International Maintenance Conference: The Speed of Reliability

International Maintenance Conference 2025: The Speed of Reliability

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What It Takes to Be a Reliability Leader: A High-Level Exploration of Leadership, Culture, and Sustainability

What It Takes to Be a Reliability Leader: A High-Level Exploration of Leadership, Culture, and Sustainability

Reliability isn't a job title; it's a choice. Join Terrence O'Hanlon as he reveals why leadership is the ultimate leading indicator for performance. Learn how to shift from reactive maintenance to a culture of reliability, reduce workplace injuries, and use the Uptime Elements framework to realize a future of zero breakdowns.

Building a Resilient Foundation- Prioritizing Reliability and Team Wellbeing

Building a Resilient Foundation- Prioritizing Reliability and Team Wellbeing

Feeling burned out, undervalued, or overwhelmed by the constant "glug" of interruptions? The solution isn't just better maintenance—it's a change in mindset. Learn the two simple keys that transform frustration into fulfillment, empower your team, and provide the "glug resistance" your organization needs to eliminate reactive chaos.

Three Steps to Grow Your Reliability Culture

Three Steps to Grow Your Reliability Culture

Developing a reliability culture is a long, daunting journey. Join Pat Akins to learn why effective assessment of people, processes, and facilities is imperative. He shares a clear strategy for people development, how to use cost/benefit analysis for quick hits, and what produces the greatest, most sustainable results.

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The Stand - Mantenimiento: De Silos a Estrategia - Andres Cincotta

The Stand - Mantenimiento: De Silos a Estrategia - Andres Cincotta

Andres Cincotta de Pan American Energy comparte su premiada transformación de confiabilidad. Descubra cómo rompieron silos y obtuvieron la participación de todos al enfocarse primero en las personas y la cultura, preparando a la empresa para un futuro con IA y robots autónomos.

Maintenance: From Necessary Expense to Added Value in the Industrial Era

Maintenance: From Necessary Expense to Added Value in the Industrial Era

The history of industrial maintenance is closely linked to the evolution of industry itself. From its beginnings in the Industrial Revolution, when the need to repair and maintain nascent machinery led to the training of specialized technical personnel, to the present day, maintenance has gone through various stages and transformations.

National Ignition Facility - Striving for Reliability Excellence through Training, Mentoring & Culture

National Ignition Facility - Striving for Reliability Excellence through Training, Mentoring & Culture

Achieving fusion ignition was fueled by reliability excellence. Learn how the National Ignition Facility (NIF) invested in its people, implemented competency-based learning (CBL), and reinforced reliability leadership (LER) and culture to propel its program forward and integrate the next generation workforce.

An “Unplanned” Succession Plan Journey – Ensuring Competency Development to Maintain Operational Excellence

An “Unplanned” Succession Plan Journey – Ensuring Competency Development to Maintain Operational Excellence

Faced with a leadership retirement and a new hire, the Salem and Beverly Water Supply Board had to act quickly to create a succession plan. This session shares their "aha moment" and the rigorous efforts they undertook to create a new hiring and onboarding process, ensuring smooth transitions and maintaining operational excellence.

Expanding on Reliability Myths and Pitfalls

Expanding on Reliability Myths and Pitfalls

Do you believe installing a CMMS and some IoT will solve all your reliability problems? Ron Moore debunks this myth, revealing that technology alone offers only limited improvement. Learn how foundational elements—like leadership, employee engagement, and a culture of operational excellence—are essential to leverage these tools for true, sustainable success.

Establishing a Reliability Program

Establishing a Reliability Program

Starting a reliability program is hard. This session provides the blueprint for success by focusing on the data you need to build a compelling business case. Through use cases and examples, you'll learn the what and how to find and use data to create a powerful implementation strategy that propels your program forward.

Approaching Culture Change with Asset Management Fundamentals

Approaching Culture Change with Asset Management Fundamentals

Culture change can seem overwhelming. This session presents an effective approach: tackling it with asset management fundamentals. Discover how to use foundational principles as a catalyst for a broader cultural shift, transforming your organization's mindset and driving operational excellence from the ground up.

Closing the Skill Gap Silver Tsunami from Grey Hair Retirements

Closing the Skill Gap Silver Tsunami from Grey Hair Retirements

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.

Best Competency Based Learning Program - Uptime Award Winner Session

Best Competency Based Learning Program - Uptime Award Winner Session

Learn from Cintas, a multiple Uptime Award-winning company, about the programs they’ve developed to train their workforce from executives to technicians. This session covers how to create a documented Reliability Vision and Logoto inspire your team, and other strategies the company uses to build a culture of reliability and operational excellence.

Leadership for Reliability - 2024 Uptime Award Winner Session

Leadership for Reliability - 2024 Uptime Award Winner Session

Central San's reliability program has flourished not just through maintenance strategy, but by fostering a culture of leadership. Discover how their journey, which began in 2014, empowered leaders at every level to turn strategy into actionable tactics—a philosophy that earned them three prestigious Uptime Awards.

Building the Reliability Culture in a Mature Organization

Building the Reliability Culture in a Mature Organization

For a decade, only 5 people drove reliability. But with new executive sponsorship, 20 additional CRLs—from engineers to planners—are now leading a coordinated program to bring business value. Discover how this cross-functional team is on track to achieve over 50 mastery belt completions this year and create a blueprint for sustained success.

Reliability Radio EP 330: SMALL TEAM. BIG RELIABILITY. John Fortin & Billy Appleton

Reliability Radio EP 330: SMALL TEAM. BIG RELIABILITY. John Fortin & Billy Appleton

Discover how the Beverly Salem Water Board, a team of just 18, won an Uptime Award for sustainability. John Fortin and Billy Appleton share their journey from old-school maintenance to a structured Uptime Elements framework, emphasizing culture, new talent, and strategic succession planning.

Integrating the Uptime® Elements Into Your Organization's Technical Development Plan

Integrating the Uptime® Elements Into Your Organization's Technical Development Plan

Eric Ayanegui, Senior Director of Operations Engineering at Cintas, shares their incredible 10+ year journey to build a world-class reliability program. Learn how they transformed from a company with no reliability knowledge to winning four Uptime Awards by creating a powerful vision, investing in their people, and branding their mission.

Long Term Reliability Journey - Keep the Momentum Going through Constancy of Purpose

Long Term Reliability Journey - Keep the Momentum Going through Constancy of Purpose

Join a panel of key industry leaders who have successfully sustained their reliability journeys for decades. This discussion explores how constancy of purpose helps organizations endure roadblocks and complications, succeed through the ups and downs, and safely move to the next level. What is your 10-year plan?

Engaging and Retaining the Asset Management Workforce

Engaging and Retaining the Asset Management Workforce

Employee engagement and retention are critical for the success of asset management organizations. High turnover rates and labor shortages pose significant challenges, impacting operational efficiency, safety and overall workforce morale.