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...

Do you remember the scene in Animal House when Stork redirects the band during the parade? Under the direction of Marion Wormer, he takes...

Let's take a moment to interrogate a time-series plot in your next monthly review, shared PowerPoint slide deck, or performance boards...

A colleague and I were talking about sustainability the other day. Exploring the word, what it means to her, what it means to me, and...

My mother, sister, and I were conversing recently through Facetime while sipping on our coffee-flavored coffee of choice. And as mothers...

Take a moment and Google search PF Curves . You will find images of a positive Y-intercept curve with a negative slope that becomes more...

Read any report, and the collateral damage of COVID can be seen and felt everywhere. Read research on COVID’s impact on workplace morale,...

Regardless of the business sector, meetings intended to review the supply chains have become just downright depressing. Sit down with any...

What does doing more with less mean to you? If measured with a rigid denominator within a rate, we simply would answer that we must...

Damar Hamlin's injury in week 17 of the 2022 NFL season was emotionally intense. I wasn’t watching it live, but when I saw it as a reply...

I want you to imagine a collection of spare parts for a manufacturing facility. In this facility, spare parts have been traditionally...

I have not been writing for about two weeks. What has been a mission over the last year to create a personal therapeutic habit has...

I have been rethinking what an asset is in a variety of contexts. Historically, I have rigidly treated the definition of an asset as...

With the end of the year coming, there are a variety of staples that seem to exist year after year in the manufacturing world. We...

A quote I remember a mentor of mine said years ago was, if you find yourself bored, just wait 5 more minutes, something will blow up. Of...

Like many people, I would have to imagine that most of us get sick of the same stagnant training approach that has been in place for what...

Within organizations, we routinely hear the notion that we want our organization empowered to make decisions. This could be identified in...

You may have interpreted through organization surveys or transformational change exercises on the subject of safety, that the...

I was talking to a friend lately about the melancholy moments in a professional career that became influential turns when looking back....