Fluke Reliability Radio

10 Years After: A Snapshot of How Reliability and Maintenance Have Changed Over the Last Decade

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:00:00 -0700

Industrial maintenance and reliability professionals have a much wider set of tools to choose from to monitor machine health than they did 10 years ago, with AI software poised to change the toolkit even further. However, at some point, all of the motors, pumps, and steam traps still need to be checked and tested, the same as they have been for decades. This presentation will take a look at the technologies that have changed asset management the most over the last decade, along with some of the maintenance best practices that guide their application.

Speaker:

Thomas Wilk, Chief Editor of Plant Services

Thomas Wilk is the award-winning chief editor of Plant Services, an Endeavor Business Media publication that focuses on smart solutions for reliable operations. Tom joined Plant Services in 2014, where he leads content creation and is responsible for developing editorial, social media and video strategies, and is a frequent presenter at leading maintenance & reliability events. Previously, Tom was Content Strategist / Mobile Media Manager at Panduit, and Lead Technical Editor with Battelle Memorial Institute’s Environmental Restoration group. Tom holds a BA from the University of Illinois and an MA from Ohio State University, and can be reached at twilk@endeavorb2b.com.

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“Walking the Talk” of Asset Management

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 09:00:00 -0700

In capital-intensive industries, effective Asset Management is critical to profitability, ensuring that essential production assets are maintained at the lowest cost while maximizing availability and reliability. Asset Management encompasses three key elements: Work Management, Asset Strategies, and Defect Elimination. These elements, supported by strong leadership and collaboration between Production and Maintenance, form an interdependent framework to enhance reliability and mitigate costly failures. A lapse in any one area can jeopardize the overall success of the Asset Management strategy, leading to safety, quality, and environmental challenges alongside financial losses.

This session will delve into assessing the current state of Asset Management, implementing and optimizing its core elements, and fostering a culture that prioritizes Reliability and Availability over superficial adherence to buzzwords. Participants will explore actionable strategies to reduce costs and improve operational outcomes for critical assets, setting a sustainable path forward for their organizations.

Speaker:

Blake Baca, BDB Solutions LLC owner and Asset Management Coach

Blake Baca, is the owner of BDB Solutions LLC and an Asset Management Coach with over 35 years of industry experience in mining, refining, smelting, oil & gas, power generation, foundry, manufacturing, and material processing. Blake started his career at Alcoa and spent 20 years contributing to the success of that organization. Blake is a ‘Red Raider’ having graduated from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and also holds a CMRP and a CRL certification.

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TRAINING. Is It Worth the Investment?

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 09:00:00 -0700

How do you decide what training is worthwhile? How do you tell if it is effective training? How much internal vs external training is planned? What are some methods to weigh personal development vs business needs? Can training be tied to department performance? Learn how one maintenance veteran optimized training needs.

Speaker:

Lee McClish – Director, Maintenance and Reliability for NTT GDC Americas

Lee is currently the Director, Maintenance and Reliability for NTT GDC Americas, a global telecommunications and data center company. His previous positions were held with BASF, Graphic Packaging and Packaging Corporation of America as a Reliability Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, RCM Manager and Production Manager. He also served in the US Navy as a Submarine Officer. He holds a BSME, MBA, CMRP, CRL, CPMM. He is the author of a recent book “Maintenance Leadership 101” published through Reliability Web and available on Amazon.

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From Shortage to Strength: Will AI Be the Solution to Manufacturing Skills Shortage?

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 09:00:00 -0700

Post-pandemic skill shortages are reshaping industries worldwide, with manufacturing facing some of the most severe challenges. As the demand for high-skilled labor outpaces supply, manufacturers are increasingly turning to AI and advanced technologies to bridge the gap. This webinar delves into how AI is transforming the manufacturing landscape, moving beyond routine automation to elevate high-skill roles and empower the workforce.

Drawing from Fluke Reliability’s latest survey—where 97% of manufacturers see AI as vital to addressing workforce gaps—we’ll share actionable insights and real-world strategies tailored for maintenance professionals. Join us to discover how AI is revolutionizing operations and driving innovation in manufacturing.

Speakers:

Georgia Marchant, Global Communications Director, Fluke and Fluke Reliability

Olivia Kline, Global Communications Manager, Fluke and Fluke Reliability

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Sit Down Q&A with Azima Product and Service Managers

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 09:00:00 -0700

Join the Fluke Reliability Condition Monitoring product and service Management for a year in review and sneak peek into the roadmap for 2025. This panel discussion includes Michael DeMaria, head of product management, Steven Hudson, head of analysis services, and Austin Anderson, Product Owner for Azima DLI condition monitoring. This panel will discuss major milestone accomplishments for 2024, condition monitoring markets and direction, the growth of services and meeting expectations of customers, and the world of automation and improvements to come. This session is ideal for new or existing customers across all of Fluke Reliability (Azima, eMaint, Prüftechnik). We look forward to having you join this high-level discussion.

Panelists:

Michael DiMaria, Azima DLI Product Management

Michael DiMaria - a Director, Azima DLI Product Management, managing the hardware platforms and integrations, diagnostic software and AI tools, and user portal deliverables and business metrics. Michael's background is in Navy nuclear engineering but has been working in vibration for over 30 years and managing key accounts, technical support, customer training, and product management for Azima DLI since 1995

Steven Hudson, Director of Professional Services at Fluke Reliability

Steven Hudson - is Director of Professional Services at Fluke Reliability. With over 30 years of vibration analysis expertise, business development, product and service delivery, and scalable operations, he focuses on efficiency and promoting internal collaboration for consistent results, client partnership, and brand quality.

Austin Anderson, FLUKE product owner

Austin Anderson - is a FLUKE product owner dedicated to finding optimal solutions for complex problems. With a strong passion for learning, he has earned both a bachelor's and a master's degree in mechanical engineering. Austin has accumulated a broad spectrum of expertise across multiple technologies and industries, including power generation, construction, and hardware reliability testing for the Department of the Navy.

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Adaptive Alignment - Solving Every Shaft Alignment Challenge

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 09:00:00 -0700

What if laser alignment systems could automatically adapt to different assets, simple-to-complex alignment challenges, and any user's skills and experience? Such adaptability is the hallmark of a new generation of laser alignment technology. With it, alignment jobs get done faster and with higher precision. In this webinar, Keith Chuah, Fluke Reliability Sales & Application Engineer for Prüftechnik, explains what adaptive alignment means, how it can address the problems occurring with today's machines, and how it can work for your organization.

Speaker:

Keith Chuah, Sales & Application Engineer

Keith is a Sales and Application Engineer at Prüftechnik, a division of Fluke Reliability, bringing over 5 years of experience in technical sales and 3 years at Prüftechnik. With a strong background in the rotating equipment sector spanning 11 years, Keith specializes in providing solutions that enhance machinery reliability and performance through advanced condition monitoring and laser alignment technologies. He is dedicated to helping clients optimize their operations by leveraging his technical expertise and innovative tools.

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Driving Metrics Into Your CBM Program

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0700

Well-connected management teams effectively drive their Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) programs by utilizing key performance indicators (KPIs) and aligning them with broader business-level metrics. These teams understand that the success of a CBM program depends not only on technical execution but also on how well the performance data is communicated to stakeholders.

In this webinar, we will delve into the essential inputs required to develop meaningful and actionable metrics that can accurately reflect the health and efficiency of your assets. We will also explore strategies for delivering these insights to stakeholders across your enterprise, ensuring that they support decision-making at all levels. By the end of the session, you will have a clear roadmap for integrating these metrics into your CBM program for measurable improvements in performance and reliability.

