Rent a Truck, Learn Lessons
Q: Can I use/transfer reliability and maintenance skills to other activities? A : If you are fortunate enough to work for a company that provides sufficient training, then you should be very grateful....
View ArticlePrepare for A Strong Economy
Welcome to 2018 and a much stronger and growing economy. While some businesses are seeing results now, others are waiting to see what comes next. Whether your business is on the leading edge of the new...
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Virtual Planning Results in Efficient Design
In a huge expansion project, Uponor North America benefits from digital-twin technology and other tools to plan for current and future growth. Jon Sillerud has spent half of his 30-yr. career managing...
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Cultural Improvement Takes Work
Q: Why is improving culture so difficult and so important? A: For as long as I can remember, culture has been, simultaneously, the top roadblock and leading opportunity for large implementations and...
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Industry Views: AR/VR Is at Your Doorstep
Pioneers always take a beating, and Google’s Google Glass augmented-reality (AR) product was the groundbreaker that got punched in the gut—and face. While the company stopped selling the devices to the...
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Six Steps That Cut Costs
Maintenance work processes must be well defined and followed to realize the true benefits of reliable operations. By Al Poling, CMRP, RAM Analytics LLC The ultimate reliability and maintenance goals of...
View ArticleSeeking the Culture of Discipline
Most companies want to reduce their level of reactive maintenance, yet most are too busy fighting daily plant-floor issues and struggle to find a workable path toward continual improvement. Some are...
View ArticleMaintenance And the Butterfly
Q: Why is standardized work in maintenance so important? A: Maintenance professionals pride themselves on being able to do a job without direction. They are the experts in machinery and equipment...
View ArticleMaximize Learning From Experience
By Jake Mazulewicz, Ph.D. The more experience you have, the more reliable, efficient, and safe you are, right? Well, not necessarily. Consider a mechanic brazing a pipe, an IT technician updating a...
View ArticleThe Reliability Of Everything Culture Improvement Awards
I’ve referenced in many articles and presentations the enormous importance of culture in attaining and sustaining top-quartile performance in reliability and maintainability (R&M) initiatives. A...
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It’s Not All About Skills
By Drew D. Troyer, CRE, Contributing Editor Effective physical-asset management requires a high-performance team. Too often, however, managers focus on hard skills when selecting team members or making...
View ArticleFind New Ways to Develop Your Workforce
By Jennifer Hauschildt, Uponor North America With working-class baby boomers retiring and growing numbers of college graduates entering the workforce, it has become more difficult to fill traditional...
View ArticleThree Elements Lead to Skills Success
A multi-faceted plan is needed to retain critical talent and build new skills for a changing industry. By Brian Fortney, Rockwell Automation and Mary Burgoon, Academy of Advanced Manufacturing Rockwell...
View ArticleIndustrial Training Tips
When it comes to training industrial employees, creating a program that is tailored to your organization’s specific needs is key. If your training initiatives are not planned with your employees in...
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Develop An Operational Excellence Program
By Jon Sillerud, Uponor North America According to the Institute for Operational Excellence, North Kingstown, RI (instituteopex.org), OpEx incorporates continuous improvement into a holistic approach...
View ArticleKeep Your Workforce Safe During A Pandemic
By Jon Sillerud, Uponor North America When a worldwide pandemic brings life as we know it to a screeching halt but manufacturing operations still need to continue, how do you best prepare and protect...
View ArticleOutsource? Internalize? It Depends.
By Dr. Klaus M. Blache and Dr. F. H. (Skipper) Yocum Univ. of Tennessee Reliability and Maintainability Center (RMC) Q: Is it better to outsource or internalize maintenance functions? A: Why outsource?...
View ArticleCare for Your Employees
By Jon Sillerud, Uponor North America Cultivating a strong brand results from investing in the customer experience while concentrating on employee needs. Here’s how you can enrich the lives of your...
View ArticleExploit Internal Training Options
By Jon Sillerud, Uponor North America Elevating your workforce begins with a robust training program. There are two avenues to consider when it comes to training employees. Making the decision to go...
View ArticleConnect Workers, Elevate Effectiveness
Digitally connected employees are safer, more efficient, and better problem solvers. For all the concern that technology innovations will increasingly remove people from the manufacturing equation, we...
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