The "Silver Tsunami" of retiring baby boomers is creating a massive skills gap. Dr. Hoffower will review multi-pronged strategies to combat this, including how to partner with educational institutions, leverage state and federal programs, and utilize in-house training, IoT, and AI to close the labor shortage.
Project completion is not enough. This session explores operational readiness (O&M Ready), a critical phase that bridges project delivery and sustained excellence. Learn from Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department how data, from the perspective of technicians to senior leaders, is used to ensure assets and systems are prepared to perform from day one.
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) implemented its REx Maturity Program to enhance reliability across its manufacturing network. Learn how a harmonized approach, supported by standardized development plans, structured mentoring, and collaborative networking, enabled BMS to enhance efficiency, mitigate business risks, and foster a culture of best practices.
What's the difference between digitization and true digital transformation? This presentation helps reliability teams understand how to make the shift. Learn how to set up strong systems for smooth tech changes, foster teamwork, and identify areas where technology can improve your work and help your business adapt faster.
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Are you chasing Maximo's shiny new tools without a plan? Jennifer Gatza from Maven reveals the "cart before the horse" problem of tech-first projects. Learn how to become a trusted advisor and build a disciplined, process-first roadmap that ensures your Maximo journey delivers real value, not just a wishlist of features.
The Reliability Conference (TRC), the premier gathering for maintenance, reliability, and asset management professionals, is excited to announce: TRC 2026 will take place May 19–20, 2026, at the South San Francisco Conference Center, California.
Traditional thermal inspections can be slow, unclear, and hard to document, relying on manual processes that risk overlooking critical issues. The result of these inefficiencies can lead to higher maintenance costs, delayed repairs, and reduced productivity. The Flir C8 solves these challenges with a rugged, easy-to-use form factor that puts powerful, high-resolution thermography into the hands of users, ensuring accurate, efficient, standardized inspections.
Learn the secrets behind Campana Refinery's award-winning program. This session details how a disciplined management framework and a multi-year Digital Transformation Roadmap—including digital twins and machine learning—aligned objectives and drove a record low in unplanned capacity loss. Discover how their strategy led to top-quartile performance and earned them the Best Refinery in LATAM award.
Where did today’s best practices in maintenance come from? This presentation tells the remarkable story of early adopters in the 80s and 90s, whose trials and errors shaped our field. Hear what the presenter considers the moral imperative now facing top executives to enhance shareholder value.
Learn how Kerry's 1KPS initiative, rolled out across 30 sites in 17 countries, drove incredible results. Discover how this ALM program led to a 24% reduction in unplanned downtime, a 34% increase in MTBF, and over €3 million in savings from optimized spare parts management, all while advancing sustainability goals.
The future of manufacturing is more sustainable. This session introduces Energy Centered Maintenance (ECM), a holistic strategy that integrates energy efficiency with routine maintenance. Learn how this innovative approach reduces environmental footprints, lowers energy costs, and ensures production uptime, balancing operational goals with environmental stewardship.
This presentation showcases how a Reliability-Centered Design (RCD) approach transformed the creation of new wastewater treatment basins. Through a series of collaborative workshops, the client, design team, and contractor identified 95 opportunities for future O&M improvements, predicted high asset availability, and estimated lifetime costs, ensuring a reliable facility and a clear maintenance strategy from day one.