Speaker:

Jeff Langford, Sr. Analyst / Manager FLUKE Professional Services Vibration Analyst Team

Jeff is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Professional Services Vibration Analyst team, with over two decades of experience in predictive maintenance. He holds a CAT III Vibration Certification and is also certified in Infrared Thermography. Currently, Jeff manages a global team of nine analysts and has extensive experience in leading vibration program startups and conducting infrared surveys, particularly in electrical inspections. His expertise also includes fan balancing, with additional skills in laser alignment.

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Transforming Maintenance Teams for the Future

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 08:00:00 -0700

Since the late 90s, maintenance team leaders have struggled to make their teams more efficient and “World Class.” Root Cause Analysis is essential to understand when and why these inefficiencies began. Leaders need to change their mindset about where to find future maintenance associates, focusing on the MT (Maintenance Team) Factors:

MT Factor #1: The Generational Shift

Shift in mindset about future careers.
Decline in blue-collar workers with hands-on skills.
Generational shift from outdoor activities to indoor, tech-focused activities.

MT Factor #2: The Demographic Shift

Overall focus on careers in IT, law, medicine, and engineering.
Discontinuation of high school shop classes has created a skills gap.
Geographic location affects the availability of maintenance-oriented individuals.
Family unit changes and educational system failures have impacted skill development.

Speaker:

Gary Woods, Fluke Customer Success Manager

Gary has dedicated 34 years to working with CMMS systems and building World Class Maintenance Teams. After serving in the military in the 80s, he transitioned from manufacturing roles to helping companies worldwide create efficient CMMS systems and processes. Throughout his career, Gary has held various positions, including Maintenance Supervisor, Maintenance Manager, Plant Superintendent, manufacturing consultant, implementation manager, and customer success manager. He resides in Holly Springs, North Carolina, with his wife and two Labradors, Nikki and Jack, on their 87-acre farm.

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Data Collection Do's and Dont's

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0700

Maintaining assets in a cost-effective manner is essential to a company's profitability. To effectively and efficiently execute an Asset Management (Maintenance & Reliability - M&R) Strategy, an organization should have an effective Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). The CMMS is the system of record that provides well organized and accurate data for continuous improvement. Effective utilization and execution of the three main elements of an Asset Management Strategy (Work Management, Asset Strategies, and Defect Elimination) requires accurate data and history in the CMMS.

To do this, an organization must make the investment of effort to collect necessary data to create and possess an accurate Equipment Register. This investment provides an organization with agreed-to and standardized definitions, designs, processes, and guidelines for building the sub-elements of the Equipment Register which include a Master Equipment List (MEL), Equipment or Asset Hierarchy, and Master Data. Master Data is the foundation of Asset Management. It is a starting point for continuous improvement.

This presentation will highlight the reasons for effective data collection and the do's and don't's associated with capturing good data in your CMMS in to allow for effective Asset Management.

Speaker:

Blake A. Baca, CMRP, CRL - Owner/Asset Management Coach, BDB Solutions LLC

Asset Management professional with over 35 years of experience in industries including mining, refining, smelting, oil & gas, power generation, foundry, manufacturing, and material processing.
Worked for Alcoa, Inc. for the first 20 years of career
Asset Management Consultant since 2009
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree from Texas Tech University
Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP)
Certified Reliability Leader (CRL)

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Meeting Sustainability Goals Using High Volumes of Vibration Data

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0700

In this Best Practices webinar, Michael DeMaria, Product Manager for Fluke Reliability, will discuss the evolution of permanently installed online vibration monitoring systems. Michael will introduce a new integrated solution from the Prüftechnik Vibguard online hardware to deliver diagnostics analysis at scale and meet expectations for asset health and corporate sustainability objectives.

Speaker:

Michael DeMaria, Director, Azima DLI Product Management, a Fluke Reliability Company

Michael is a Director, Azima DLI Product Management, managing the hardware platforms and integrations, diagnostic software and AI tools, and user portal deliverables and business metrics. Michael's background is in Navy nuclear engineering but has been working in vibration for over 30 years and managing key accounts, technical support, customer training, and product management for Azima DLI since 1995.

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CMMS – 10 Key Steps Methodology

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 09:00:00 -0700

Most CMMS systems by nature are neither intuitive nor simple to understand. Here is where the adoption of a “best practice” CMMS Implementation methodology can be worth its weight in gold by ensuring the fundamental 3 C’s (consensus with clarity and certainty) are instrumental in the decisions you are making. This is definitely a great place to say the old adage, “you don’t know what you don’t know”. This is also a great place to be sure you are aligned with your organizations adopted maintenance Best Practices.

Speaker:

Gregory Perry, eMCP, CMRP, CRL

Proudly serving as a Sr. Capacity Assurance Consultant for Fluke Reliability, a suite of IIoT centric solutions from Fluke Corp. with more than 25 years’ experience in Maintenance & Operational best practices. The Fluke Reliability Professional Services team is dedicated towards positive client relationships while bringing to the table a broad base of experiences in areas of: Asset Condition Management, MRO and Storerooms, Planning & Scheduling, World Class Maintenance & Reliability Principles, World Class CMMS Consultation and Leadership.

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The Importance of Precision Shaft Alignment

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 09:00:00 -0700

Discussing the real return on investment of properly aligning rotating equipment. As there is a renewed focus on reliability and vibration monitoring, I focus on a root cause. An often-quoted comment is “...why align a machine when it is fitted with a flexible coupling designed to accommodate misalignment?” I will talk about why this one often overlooked step in machinery maintenance is so important. The real payoff is often larger than you can imagine. Todays Laser alignment systems offer precision that is easy to learn and use giving the younger workforce the ability to replace old methods that are lost with an aging workforce.

Speaker:

David Metz, Sales Application Manager, Alignment Solutions

Dave is the Sales Application Manager at Fluke for Prüftechnik alignment products. He has been with Prüftechnik for 7 years and before that he spent 31 years as a machinist at Exelon working exclusively in power generation. Early years were in Fossil and Hydro units then six years in their mobile turbine gang working on all size and types of steam turbines. For the last half he was stationed at Limerick Nuclear power station and traveled to other stations for outage work, Peach Bottom, Oyster Creek, Three Mile Island and even Hope Creek. Dave spent most of his time working as a millwright in the plant working on equipment and has a lot of experience performing alignments on all types of machines. His alignment expertise began by mastering dial indicator methods then using Prüftechnik laser tools beginning with the original Optalign then all of the newer models up to todays Rotalign.

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Diagnostic Engine: Empowering Data Analytics

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0700

Ensuring the success of your connected reliability program is essential for the management team. Many companies today are facing vibration data overload, where the excessive amount of vibration data exceeds analytic capacity in today's wireless sensor world Azima DLI manages over 500,000 machine tests per year and uses algorithms, metrics, and processes to sustain those programs. The webinar will discuss changes in vibration AI/machine learning, workflow, and culture necessary to help drive your success.

Speaker:

Steven Hudson, Director, Professional Services

Remote Analysis Services
Reciprocating Analysis Services
Field Services

Background:

35 years in PdM
ISO Cat IV Vibration Analyst
Naval Nuclear Power Engineering (Submarines)
SME Marine, Steel, Food, Combustion Engine

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How to Leverage AI to Help Define Spare Parts Criticality Methodology

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0700

Reliability and Operations teams have always struggled with a repeatable process for defining criticality for maintenance spare parts. It is often too easy to make everything critical and often entails a binary method of "yes/no" or "true/false." Most criticality review processes are static (one and done) and are not revisited nor adjusted with changing business climates. Untrusted, outdated criticality reviews, if any, lead to treating everything as critical which leads to surplus which ultimately becomes obsolete... aka wasted capital.

