Within practically all computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS), there are mechanisms to do preventive maintenance (PMs). These...

A decade ago, I vividly remember facing a dilemma where neither option was good. A department I was responsible for had a basement with...

During onboarding activities of new employees, I remind each new hirer that they have a superpower. It is a superpower that the current...

I have been on a housekeeping mission as of late. It has not originated from a whitepaper that talks about 5S strategies for millennials....

The score was 8 to 1 in the middle of the fifth, and the Pittsburgh Pirates were losing. Not exactly surprising considering the team’s...

Have you ever been stuck in a good rut? Have you caught yourself in the middle of an incident investigation, and the root cause continues...

Two weeks into a new job a decade ago, I was given the results of a third-party audit. Handed to me by the lead auditor in a nicely...

OEE, overall equipment effectiveness, remains one of my favorite key performance indicators and is commonly used throughout manufacturing...

What is your approach to solving a puzzle? I assume it starts with flipping over each cardboard-brown piece to make the patterns face up....

Mastering a presentation takes time. Intensively interrogating each slide to enhance the message of the slide deck can take months and...

I have been writing blogs for almost two years, and each organically emerged from something I experienced, witnessed, or discussed. Each...

There is an office complex over 100 years old just outside of Chicago. Still occupied, it is an office complex for a leadership team that...

The next time see a fire extinguisher in a public area, take a few seconds to scrutinize its inspection tag. The majority of you,...

What does be good faster mean to you? Since I heard this, I have been stirring on it. Challenging myself with the interpreted wisdom, I...

Think about a recent morning meeting that you have been part of. I will assume that most of us start with safety at the forefront of this...

I try to make time daily to walk up and down production lines. I learned early on to use all of my senses during these walks to indicate...

We are more connected than ever with the ability to conduct virtual meetings. In seconds, we can FaceTime, Teams, or Zoom with one...

Could you walk into a manufacturing facility and get an accurate read on the maturity to plan and execute planned outages with a single...

Generally, there are three steps for an organization to be effective at problem-solving, but many groups may implement just two. The...

Have you stopped and read ISO 55000, particularly ISO 55002 7.5.3.g? Here is what it says: The alignment of information requirements for...

I saw a commercial the other day for this “all in one” entertainment station, where you plug it into a television’s HDMI port, and now...

You just left college life and joined your first maintenance and reliability team. With eyes as wide as saucers on day one, you quickly...

Too frequently, I have seen departments measure the effectiveness of their asset management by pontificating their PM Compliance....

I am in a blogging rut. I am not finishing the blogs that I have started. I am struggling to thoroughly finish getting thoughts written...