerations on How to Effectively Bring Technology into an Organization with George Williams

In this episode, we are switching directions and instead of looking at the technology, we focus on people and processes to help bring these technologies in and most importantly, get the desired value from them.

In this week’s episode on the Technology Innovation series of Maintenance Disrupted, I talk with George Williams at ReliabiltyX to get his thoughts and recommendation as a reliability practitioner and now an advisor and consultant on what he has seen work and not work when companies bring in new technologies. From developing the initial business case mapped to the company objective to the behavior changes needed, George provides sound advice to anyone considering bring new technology to their maintenance and reliability initiatives.

Connect with our Guest Here:

George Williams – https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgewilliamscmrp/

ReliabilityX – https://www.linkedin.com/company/reliabilityx/

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Music: The Descent by Kevin MacLeod

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259 – Learning in COVID Times with Bill Leahy

Learning in COVID Times with Bill Leahy

Welcome Bill to the Podcast.

He has held different talks and training sessions around leadership, change management, PMs and many others.

Today, we’re tackling important points such as:

Should companies be investing in training during COVID-19 pandemic?
What are some of the topics that are being grasped quicker than before?
How will training be after the pandemic?

… and so much more!

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SOR 649 Extrapolation and Sample Sizes

Extrapolation and Sample Sizes

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Chris and Fred discuss (essentially) how many ‘things’ you need to see to know enough about those ‘things.’ We see this conundrum across all sorts of fields of study. How many kangaroos do I need to capture and weigh to get a good understanding of the entire population’s typical weight? Delete kangaroo and insert whatever thing matters to you.
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SOR 648 Accelerated Testing Assumptions

Accelerated Testing Assumptions

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Chris and Fred discuss accelerated testing. Accelerated testing is great for getting lots of information in a short period of time. You can compress a lot of ‘real-time’ life into a really small amount of testing. But how do you do it right? You need to understand the underlying physics of failure to work out how the compression of time works.
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QDD 002 My product works. Why don’t they want it?

My product works. Why don’t they want it?

Have you ever designed a product that works but that customers just don’t want to use?

We’ve put a product to market only to find that the users just don’t want to use it. They’re buying it, so there’s perceived value in it. It’s functional, it does what we say it will do, it really works! But they’re not repeat buyers and not making good recommendations to others (it’s sort of making the company look bad).

What went wrong? In some cases, there’s warning signs to watch for during your design development. And, if looking to the design process for an answer, there’s some tools and strategies to help prevent that from happening before product launch, or to help as a starting point when you plan for your version 2.0.

This podcast will review the strategies and pitfalls and how to avoid them. [Read more…]

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10 Reasons to do FMEAs

podcast episode with speaker Chris Jackson

Everyone knows why we do reliability, and reliability things like FMEAs. Customer experience. Organization reputation. Reduced warranty claims 10 years from now. But these are boring reasons that really don’t motivate me to take FMEAs seriously now. Why should I invest so much time into an activity that benefits the ‘company’ or the ‘customer’ in the future but won’t make an immediate difference when my boss will give me a ‘gold star’ on my next performance appraisal? Right? Wrong! [Read more…]

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MD 154 Maintenance Task Analysis & Much More with Lucas Marino

Every organization is trying to put together better and better work instructions. What is the best way to accomplish this? Who do you engage? Who should be doing the analysis?

In this week’s episode of Maintenance Disrupted, Steven Dobie talks with Lucas Marino from East Partnership about maintenance task analysis. As usual, the topic was strayed from and Steve & Lucas started discussing KPIs, worker engagement, and much much more.

Connect with our Guest Here:

Lucas Marino – https://www.eastpartnership.org/

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Music: The Descent by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4490-the-descent

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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RM 066: A Conservation with Dr. Ron Lasky and His Students Annaka Balch, Nadia Clement, and Raaga Kannan

A Conservation with Dr. Ron Lasky and His Students Annaka Balch, Nadia Clement, and Raaga Kannan

Dr. Ron Lasky (Professor at Dartmouth College) and three of his students talk about the papers they wrote which were presented at SMTA’s Pan Pacific Microelectronics Symposium in Hawaii in 2020 as well as a new paper to be presented at the same conference in 2022.

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258 – Remove Wasted Time and Frustration from the Maintenance with Zachary Yost

Remove Wasted Time and Frustration from the Maintenance with Zachary Yost

Let’s welcome Zachary Yost who is an integration lead at CNS. Our main topic will be the removal of wastage in the maintenance work process.

Zachary will give us insight on:

What were the goals in trying to streamline the work process?
How did you come up with the solutions to these inefficiencies?
How does the planning process compare prior to the changes and after?

… and so much more!

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SOR 647 Deterministic versus Probabilistic

Deterministic versus Probabilistic

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Chris and Fred discuss what it means to be ‘deterministic’ versus ‘probabilistic’ … and what that means for reliability engineering. Know what these words mean and want to learn more? Don’t know what these words mean and want to understand how they could help reliability engineering? Listen to this podcast.
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SOR 646 The Hunt for Reliability Training

The Hunt for Reliability Training

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Chris and Fred discuss how you go about ‘hunting’ reliability training. And we do mean ‘hunt.’
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TMC S3:E1 Ricky Smith

Ricky Smith

We’re back, and excited to announce our rebrand as “The Maintenance Community Podcast”! We’re kicking off our newest season with Ricky Smith, Expert in Residence at UpKeep. In this episode, Ricky and Ryan discuss how to properly train new maintenance technicians, and how managers can set them up for success. [Read more…]

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QDD 001 How to Choose the Right Improvement Model

You have a design you want to make better. Or you’re working within a designing framework that you think needs to be updated. Quality folks use and promote some standard problem solving and continuous improvement methods, and you’ll want to get started with the right one, or reference the right acronym when getting buy-in for your project.

You may have heard of PDCA, PDSA, and DMAIC. You vaguely know these represent improvement processes, but don’t really know what their differences are. When should you use which one, and for what? [Read more…]

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MD 153 IoT Enabled Connected Breather with Roy Giorgio from Des-Case

Unlike any breather on the market, The Des-Case Connected Breather has eliminated the subjectivity of color-changing desiccant media, allowing you to know the exact moment your breather is fully spent and should be replaced. Sensors inside the breather provides a precise digital reading of remaining breather life, saturation direction and breather temperature so the breather is never replaced too early or left on an unprotected asset.

In this week’s episode on the Technology Innovation series of Maintenance Disrupted, Blair Fraser talks with Roy Giorgio from Des-Case about a very important but often overlooked aspect of rotating equipment life by ensuring your lubricants are protected from harmful moisture and particulates with breathers. But can these seemingly simple devices become smarter? Yes, with the addition of key moisture, temperature, and battery sensors you can maximize the life of the breather and gain insights into your equipment health that was previously, not available.

Connect with our Guest Here:

Roy Giorgio – https://www.linkedin.com/in/roy-giorgio-9ba16b101/

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Music: The Descent by Kevin MacLeod

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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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257 – Reliability Misconceptions with Fred Schenkelberg

Reliability Misconceptions with Fred Schenkelberg

Welcome Fred to today’s episode. Our topic will be the misconceptions surrounding reliability. What is reliability?

The English dictionary defines reliability as the characteristic of trustworthiness or being able to adhere to a schedule and deliver as needed.

On the other hand, reliability in engineering encompasses functionality, probability of success, duration of continued delivery of that success, and work environment.

Fred will give us insight on:

What is implementing reliability?
What is the disconnect between all these activities (tools) and decision making?
So does it require understanding the data and engaging the people?

… and so much more!

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