Speaker:

Jeremiah Woodford, CRO IFS Assets

Jeremiah is a native Texan whose first job out of high school was as a roughneck on the oldest drillship for Diamond offshore. After finishing his computer science degree, he focused his career on asset and maintenance technologies for the asset-intensive industries. For the last 15 years, he has supported clients such as ExxonMobil, DOW Chemical, BP, BHP, PETRONAS, ADNOC, PDO, Total Energies, TC Energy, and many other clients in asset-intensive industries to transform their MRO and drive significant improvements in the spare parts planning processes.

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Root Cause Analysis

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0700

What is the most effective method?

Does your company perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA) or just failure analysis? What distinguishes these tools and when are they appropriate? Does your company have a written policy or procedure? Are these performed routinely after an incident or notable failure? Listen to one company’s process, challenges and successes in initiating an RCA program.

Speaker:

Lee McClish – Director, Maintenance and Reliability for NTT GDC Americas

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Predictive Maintenance, the Baby Steps to Big Results

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 16 May 2024 09:00:00 -0700

During this session we will review impact (safety moment), maintenance strategies, sensors, IOT gateways, monitoring options, baby steps, and the "Why?".

Speaker:

Gary Stevens CRL, FMP - Director of Engineering and Maintenance at C&W Services

With over 28 years of maintenance, reliability, and construction experience, Gary Stevens has held various roles of increasing responsibility and led maintenance organizations to achieve their goals through the creation and development of key strategies, including condition-based predictive programs, task coordination, reliability-centered maintenance and planning, and scheduling.

Under his leadership, the C&W Services maintenance organization created and developed key strategies, including condition based predictive programs, task coordination, reliability centered maintenance, lean six sigma and foundational planning and scheduling.

Following his service in the United States Marine Corps, he attended North Carolina A&T for Construction Management and North Carolina State for Facilities Engineering Management. He is a member of the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals and is an AMP Certified Reliability Leader.

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Impact of Power Quality Events on Motor Driven Systems

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 09 May 2024 09:00:00 -0700

Over their operating lives, motors and other equipment encounter various power quality events, including voltage unbalance, single-phasing, and momentary interruptions. Having familiarity with power quality events and how they impact facility operations is important. Adding equipment monitors and relays may provide long-term solutions to power quality issues.

This webinar will analyze various power quality events to consider including specific examples that may aide in troubleshooting power quality electrical problems. Learning objectives:

Understand electric utility basics
Identify the most common types of power quality events
Examine various power quality solutions
Achieve long-term reliable performance from motor driven equipment

Speaker:

Michael Lyda, Electrical Engineer, Advanced Energy

Michael began working at the Advanced Energy motors and drives laboratory in 2010 as a Co-Op student and continued as a full-time engineer after that. With extensive testing experience in the lab, Michael moved into a Laboratory Director role in 2019. He is involved in motor system testing development, research and training on a wide range of applications to meet the needs of Advanced Energy's customers. Michael is also a member of the Advanced Energy Commercial and Industrial team, participating in energy assessments and recommending energy conservation measures at facilities across the Southeast. Michael received his Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University.

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Maintaining Reliable Assets, a Resource Constraint Economy

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Fri, 03 May 2024 09:00:00 -0700

This webinar discusses the labor constraints and experience constraints companies are facing when it comes to maintaining the health of their assets. Discover strategies to optimize asset management despite workforce shortages and how companies leverage technology and expertise to overcome experience-related hurdles.

Speaker:

Michael DeMaria, Product Manager for Azima DLI, a Fluke Reliability Company

Michael is the Product Manager for Azima DLI, managing the hardware platforms and integrations, diagnostic software and AI tools, and user portal deliverables and business metrics. Michael’s background is in Navy nuclear engineering but has been working in vibration for over 30 years and managing key accounts, technical support, customer training, and product management for Azima DLI since 1995.

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Wireless Sensor – MEM’s Accelerometer Basics

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0700

In this topic we will discuss the use and utility of MEM’s sensors for vibration analysis. We will compare attributes of legacy Piezo electric sensors vs MEM’s including how each works, and strengths & weakness of each. We then discuss how we can leverage the MEM’s sensor in a wireless sensor package and what results we see in using MEM’s for impact detection.

Speaker:

Steven Hudson, Director, Professional Services

Remote Analysis Services
Reciprocating Analysis Services
Field Services

Background:

35 years in PdM
ISO Cat IV Vibration Analyst
Naval Nuclear Power Engineering (Submarines)
SME Marine, Steel, Food, Combustion Engine

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Confidence Rating – Trusting Your Repair Action Recommendations

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 09:00:00 -0700

This webinar will discuss automation in vibration analysis and how to obtain a Confidence Rating in the results to understand trust and best manage the next steps.

Speaker:

Michael DeMaria, Product Manager for Azima DLI, a Fluke Reliability Company

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Culture–Can It Be Changed?

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 09:00:00 -0700

In my experience, there are three major influences on culture:

Individual team members – Do they work together? Do they feel their voice is heard? Do they enjoy going to work every day?
Supervision / management – Do they have an open door policy? Do they listen to employees? Are they willing to take acceptable risks with new ideas?
Corporate – Are they driven by only the bottom line? Do they provide too much oversight?

Easy efforts to improve the culture positively include ensuring that corporate, plant, department goals are clear, posted and understood, that communication occurs frequently at all levels, and that appropriate personnel are involved at the right level for decision making.

Speaker:

Lee McClish – Director, Maintenance and Reliability for NTT GDC Americas

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Slow-speed and Early Fault Detection, How to Solve

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 09:00:00 -0700

This webinar will introduce you to Azima DLI’s proprietary diagnostic technique, Impact Demod. This powerful tool allows analyst to get deeper insights into the vibration data for rotating assets, providing improved visibility to the source of vibration, extending the application of vibration analysis to slower speed assets, and finding early bearing faults to properly plan for emerging repairs.

Speaker:

Steven Hudson, Director of Professional Services

Remote Analysis Services
Reciprocating Analysis Services
Field Services

Background:

35 years in PdM
ISO Cat IV Vibration Analyst
Naval Nuclear Power Engineering (Submarines)
SME Marine, Steel, Food, Combustion Engine

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Exploring Online, Offline, and Remote Condition Monitoring

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 09:00:00 -0700

Preventing downtime of industrial rotating equipment using Industry 4.0 (IIOT) vibration analysis and traditional route-based portable hand-held spectral analyzers in Pulp & Paper, Food and Beverage, Automotive, Gas & Oil, and Mining Industries.

What is Condition Monitoring
Who needs Condition Monitoring
Remote Condition Monitoring Offered at Fluke Reliability
Case Histories

Speaker:

Derek Lammel – Reliability Engineer, Certified ARP-E, Cat 3 Vibration, Level 1 Thermographer, Motion Amplification Level 1 Analyst

Provides condition monitoring solutions to customers utilizing Industry 4.0 (IIOT) platform.
Analyzes and diagnoses cloud-based and route-based predictive monitoring solutions for industrial applications.
Managed and utilized various reliability programs such as Vibration Analysis, Infrared Thermography, and Oil Analysis in support of continuous improvement of 83 Industrial Gas plants in the Midwestern United States.

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Why Machine Balancing Is So Important: The First Step Towards Connected Reliability

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 09:00:00 -0700

Ever asked yourself why you keep replacing the same bearings and seals? Often teams get stuck causing the symptom and fail to stop and find the root cause of the problem.

50% of rotating machine damage is directly related to imbalance, most teams just replace bearings and seals because alignment/balance takes too much time. It's important to fix the root cause of the issue instead of continually fixing the symptom.

