We are two years into drinking virtual meetings from a fire hose, and for some of us, it may feel like a decade. The ease of having a virtual meeting has its perks, from the time it takes to assemble, to the time that it saves not having everyone travel to a conference room. However, these types of gatherings could be getting stagnant. If you could plot the video fatigue by measuring the number of cameras turned off during meetings now compared to two years ago, I would bet t

If you are managing an organization, I will assume that you have experienced the overwhelming sensation of uncovering a backlog that is out of control. It could be your backlog of open safety incidents, open corrective actions, or maybe a backlog of open work orders in a CMMS (computerized maintenance management system). Regardless, we have all most likely experienced this overwhelming sensation of this mountain in front of us that is as old as the dinosaurs. Previous habits

How is "criticality" used? The word “criticality” is often used out of context within manufacturing. I often hear someone say, “that is critical” when talking about spares or assets on a production unit. The word "critical" gets flippantly thrown around and creates confusion. "Critical" is a word that must be used in conjunction with other words, and its context should be well understood. The confusion typically starts when discussing spares on bottleneck and non-bottleneck p

Revision versions are funny things. Revisions may exist in your engineered drawings, tracking incremental improvements, and enhancements. They may also be a method to acknowledge obsolescence. Revisions may also track versions of apps as they get pushed into production with every improvement or bug that is fixed. These may indicate major revisions such as significant overalls or down to minor revisions that correct grammatical errors. Regardless, of the version or revision of