How to Justify New Hires or Equipment With Cold, Hard Numbers
When I was a plant manager years ago, my operations manager asked me for permission to hire four...
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Manufacturing
AI Isn’t Wise: Why Human Judgment Still Matters in Tech
This article was co-written with the support of OpenAI’s ChatGPT version 4.5 enterprise edition....
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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...
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How Great Manufacturing Leaders Fix Problems: Stop Doing Dumb Stuff First
Over the years, I’ve worked for and with organizations that continue to do dumb stuff. They...
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How to Calculate Savings from New Tools or Equipment
I visited a truck shop in a surface mine, and, like always, I walked around looking at the layout,...
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Smart Combustion Management: Reducing Costs and Carbon in Industrial Operations
Energy consumption is a significant cost for most manufacturing and process plants. It’s...
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Grid Breaking Point: The True Cost of AI’s Energy Addiction
AI’s explosive growth is placing unprecedented demands on our aging power grid. As energy...
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The $100 Million Maintenance Secret: Energy Excellence is Your New Profit Center
The Maintenance department receives and signs off on all new equipment purchases in a perfect...
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The Reliability Paradox: Why Great Organizations Create Their Crises
Humans are funny. One might assume that the big prize of increased profits and safer, more...
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Why Shaft Rotation Matters for Gearboxes in MRO Storage
When it comes to maintaining gearboxes in MRO storage, one of the simplest yet most effective PM...
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Overall Inspection Effectiveness: Reducing Downtime Through Proactive Actions
My approach to Overall Inspection Effectiveness (OIE), as well as the other leading metrics and...
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How to Achieve STO Success with Clear Precision Work Instructions
Precision-work instructions are valuable for bringing in a successful shutdown, turnaround, or...
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