In this webinar you'll leave with a better understanding of:

How to identify imbalance using vibration analysis
How to precision balance your machines
How this will greatly improve the reliability/safety/energy efficiency of your machines
How balancing machines is the first step on your path to improved reliability

Speaker:

John Bernet Product & Application Specialist, Fluke Reliability

As a mechanical application and product specialist with Fluke Reliability, John Bernet works with customers from all industries to successfully implement their reliability programs. He has more than 30 years of experience in the maintenance and operation of commercial machinery and as a nuclear power plant electrician in the U.S. Navy. He holds a Category II Vibration Analyst certification and is a Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional (CMRP).

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Introduction to Automated Vibration Diagnostics Offered by Azima DLI

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 09:00:00 -0700

Introduction to Automated Vibration Diagnostics Offered by Azima DLI, a Fluke Reliability Company. Azima DLI Product Management will introduce you to Watchman™, a highly efficient, highly accurate automated diagnostic solution that has a 5x utilization improvement over traditional vibration analysis.

Speaker:

Michael DeMaria, Product Manager for Azima DLI, a Fluke Reliability Company

Michael is the Product Manager for Azima DLI, managing the hardware platforms and integrations, diagnostic software and AI tools, user portal deliverables, and business metrics. Michael's background is in Navy nuclear engineering but has been working in vibration for over 30 years and managing key accounts, technical support, customer training, and product management for Azima DLI since 1995.

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Practical Creation and Use of the Planned Maintenance Schedule

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0700

We as Asset Management professionals are always spouting off about Planning and Scheduling. However, where the rubber meets the road is an agreed-to and locked in weekly schedule by Operations and Maintenance that actually gets to the people who execute it, the technicians. This presentation will show how planned maintenance work gets to a schedule that can be utilized by Operations and Maintenance to effectively execute maintenance work.

Speaker:

Blake A. Baca, CMRP, CRL - Owner of BDB Solutions LLC

Asset Management professional with over 33 years of experience in the mining, refining, smelting, oil & gas, power generation, foundry, manufacturing, and material processing industry.
Worked for Alcoa, Inc. for the first 20 years of career.
Finished up Alcoa career as the Maintenance and Engineering Manager at Alcoa Rockdale Operations in Rockdale, Texas as the facility was shut down due to business conditions in December 2008.
Asset Management Consultant for over 13 years.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree from Texas Tech University.
Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) and a Certified Reliability Leader (CRL).
Served as Maintenance Manager for Barrick Gold Corporation (Goldstrike and Cortez Hills Mines) in Elko, Nevada from 2017-2019.

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Continuing Your Success—Measuring and Maintaining a Successful CMMS Deployment

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0700

With nine years of expertise deploying and implementing CMMS systems and a track record of implementing over 100 eMaint CMMS projects, in this webinar Ray will cover measuring and maintaining a successful CMMS deployment.

Key Topics:

Identify KPIs and Metrics & Create Baselines
Drive Continued Adoption
Create New User On-Boarding
Key Stakeholder Communication: Senior Leadership
Expand System Usage

Speaker:

Ray Lattanzio, Senior Implementation Consultant, Fluke Reliability

Raymond J. Lattanzio is an experienced Senior Implementation Consultant with over 9 years of expertise in deploying and implementing CMMS systems—from small-scale single site deployments to large enterprise-level global roll-outs. Raymond holds certifications as a Project Management Professional (PMP)® and a Certified Reliability Leader (CRL)®, indicating his proficiency in Project Management and Reliability Best Practices. He holds a B.S in Finance from the University of Scranton and currently resides with his family in Tempe, Arizona.

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Sustainability in Maintenance and Reliability: The Role of Technology in Supporting Sustainable Practices

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0700

Let's face it, the dotted line to your organization's sustainability goals is quickly solidifying. With global shifts towards emissions tracking, identifying waste streams, and utility usage, organizations are under heavy scrutiny to account for risks and define their approach toward sustainability and ESG. All while facing the challenge of producing products or services within a reasonable cost and profit margin, safely and with consistent quality, which is no small task.

In this session, we will discuss the importance of sustainability in ensuring long-term operational efficiency and how technologies can extend asset lifespan through proactive maintenance strategies, reduce environmental impact, enhance equipment reliability, and solidify your place in your corporate initiatives.

Speaker:

Michael Mills - Technical Sales Manager, Fluke Reliability

Currently based out of southwest Florida, Michael leads a team of solutions engineers who help pair customers with solutions that align with their M&R strategies. Whether it's creating a maintenance historian, transporting data from system to system to trigger action and analytics or connecting information into the hands of maintenance professionals.

9 years in EAM leveraging best-of-breed solutions and best practices
Deployment of CMMS, Mobile and IIoT solutions across industries including Packaging, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Public Sector & Utilities
Focus on high value deliverables leveraging Reliability Centered Maintenance in support of CBM and ICM

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Data Collection Dos' and Don'ts

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Fri, 25 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0700

This webinar will provide an understanding of the purpose of Asset Data Collection for use in Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) and what it will support. In addition, it will provide for attendees what is required for good Asset Data Collection vs. bad Asset Data Collection.

Speaker:

Blake A. Baca, CMRP, CRL - Owner of BDB Solutions LLC

Asset Management professional with over 33 years of experience in industry including mining, refining, smelting, oil & gas, power generation, foundry, manufacturing, and material processing.
Worked for Alcoa, Inc. for the first 20 years of career.
Finished up Alcoa career as the Maintenance and Engineering Manager at Alcoa Rockdale Operations in Rockdale, Texas as the facility was shut down due to business conditions in December 2008.
Asset Management Consultant for over 13 years.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree from Texas Tech University.
Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) and a Certified Reliability Leader (CRL).
Served as Maintenance Manager for Barrick Gold Corporation (Goldstrike and Cortez Hills Mines) in Elko, Nevada from 2017-2019.

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Connected Reliability in the Automotive Industry

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0700

Connected Reliability is a Framework that combines hardware and software systems from across the enterprise into one cloud-based maintenance ecosystem. Maintenance management is automatically integrated with data acquisition and analysis, giving industrial leaders unprecedented real-time visibility and empowering maintenance managers to make data-driven decisions that avoid downtime.

Sensors can automatically measure condition and process-related data. Teams can use handheld smart tools to conduct routes. That information flows readily to the cloud, where algorithms and advanced analysis software predict machine failures and trigger automated work orders, so maintenance managers catch problems sooner. This combination empowers maintenance teams with real-time communication between machinery, data systems, and people.

The automotive industry is full of complexity. Many companies manage multiple sites, production lines, and testing processes. The use of specialized parts requires optimizing inventory management and supply chain issues as well as managing vendor relationships. Worker safety is paramount, the quality of the end product is critical for consumer safety. Understandably, then, the automotive industry has more and stricter regulatory and compliance standards to meet than most other industries.

The Framework of Connected Reliability can help industrial leaders in the Automotive industry to make enterprise-level maintenance decisions that prevent machine failures, reduce costs, improve worker safety, etc.

Speakers:

Christian Silbernagel - Strategic & Enterprise Account Manager, Fluke Reliability

Christian holds a degree in Applied Physics from the University of Applied Sciences in Koblenz, Germany. He has 10 years of experience in the field predictive maintenance and reliability. In 2018, Christian proudly earned ISO CAT 3 vibration certification.

Gavin Robinson - Sales Manager, Fluke Reliability

Gavin has been working in the area of reliability for over 7 years. He helps customers streamline their maintenance processes and increase the uptime of their critical assets.

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Vibration Analysis in the Evolving Condition Monitoring Environment

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0700

In this webinar, we will be discussing the “traditional role” of the Vibration Analyst and how it is changing to keep pace with advances in Condition Monitoring technologies. The purpose of this topic is to examine how a tiered approach to Condition Monitoring partnered with Precision Maintenance techniques can improve Plant Reliability.

