Why Shop Floor Training Fails – And How to Build Precision Instead
After more than three decades in industrial engineering and asset management, and having trained or overseen the training of thousands of tradespeople, supervis... Read more.
The Smart Way to Use AI in Maintenance and Reliability? With Experts
Augmented Intelligence, Not Artificial Wisdom
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming the next frontier in physical asset management. From predicting failure t... Read more.
Rethinking Maintenance: Why the 89% Rule Doesn’t Fit All Assets
What I’m about to say may sound like heresy. I’ve spent my career championing condition monitoring and condition-based maintenance (CBM), and I firmly belie... Read more.
Why Standardized Work Is the First Step Toward Reliable Operations
Maintenance isn’t jazz. It’s not improvisational. It’s repeatable work. And because it’s repeatable, it can be standardized, executed precisely, and con... Read more.
Driving Maintenance Effectiveness with Standardized Work Plans
Appearing at Mastering SAP Connect – Gold Coast, Australia June 5–6, 2025
Despite decades of digital transformation and system upgrades, many industrial ope... Read more.
What’s It Worth? The Dollars & $ense of Upper Quartile Asset Management
Imagine a $10 billion mining company—not underperforming, not best-in-class, just… average. The plants run, but not without drama. The maintenance budget cr... Read more.
The Case for Standard Job Plans: 10 Proven Maintenance Benefits
Maintenance is repeatable. We change the same filters, replace the same crusher liners, torque the same bolts, change the same drive motors, lubricate the same... Read more.
Overall Equipment Effectiveness: Optimize for Profit, Not Perfection
"Don’t chase 100% OEE—optimize OEE to maximize profit."
That’s a mantra I’ve repeated in many conference keynotes, and it bears repeating now as more or... Read more.
How Prospect Theory Warps Your Maintenance Decision-Making Logic
In asset management and maintenance, we like to think we make data-driven, rational decisions—but the truth is, we don't. Cognitive biases pull us off track, ... Read more.
The 10 Must-Have Traits of a Top Reliability Engineer
Executing reliability engineering is as much about behaviors as it is about skills. Skills define how to analyze failures, optimize maintenance strategies, and ... Read more.
Are Your MTBF and MTTF Numbers Giving False Confidence?
Maintenance and reliability teams rely on mean time between failure (MTBF) and mean time to failure (MTTF) to guide decision-making—but these numbers can be d... Read more.
Return On Net Assets (RONA): The Ultimate Test of Asset Management
Return on Net Assets (RONA) is commonly referred to as a measure of management effectiveness. From an accounting perspective, RONA is the income statement divid... Read more.
Strategic Asset Management: A Key Driver of Energy Efficiency
The Untapped Energy Opportunity
Energy efficiency isn't just about turning off the lights when you leave a room. In the mining industry, asset management is the... Read more.
It’s Time to Lean In and Start Building a High-Reliability Culture
Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast
As management guru Peter Drucker famously said, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast." No matter how well-crafted your maint... Read more.
How MTTR Insights Drive the Shift from Reactive to Proactive Maintenance
MTTR (Mean Time To Repair) is the average duration needed to restore a failed system or component to full functionality after a breakdown.
As with MTBF/MTTF, "a... Read more.
A Fresh Look at MTBF and MTTF: Emphasizing Data Granularity
At first glance, Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) and Mean Time To Failure (MTTF) seem obvious. Hold on, though. Not so fast. To be clear, MTBF/MTTF is a relat... Read more.
The 10 Elements of Great Asset Management Leadership: A Personal Reflection
After 35 years in the asset management game, I’ve learned that leadership isn’t about perfection—it’s about progression. It’s about making tough decis... Read more.
Overall Materials Effectiveness: The Key Metric to Optimize MTTR
Overall Materials Effectiveness (OSE) is a leading indicator that drives proactive behaviors, which in turn drives asset reliability.This OME discussion centers... Read more.
Overall Scheduling Effectiveness: The Metric That Powers Maintenance Success
Overall Scheduling Effectiveness (OSE) is a leading indicator that drives proactive behaviors, which, in turn, drives asset reliability.What OSE Is and Why It's... Read more.
Overall Planning Effectiveness: A Leading Metric for Reliability Improvement
Overall Planning Effectiveness (OPE) is a leading indicator that drives proactive behaviors, which in turn drives asset reliability.What OPE Is and Why It's Imp... Read more.
