In 2022, San Jose Water deployed in-house training videos to over 190 employees across various departments. Featuring engaging storytelling, relevant examples, and interactive learning evaluations, videos were followed by in-person debriefs to reinforce points and solicit feedback from employees.
When it breaks we are the heroes who come in to fix it quickly and cheaply then go away until it breaks again. Getting both the executives and the staff to focus on 'Don't Just Fix It; Improve it' approach takes different strategies.
You´ll see the initial diagnosis, hypothesis, development of the multi-year strategic plan, implementation sequence, follow-up & measurement. English and/or Spanish.
Excellence in Reliability is a journey with no end, requiring continuous improvement and a passion that never quits. Success in this pursuit isn't guaranteed nor easy to come by. Join Pat Akins, Reliability Director, as he shares the approach taken by Weyerhaeuser with their Reliability Journey.
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An often under-stressed aspect of “well-coordinated” is the inclusion of all personnel, which brings in those that may feel Asset Management (AM) is being “done to” them. Ensuring AM is “done with and for'' all personnel requires looking through the perspective of diversity and inclusion.
Knowing how RCM can positively affect many aspects from the bottom line to staff engagement makes starting well and getting it right the first time the goal. Starting anything should be the goal.
We will discuss some of the processes we used to drive the behavioral changes that create a great quality of life for our members, go through some metrics we used, successes we had and discuss some of the obstacles we faced along the way.
Caught up in the throes of day-to-day existence, the difficult place to be is in the lap of another after-action root-cause failure analysis, a budget review meeting or shutdown/turnaround when your organization is trying to make step-function gains and improvements in maintenance and reliability performance.
In this presentation, we will focus on impacting plant performance by helping maintenance respond faster (alerts, mobile delivery) and respond better (existence and quality of standard job plans, use of checklists and compulsory failure codes).
The business case for diversity and inclusion and insight on how companies can attract, develop, and retain women and minority candidates in a field where this can be very challenging.
A reliability program is a continuous journey filled with challenges, successes, and occasional failures that require perseverance and a willingness to experiment. This presentation will summarize Central San’s efforts in reliability and asset management.
Salem and Beverly Water Supply Board embarked on a mission to set baseline tactics that would set the foundation to aid in reaching their world-class vision: “Be a world-class water utility driven by teamwork and operational excellence.”