Topics include:

Route based and Online Condition Monitoring
Wireless Condition Monitoring technology and Remote Analysis
“Tiered approach” to reliability programs
Precision Maintenance tools and practices
The importance of completed repair validation

Speaker:

Taylor Sheppard – Field Application Specialist, Fluke Reliability Solutions

CAT III Vibration Analyst

2012-2017 Climax Molybdenum Mine, Mill Diagnostic Mechanic
2017-2021 Climax Molybdenum Mine, Senior Reliability Centered Maintenance Technician
2021-2022 GP Toledo Oregon Paperboard Company, Vibration Analyst
2022— Field Application Specialist, Fluke Reliability Solutions

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Upgrade your CMMS to an Enterprise Asset Management Mindset—Take AIM

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 07:45:00 -0700

The road to excellence in reliability starts with sound business cases, determined executives, and a work force ready for change and continuous improvement.

Most systems by nature are neither intuitive nor simple to understand. Here is where an experienced CMMS subject-matter expert working with the core team can be worth their weight in gold by ensuring you understand the decisions you are making. The adage, “you don't know what you don't know” comes to the fore here.

In this talk Curt, with over 30 years experience working with EAM & CMMS solutions, will ensure you are aligned with your organization's Business Objectives and explain how a CMMS supports maintenance best practices while your maintenance best practices need to support your CMMS.

If you find that your organization has not adopted maintenance Best Practices—this talk is for you as implementing a CMMS will not magically bring this about.

Curt Chamberlain - Performance Consultant

Curt is the owner of Utility Performance Consultants based in Texas. He is a seasoned professional with over 30 years providing consulting services to clients with a focus on Business Transformation and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM). The services provided are focused on business process improvement, KPI's and technology enablers in work and asset management as well as finance, customer, and supply chain. He has experience with EAM solution providers SAP, Maximo, and eMaint.

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The 5 Pillars of Connected Reliability

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 31 May 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Connected Reliability is a framework that combines hardware and software systems from across the enterprise into one cloud-based maintenance ecosystem. Maintenance management is automatically integrated with data acquisition and analysis, giving industrial leaders unprecedented real-time visibility and empowering maintenance managers to make data-driven decisions that avoid downtime.

The 5 Pillars of CR represent the Core elements of the Framework and built a solid and sustainable foundation. The segmentation of CR in 5 pillars enables every company to see immediate merit from CR no matter where they are in their journey. CR can be implemented at your own pace, starting with the 'gaps' or pain points and growing/adapting to suit your future state.

Christian Sibernagel - Strategic & Enterprise Account Manager, Fluke Reliability

Christian Silbernagel holds a degree in Applied Physics from the University of Applied Sciences in Koblenz, Germany. He has 10 years of experience in the field of predictive maintenance and reliability. In 2018, Christian proudly earned ISO CAT 3 vibration certification. In August 2021, Christian started a new role as Strategic & Enterprise Account Manager, supporting FRS's customers on their way to Connected Reliability and unlock the full potential of their M&R programs.

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Fluke 831: Laser Shaft Alignment

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0700

Today's maintenance departments can't afford crippling unplanned downtime and wasted energy. You could be losing thousands of dollars per year in replacement bearings and hours of unnecessary repair time.

Up to 50% of damage to rotating machinery is directly related to misalignment—most customers ignore it and simply replace the bearings and seals. See the benefits of precision alignment on most of your machines not just a few of the most critical:

- Improved uptime, revenue, and machine lifecycle

- Decreased power consumption and costs for storing spare parts

- Less vibration leading to less wear (other faults)

- Lower temperatures on bearing, coupling, and lubrication

Speakers:

John Bernet, Product & Application Specialist, Fluke Reliability

Jonathan Gough, Product Owner & Product Management, Prüftechnik (Fluke Reliability)

Jonathan Gough is a Fluke Reliability Product Manager and the Product Owner for the Prüftechnik touch alignment platform. Based in Ismaning, Germany, he has 25 years of experience with Prüftechnik, including roles as Head of Product Management, International Sales Manager, and General Manager for the Southeast Asia territory.

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Ensuring a Successful CMMS Deployment: Key Steps for Preparation

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0700

Key Topics / Objectives of this presentation:

Drive engagement, support, and buy-in for your project through effective communication
Ensure Executive and Senior-Level sponsorship
Define what success means to you
Ensure key project team members availability, including subject matter experts
Prepare your data

Speaker:

Ray Lattanzio - Senior Implementation Consultant, Fluke Reliability

Raymond J. Lattanzio is an experienced Senior Implementation Consultant with over 8 years of expertise in deploying and implementing CMMS systems. He has a proven track record of successfully implementing more than 100 eMaint CMMS projects. Raymond holds certifications as a Project Management Professional (PMP)® and a Reliability Leader (CRL)®, indicating his proficiency in project management and reliability engineering. He currently resides in Tempe, Arizona.

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Benefits and Limitation of Vibration Standard for Rotating Machines

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 09:00:00 -0700

The ISO and API standards provide very useful information on evaluation criteria for evaluating rotating machinery. In most cases, applications are related to acceptance tests such as running test during first installation and more often during standard operating conditions.

The goal of this webinar is to provide additional and expert advice in order to use and apply those standards in the daily routinary vibration data evaluation.

Speaker:

Luca Barraco – Regional Sales Manager at Prüftechnik (Fluke Reliability)

Luca Barraco is passionate about condition monitoring solutions for rotating machines. With extensive experience as a Machinery Service Engineer, working on turbines, generators, pumps, motors, and engines, he brings a mix of innovation and hands-on experience to his customers. He strives to help organizations increase plant availability and reduce their maintenance costs.

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Reliability Centered Maintenance: How to Reduce Operational Risks and Produce Consistent/Dependable Equipment

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 09:00:00 -0700

Gary Stevens brings over 26+ years' experience in maintenance, reliability, construction and life sciences to our best practice webinar series. His passion lies in identifying and implementing M&R strategies like reliability centered maintenance and predictive programs. This talk will dive into reliability centered maintenance (RCM), what it is and how it can be put into practice. Gary will break down actions into four easy steps which touch on; evaluation, design and determination, quality and value, and implementation /validation. By concentrating on the reliability journey, RCM reduces operational risks and enables teams to work with consistent and dependable equipment.

Speaker: Gary Stevens CRL, FMP – Director of Engineering and Maintenance at C&W Services

With over 26 years of maintenance, reliability, and construction experience, Gary Stevens has held various roles of increasing responsibility and led maintenance organizations to achieve their goals through the creation and development of key strategies, including condition-based predictive programs, task coordination, reliability-centered maintenance and planning, and scheduling.

Following his service in the United States Marine Corps, he attended North Carolina A&T for Construction Management and North Carolina State for Facilities Engineering Management.

He is a member of the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals and is an AMP Certified Reliability Leader.

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Building Your Predictive Maintenance Roadmap: Steps to Start or Take Your Program to the Next Level

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 09:00:00 -0700

Your Maintenance and Reliability programs are only getting more complex. Between the supply chain challenges, disruptive technologies, remote work, and staff shortages, maintenance teams are being stretched and expected to do more with less. Predictive maintenance strategies can help. Understanding function and failure is the backbone of any Predictive Maintenance program. It lets teams focus on failure modes and prioritize plant systems, while sensors and software manage automated data collection and subsequent tasks. We will help you understand how to select a strategy with the appropriate technology and implement it into a new or existing program. We will also overview people and processes needed to successfully implement within an organization. The webinar will be educational for maintenance and reliability professionals beginning a Predictive Maintenance journey, as well as professionals working in programs that needs to be refreshed, restarted, or taken to the next level.

