Reliable Group announces the release of The Reliable Method: What Separates the Best Plants from the Rest by Jeff Parker, CMRP. Now available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle, the book gives maintenance, reliability, operations, and plant leaders a practical path from recurring breakdowns and emergency work toward more dependable production.
Drawing on his experience in both reactive and high-performing facilities, Parker examines the practices that help teams get ahead of failures and sustain progress. The book connects reliability with equipment availability, people’s time, leadership attention, and money that can otherwise become tied up in downtime and repeat work.
Jeff Parker draws on 29 years at Cargill to help plant leaders build more stable operations and put capacity to work.
The Reliable Method covers asset foundations, equipment maintenance strategy, work management, reliability engineering, capital-project reliability, and precision maintenance. It also examines the leadership routines and accountability needed to make those practices part of everyday operations, giving readers a clearer picture of where to begin and what to strengthen next.
The book’s closing guidance captures its human focus: “Your people have better things to do than hold the operation together.”
Jeff Parker, a chemical engineer from the University of Nebraska, spent 29 years at Cargill. His roles included maintenance supervisor, the company’s first reliability engineer, maintenance manager, and Regional Reliability Excellence Leader. At one point, his reliability responsibilities extended across as many as 140 facilities. Throughout his career, he helped develop and implement reliability processes while training and coaching the leaders and teams responsible for sustaining them.
Readers seeking help applying the book’s approach can explore training and consulting through Reliable Group. Jeff Parker works with teams to build a common understanding, clarify responsibilities, and put reliability practices into action.
For book information and details about training and consulting, visit workreliable.com.
About Reliable Group
Reliable Group helps industrial organizations move from reactive maintenance toward more reliable operations through practical education, training, and consulting built around The Reliable Method.
