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Q&A with an Industry Leader

Recently, Uptime caught up with Nick Jize, Facility Operations Maintenance Manager at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in Livermore, California. NIF is home to the world’s largest and highest energy laser, as well as 192 of the most powerful lasers in the world. Nick has more than 20 years experience in RCM and predictive maintenance leadership.

Leadership for Reliability

Uptime Alchemy: Developing Compounds to Implement Sustainable Change

by George Williams

For many of us, the road to reliability has had many ups and downs. At times, we feel overwhelmed with the enormity of effort required to make a positive impact on our organizations. This is compounded early in our journey when we quickly realize how many tools, approaches and methodologies exist, and how many opportunities for improvement we have at our facilities. Trying to have the biggest impact we, at times, jump right to advanced methods. Many an effort has failed due to an advanced methodology being utilized without laying the basic groundwork required to ensure a sustainable success. We, as reliability professionals, need to understand the relationship and interactions of these approaches and provide a level of understanding throughout our organization. To that end, it is time to major in…cringe…shriek…wait for it…“Chemistry.”

Leadership for Reliability

Leadership in Maintenance - Practical Implementation of Work Order [Back] Logs

I interviewed a mine operations manager in Newcastle, Australia, who said, "I have no idea what work orders or reliability improvements have been finished in the past week or which ones will be ...

Leadership for Reliability

Where Do You Fit In? Defining the Ideal Maintenance Organization

Do the roles and responsibilities in your Maintenance organization strengthen its operation? Is your organization trending towards delivering superior results at lower costs or inferior results

... - the asset owner, is responsible for the reliability of the asset focuses on strategy development/work identification & continuous improvement of the asset reliability (maintenance) program. Trained in formal strategy development methodologies (RCM/FMEA/RBI/RCA). He/she acts as the process equipment expert and possesses process equipment depth and trade breadth. The Specialist develops the discipline specific portion of the technically-based asset reliability program, investigates gaps for adherence and adequacy of the program & initiates corrective actions, RCA and improvements to the program.

Leadership for Reliability

AME Spearheads Efforts to Attract Larger Workforce to Growing Manufacturing Industries

With the market continuing to drive up demand for more workers in numerous manufacturing industries, the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) is leading the charge to reinvigorate the national workforce and attract new personnel. AME continues to connect experienced workers with new job openings and is working with high schools to promote manufacturing as a desirable, viable career option.

Leadership for Reliability

The Automation Federation Named As One of 100 World-Class Companies

Frost & Sullivan’s Manufacturing Leadership Council, a global business leadership network dedicated to senior executives in the manufacturing industry, recently recognized the Automation Federation as one of 100 world-class manufacturing companies in its 2014 Leadership 100 Awards (ML100 Awards) program.

Leadership for Reliability

Olympus Automation’s Steam Infusion Awarded $50,000 by Shell Springboard

Olympus Automation has been awarded a $50,000 prize as part of the Springboard competition sponsored by industry giant Shell. The expert panel of judges recognised the potential for Steam Infusion to significantly reduce carbon emissions due to a more efficient industrial heating and mixing process.

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Ethics in Business…and What Do I Get?

In a society where the scale of values emphasizes individual issues first, then the person’s own family and ultimately society, I purposely begin this article with the provocation of the question above.

I believe we are all at a certain point on the scale, from one to 10, according to our moral development and the education we received. Frequently, we recognize the lack of ethics in others, but hardly recognize (sometimes even realize) our own lack of ethics. So, let’s start this article by answering the question.

by Luiz Alberto Verri

Leadership for Reliability

Whose Job Is Leadership, Anyway?

How does the current state of leadership affect employee engagement? What is the effect of both good and bad leadership as it pertains to organizational health and engagement?

From a leadership perspective, who actually is responsible for employee engagement?

Leadership for Reliability

Spin-off of iBL from Allied Reliability Group to Eruditio, LLC

Allied Reliability Group (ARG) is pleased to introduce Eruditio, LLC as their newest partner company and provider of the inspiredBlended Learning (iBL) offering. ARG’s iBL offering has redefined active learning in the maintenance and reliability space and proven that project-based experiences can have greater than a 10:1 return on investment.

Leadership for Reliability

Planning for Reliability Transformation - The ISO55000 Trojan Horse

Improvement in asset reliability can drive huge financial benefits but the efforts to capture these benefits often fall short. This presentation suggests that long-term planning and coordination are critical success factors and offers an outline of the most important elements of a plan.

Leadership for Reliability

Amazing Risk Management

by Sam R. Harkreader

Managing risk is like working a maze, the kind you find in puzzle books.

Each maze has a beginning and an end, and often rules are applied. It would be unwise to begin a maze without first learning the end point and the rules of the game. If the rules allowed you to simply pick up your pencil and jump to the end, the game would be simple, albeit not very fun. If, on the other hand, the rules required you to start at the beginning, not lift your pencil and not backtrack, the game would be more difficult and challenging. Clearly, the strategy for winning differs based on the rules.

leadership for reliability

3M Presents Distributor of the Year Awards at ISA Product Show & Conference

Q&A with an Industry Leader

Recent Study Shows New DNA-lengthening Therapy Could Double Human Lifespan

Definition: PERT Chart

Uptime Alchemy: Developing Compounds to Implement Sustainable Change

Leadership in Maintenance - Practical Implementation of Work Order [Back] Logs

Where Do You Fit In? Defining the Ideal Maintenance Organization

Five Things Every Leader Should Do

AME Spearheads Efforts to Attract Larger Workforce to Growing Manufacturing Industries

The Automation Federation Named As One of 100 World-Class Companies

Olympus Automation’s Steam Infusion Awarded $50,000 by Shell Springboard

Reliability Influence

Ethics in Business…and What Do I Get?

Whose Job Is Leadership, Anyway?

Is Your Asset Performance Improvement Project Delivering Value?

Spin-off of iBL from Allied Reliability Group to Eruditio, LLC

Planning for Reliability Transformation - The ISO55000 Trojan Horse

The Communication Problem

Honeywell Opens 2014 Simulation Design Competitions For Students

Amazing Risk Management