Speaker:

Michael Watson CRL,CMRP, Product Application Specialist, Fluke Corporation

Michael Watson is a Product Application Specialist for Fluke Accelix, a suite of solutions from Fluke Reliability, focusing on the company’s connected technician tools and condition monitoring product lines. Michael brings 30+ years’ experience in reliability, technician effectiveness, and operations in US and global locations. He is a Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) Certified Reliability Leader (CRL) and Thermal/Infrared Thermography Level II certified. Michael holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Illinois in Urbana Illinois.

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Maintenance Management: Tools & Tips for Maintenance Excellence

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 09:00:00 -0700

New to maintenance supervision or management? Maybe you are a maintenance veteran. Wondering where to start or what roadmap to follow? The leadership concepts presented can be extended to any industry. Prepare for twenty-five years of experience summed up for a concise set of tools and tips as a jump start toward maintenance excellence.

Speaker:

Lee McClish, Director of Maintenance and Reliability, NTT GDC Americas

Lee McClish is the Director of Maintenance and Reliability for NTT GDC Americas, a global telecommunications and data center company. His previous positions were held with BASF, Graphic Packaging and Packaging Corporation of America as a Reliability Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, RCM Manager and Production Manager. He also served in the US Navy as a Submarine Officer. He holds a BSME, MBA, CMRP, CRL, CPMM. He is the author of a recent book “Maintenance Leadership 101” published through Reliability Web and available on Amazon.

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Learning to use a CMMS for Compliance

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 09:00:00 -0700

In this Best Practice Webinar we discuss changes, challenges, and trends along with best practices on how life science companies can:

Comply with regulatory requirements
Mitigate risk and provide world class metrics
Automate digital processes to reduce manual methods

Speakers:

Roy Rothwell, Director of Customer Success, EMEA, for eMaint and Fluke Reliability

Roy Rothwell is director of customer success, EMEA, for eMaint and Fluke Reliability. His customer services team provides unrivaled support in implementation, consulting, training, customer success management and helpdesk support.

Tara Acree, Enterprise Account Executive, eMaint

Tara Acree is an enterprise account executive for the life sciences and automotive industries at eMaint, a Fluke Reliability company. She specializes in SaaS-based solutions and hardware tools across enterprise platforms, focused on a best practices approach.

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Data Analytics and IIoT in Maintenance and Reliability

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 25 May 2022 09:00:00 -0700

What are the positive and negative impacts to maintenance organizations by adopting data analytics and IIoT? In this webinar, we will dive into specifics on the use of data analytics in an IIoT environment to enhance a condition-based maintenance plan.

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The reliability of everything™ from its beginning to current challenges

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 09:00:00 -0700

Join world-renowned reliability expert, Dr. Klaus Blache, Director, RMC & Research Professor, University of Tennessee, for a "highlights reel" documenting the history of reliability from past to present. He'll address current challenges and opportunities as well as delve into the many factors that come into play when trying to implement a reliability strategy.

Motion Amplification® and its rapid evolution for the reliability and maintenance professional

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 09:00:00 -0700

Motion Amplification is a rapidly evolving technology that is being utilized more and more within maintenance and reliability programs. With new technology comes rapid evolution, new capabilities, and new use cases. In this presentation, we will cover new advances in the technology and how it is being leveraged for full field vibration. Advances include the ability to visualize frequency and phase across the entire video in a single image, visualize and measure thermal growth, and new advanced techniques to measure shaft dynamics while undergoing rotation. Motion Amplification will also be discussed in the context of continuous monitoring and how a camera can be used for measuring vibration across multiple locations in an image with full trending and historization capabilities. Case studies will be presented on Motion Amplification highlighting new advancements and how it has been utilized to solve real problems along with strategies used to deploy Motion Amplification as a new tool in the reliability toolbox.

Motion Amplification is a proprietary video processing technique that detects subtle displacement and then converts that movement to a level visible with the naked eye, enabling visualization of the movement. Each pixel becomes the equivalent of a displacement sensor allowing for full field vibration. Seeing how the machine is moving allows the source of most issues to become clear, allowing for effective root cause analysis as well as communication of the issue.

Maximize the value of your MRO data

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 09:00:00 -0700

The world is driven by data. MRO data (also known as indirect material data or material master data) is no exception. Asset intensive organizations continuously strive to be more efficient while being cost effective. MRO data remains one of the most untapped sources of savings for procurement, maintenance, and inventory departments within the manufacturing environment. Organizations find it challenging to leverage the potential MRO data savings because, for the most part, their data quality is poor. In order to initiate savings from your MRO data it must be consistent, accurate, and free of unnecessary duplication.

Maximizing the value of your MRO data begins with the conversion of your legacy data to best in-class. The transformation of legacy data to quality data begins with a cleansing process. Data cleansing is performed to create an item master that is inclusive of defined categories, attribute enhancement, item level codification, and all the while absent of unnecessary duplication. Once your data is clean the journey doesn’t end. It is imperative that a quality data governance program be implemented to ensure you maintain the integrity of your MRO data

Why we can't proceduralize everything

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 09:00:00 -0700

Unwanted errors & surprises are serious threats to reliability in any high-hazard industry. To address them, many leaders apply a mechanistic approach. They install controls, write procedures, and enforce compliance. But these mechanistic strategies often backfire in adaptive, human-based systems.

What happens after the alignment?

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:00:00 -0700

Don't be left in the dark. Alignment processes should include post monitoring to protect the asset and confirm a proper alignment. Elongate the life of your machines with these tips, tricks and technologies from Fluke Reliability alignment experts, Mike Ciocys, Technical Service & Support Manager and Chelsea Fiegel, Service Sales Leader.

During this session, we will discuss why align in the first place, why you don't just align your machines—see this as "step one." They will share how various post—alignment technologies help you maintain machine health by monitoring the ongoing condition of your assets. Alignment is only half of the job—consistent uptimes requires collecting data to empower teams to assess condition and take action.

Using root cause analysis and failure modes to build a total condition maintenance strategy for motor/drive systems

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 09:00:00 -0700

In this webinar, John Bernet from Fluke Reliability will discuss best practices for applying root cause analysis and expected failure modes to motor-drive systems. You will learn the simple steps of total condition maintenance, how different inspection techniques from electrical to thermal can help identify different failure modes, and how vibration analysis in particular can find the most common mechanical faults on rotating machines. We will wrap up with a discussion on the obstacles teams may face when starting a reliability program and learn from those who have succeeded.

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How to use Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) to get the reliability you need

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 09:00:00 -0700

For every action taken to maintain a piece of equipment, a Failure Mode—or cause of failure—is managed. That is why a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is an essential part of physical asset management. When done properly, an FMEA helps organizations: 1) Define equipment goals, 2) Identify what could cause Reliability to suffer, and 3) Assign criticality. Join Nancy as she shares how to avoid common FMEA pitfalls, and how to use a properly executed FMEA to make effective maintenance decisions.

Unshrouding the mystery of rarely-used parts: How to avoid shutdown and cost overruns due to parts availability

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:00:00 -0700

Storerooms everywhere are lacking certain critical parts while other parts are overstocked – and getting the mix right in today’s environment of supply shortages is even more challenging than it used to be. The risk, of course, is that a rarely-used yet critical part may not be available to get equipment back online, or that getting it in quickly will incur significant costs. So how do you decide which parts to stock, at what cost, how far in advance? And whose responsibility is it? With good data around lead time, usage, and a few other points, you can optimize inventory for most parts. However, rarely-used parts often don’t have good data available, and many organizations are left guessing at how they should be stocked.

Using business intelligence tools to achieve reliability maintenance goals: Practical advice on how to get started

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 09:00:00 -0700

Sometimes the RCA experts need to do an RCA on themselves. There are many reasons why maintenance and reliability teams can feel stuck in place, and getting a big picture view of what’s (really) going on can be one way to identify root cause. Business intelligence tools such as Power BI and Tableau can assemble data points from a variety of operations information sources to illustrate what’s working, and what’s not. In this webinar, Nicole Rochelle, BI Developer at Monogram Foods, demonstrates results from using Power BI for reliability maintenance, defuses the challenges, and offers practical advice for getting started.

Future-proofing asset dependent firms against the tide of talent flight!

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:00:00 -0700

Talent risks now represent a significant threat to asset dependent firms. In addition to the sheer unavailability of talent, there is the increasingly competitive environment to attract talent. The stark reality is that even where the talent is available, significant onboarding is required to hone troubleshooting and other skills that these firms rely on daily.

In this webinar, veteran asset management advisor and instructor, Suzane Greeman will break down the complexities surrounding the competences and talent that industry needs. She will also outline some creative ways in which talent acquisition and retention practices need to change to manage these talent risks.

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Managing cybersecurity risk in maintenance and reliability

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 09:00:00 -0700

Maintenance and reliability teams increasingly utilize a range of technologies, systems and devices – all of which can present cybersecurity risks. For this presentation, cyber expert Matthew Hudon and CMRP Frederic Baudart are joining together to outline which cybersecurity risks M&R teams should pay particular attention to and what preventive actions make the most sense to implement. Topics include where to involve IT (and how), training the team to avoid phishing and other human-centric breaches, and how to effectively manage the inherent risks of introducing IIoT and SaaS solutions into the Maintenance and Reliability workflow.

Vibration monitoring for peak asset performance

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 09:00:00 -0700

Vibration monitoring alerts teams to changes in machine condition before the situation degrades enough to cause harm. With a solid mix of monitoring and in-person evaluation, maintenance teams can move closer to condition-based-maintenance, where they make decisions and schedule work based on what their assets are saying, not just on the maintenance intervals. Join this webinar to learn more about vibration monitoring best practices, including what faults vibration detects as well as guidance on asset selection, installation, configuration setup, data evaluation and diagnosis.

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Thermography as a condition detective: The secret sauce to uptime

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 05 May 2021 09:00:00 -0700

Subject-matter expert Craig Haase provides a primer on thermography in maintenance and reliability and how it can powerfully unearth details surrounding your machines’ condition and health. Haase will detail customer scenarios and use cases, highlighting how thermal imaging solutions can record, provide alarm notifications, and monitor assets 24/7 regardless of location. He will also discuss the turnkey options available as solutions to common but complicated plant applications.

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Gain deep insights into bearing health with ultrasonic analysis

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 09:00:00 -0700

Friction is inherent in all machine bearings. When this friction starts to change, ultrasonic analysis can tell us a lot about what is happening in that bearing. When both friction and impact monitoring with ultrasound get combined with the real-time data collection of a IIoT system, we can uncover the signs of a bearing asking for help. In this webinar, Blair Fraser of UE Systems Inc. discusses how simple it is to apply ultrasonic technology and how taking full advantage can prevent bearing failure from ever occurring.

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The exponential power of daily improvement

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 09:00:00 -0700

Calvin Williams has helped numerous companies build continuous improvement programs. In this webinar, he discusses the science behind daily improvement and how to use it to create a sustainable culture of continuous improvement. He relates how a 1% improvement daily amounts to 38 times better results in one year. He'll also describe the power of habit and how it is formed or engineered through daily repetition, especially with a coach's guidance.

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Get more value from your CMMS (Part II)

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 09:00:00 -0700

You may be surprised by how supercharged your CMMS can be when connected to more powerful sensors, software, and other compatible systems. Your CMMS is designed to support maintenance and reliability, and the outcomes only get better with systems that interoperate. Integrations can be painless and can set your company up for years to come. In this webinar, senior solutions engineer Michael Mills and Fluke Reliability colleagues Mike Ciocys, Jeremy Guo, and Brian Harrison demonstrate the robust synergies of integrating eMaint CMMS with VibGuard IIoT for vibration monitoring and analysis, Fluke Connect sensors for condition monitoring, and Fluke Connect2Assets software for data integration. This is part two of a two-part, CMMS-focused webinar series.

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Get more value from your CMMS (Part I): Best usage models for business impact and user adoption

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 09:00:00 -0700

Some of the most game-changing features and usages of a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) often get overlooked. That's a drag on your ROI and can be rectified by simple instruction and training. In this webinar, Michael Mills, a senior solutions engineer for Fluke Reliability, breaks down a typical company's CMMS usage model. Then, he demonstrates how easy it is to add inventory control, condition monitoring, mobility, and other functions to your CMMS practices. Multiple people on the team stand to gain from small changes as system visibility and familiarity increases. This is part one of a two-part, CMMS-focused webinar series.

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Start a conversation around Critical Suppliers, with Mike Watson

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:00:00 -0700

In this episode of Fluke Reliability Radio, Mike Watson discusses critical conversations about common goals frameworks pertaining to suppliers. Join us as we dive into how operations and maintenance teams can stay aligned and improve a businesses bottom line, while also benefiting both sides.

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How a defect elimination program works and why it could work for you

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:00:00 -0700

"Defect elimination" has become a hot topic in the reliability world. But what exactly does it mean? Defect elimination is a bottom-up approach that uses small teams tackling small projects with broad participation. With that stronger involvement comes a greater understanding and buy-in to the reliability improvement effort. In this webinar, expert Michelle Ledet Henley discusses how a defect elimination program can enhance traditional maintenance programs by bringing you enthusiastic front-line participation and eliminate work from the bottom up.

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Industrial machine alignment: Tips for getting precise measurements in demanding conditions

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:00:00 -0700

Mines, sawmills, and pulp and paper plants represent some of the toughest environments to maintain machine alignment. Matt Joinson, the owner and operator of Jaffray Millwright and Welding, located in Jaffray, British Columbia, knows this well. He's got many stories to tell as well as advice for alignment professionals across sectors. Joining him in this webinar is Payam Assadi, Fluke Reliability sales manager for Pruftechnik Canada, as they discuss how to get precise measurements in challenging conditions, how to avoid downtime and high maintenance costs, and the best alignment tools for the job.

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How today's advanced electric motor testing technologies expose motor failure

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 09:00:00 -0700

The increasingly sophisticated motor testing technologies used today quickly identify anomalies and mechanisms leading to motor failure. In this presentation, Don Donofrio, veteran instructor and consultant for The Snell Group, an internationally recognized expert in electric motor testing training and research, demonstrates the methods used for de-energized and energized motor testing. These methods are powered by completely different technologies, which he will talk through. Donofrio also will cover static winding, circuit, and insulation assessment methods, and will discuss power quality, current signature, in-rush, and electrical signature analysis. He will leverage several case studies to illustrate the effectiveness of these advanced motor testing capabilities.

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Root causes of lubricant degradation and how to prevent it from harming your machines

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:00:00 -0700

Oil analysis is a primary way to determine lubrication breakdown, a sign of potential premature failure in critical and other assets. Lubricant degradation occurs in six ways – oxidation, thermal degradation, micro dieseling, electrostatic spark discharge, additive depletion, and contamination. Expert Sanya Mathura, founder of Trinidad-based Strategic Reliability Solutions, Ltd., introduces the basic concepts of lubrication, and discusses how a lubricant can degrade and ways each situation can be handled to avoid asset decline and demise. Mathura’s company has solved lubrication problems and provided training in the automotive, industrial, marine, construction, and transportation sectors.

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The rise of the connected worker: implications for maintenance and operations in 2021

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 09:00:00 -0700

As more plants move ahead with their digitalization strategies, individual maintenance and reliability professionals will find themselves becoming increasingly “connected” in 2021. But: What does that actually look like? Where are the biggest differences, what are the speedbumps we should watch out for and which opportunities are the most exciting? Keith Larson, editor-in-chief of Control magazine, and Ankush Malhotra, vice president and general manager at Fluke Reliability, share their insights about what the coming year may hold for maintenance and operations professionals.

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Why you must rank your assets for 'criticalness'

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Typically within an organization, asset criticality is visualized on a ranked list known as an Asset Criticality Ranking. In this webinar, Fluke Reliability experts Frederic Baudart and Gregory Perry discuss "criticality" as one of the most misused terms in the maintenance reliability world. Organizations often use this word when they really should be talking about "criticalness" – which more aptly describes the impact to an organization's safety, reliability, availability, and bottom line. Understanding criticalness will help maintenance and reliability teams focus their efforts where they are most needed. This concept becomes increasingly important when a company finds itself counting heavily on aging equipment for manufacturing and production.

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Interactive asset mapping in your CMMS: The benefits of spatial intelligence

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Spatial Intelligence is the human ability to visualize with the mind's eye. Reality capture technology allows us to add a digital version of the mind's eye to our maintenance process and asset management tools. Imagine a world where you can find each asset at your fingertips, ensuring all your decisions, as well as your system analytics, are based on accurate documentation. Join Emad Jooghi and Sebastian Schuster of NavVis and Conner Rivard of Fluke Reliability. They'll provide a virtual representation of how your factory floor and integration with CMMS software can result in significant time and cost savings.

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Best practice guide to condition monitoring and vibration analysis

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Condition monitoring and vibration analysis are separate processes, but both are vital indicators of machine health and require the collection of accurate data to analyze issues and trends. Colin Pickett is a consultant and former Prüftechnik engineer with 35 years of reliability and vibration analysis experience. He takes us through these processes, describes what to expect, and addresses how to handle potential roadblocks and snags to get readings and measurements you can trust.

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How 'connected' thermography builds sustainable asset health management

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Asset health management programs fail more often than they succeed. In this webinar, we share the top five reasons such programs fail and how a cloud-based, connected thermography program can help overcome these challenges. Michael A. Watson, Product Application Specialist with Fluke Reliability, outlines the people, processes, and technology to build a sustainable program. A qualitative asset health management program with connected data builds on the capabilities of a maintenance team and delivers a sustainable program.

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AIM first: Aligning your organization for a successful CMMS implementation

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:00:00 -0700

This presentation by CMMS deployment expert Scott Rojas of Fluke Reliability outlines the pre-implementation process we call the AIM. The AIM provides a detailed look at a company’s alignment on its business strategy and capabilities; project engineering, compliance, scoping, and other CMMS requirements; plus goals, objectives, and expected ROI. AIM seeks to reduce pitfalls that may derail or even cancel CMMS projects. It addresses how to recognize harmful traps and what to do about them. Join Scott Rojas for a high-level look at how to get your organization groomed for a strong, efficient implementation.

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Actually implementing a change

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Lean management, Six Sigma, process reengineering, root cause analysis, and other techniques all provide methods for identifying the changes needed to move a business forward. But the biggest challenge has long been actually implementing the improvements. Implementation comes down to individual leaders influencing their direct reports at each level in the organization. They need to infuse essential changes. In this webinar, leadership expert and author Tom Moriarty provides insight and recommendations on how to successfully implement change in any organization.

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Building a culture of safety beyond a pandemic

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Safety is all about people, and building a culture of safety is about instilling human behaviors that become the norm. That includes taking steps to protect workers from being infected by COVID-19, but it goes beyond this. And it is not something accomplished in a short time—typically, it takes five to 10 years. Yet positive short-term changes in processes and systems can, over time, contribute to building this culture. In this webinar, workplace safety expert Chuck Pettinger, a Process Change Leader at Fortive-owned Predictive Solutions, discusses his ongoing work with industrial companies to help build this safety-focused climate. He details the signs he sees in organizations successfully developing a culture of safety.

To learn more, you can watch the on-demand video or register for an upcoming webinar.

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Powerful, game changing software for in house cleaning and sanitization operations

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Learn how CleanMaint helps in-house cleaning crews embrace the digital age to deliver a higher standard of sanitization. In the current and post-COVID-19 world, this cloud-based application from the makers of eMaint upgrades planning and scheduling to handle the more rigorous demands for cleaning requests, resources, and supplies. Users can map work orders to physical zones in facilities, track PPE and supply inventories more closely, and rid their current system of paperwork and inefficiencies.

Speaker bio:

As a Solutions Engineer for Fluke Reliability, Michael Mills focuses on Sanitization Software, Condition Monitoring Software, and Fluke's IIoT devices. His CMMS experience ranges across roles such as Customer Success Manager, Solutions Engineer, and SME on integrated systems and providing solutions for Workplace Safety, Packaging, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Public Sector, and Utilities.

Have questions? Learn more at https://cleanmaint.com

Condition monitoring for maintaining asset health

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Equipment downtime and poor performance can cost your company dearly, but did you know that it is possible to determine the health of the equipment? With the right technologies like condition monitoring and reliability practices, it is possible to determine the nature and severity of fault conditions months before the machine would fail.

However, with the right approach, you can go much further and also improve the reliability of the equipment, resulting in even lower costs and better performance.

In this animated and interactive presentation, Jason Tranter, the CEO and founder of Mobius Institute, will discuss the basic principles of condition monitoring (and briefly review each of the most common technologies) and emphasize how it is important to expand the program into a proactive approach that deals with the root causes of equipment failure and thus improves the reliability.

This podcast was originally a webinar, published in April 2018.

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Exploring the Tree of Unreliability and what drives downtime

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 09:00:00 -0700

An infinite number of causes can lead to lost production and unplanned downtime. But some have common physical roots and underlying latent roots related to our reliability issues. Presenter Shon Isenhour, founding partner of Eruditio, has reviewed or participated in thousands of root cause analyses. In this webinar, he discusses cases with more obvious roots at the surface, as well as the more neglected, and often completely missed, organizational troubles that can haunt reliability efforts. He pulls real examples to give attendees some areas to focus on and organizational issues to be aware of as part of their reliability journey.

Speaker bio:

Shon Isenhour is founding partner of Eruditio, a reliability education consulting firm. He specializes in adult learning, leadership, asset management, and reliability engineering. Isenhour is an expert in the implementation of holistic reliability solutions using tools such as Total Productive Maintenance, Reliability Centered Maintenance, and Root Cause Analysis, as well as Six Sigma and Lean to drive bottom-line results. He is a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional and Certified Asset Management Assessor and has been accredited by Prosci and Colorado State University as a Change Management Professional.

To learn more, you can watch the original version of this podcast or register for an upcoming webinar.

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The most costly pitfalls in laser shaft alignment and how to avoid them

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Maintenance teams know these pitfalls. Coupling backlash, where manual positioning of the coupling is needed during a measurement rotation. Uncoupled machines, where laser and sensor heads must be separately and manually positioned on a machine, leading to possible errors and rework. Repeated moves and measurements just to get an accurate alignment result.

In this webinar, Jonathan Gough, PRUFTECHNIK product manager for Fluke Reliability, discusses these and other pitfalls that drive up the cost and extend the time it takes to complete alignment jobs. He will explain how Adaptive Alignment systems overcome these drawbacks and deliver new levels of speed and precision in laser shaft alignment.

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How to lead and maintain Reliability in a Crisis

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 09:00:00 -0700

What's changed and what hasn't in these challenging times of virus-driven decision making? As asset management and other maintenance and reliability activities continue, adherence to new pandemic-prompted standardized best practices is even more critical. In this webinar, educator and expert Dr. Klaus Blache will discuss the challenges but also the opportunities brought on by the pandemic; how great things have and can be accomplished during a crisis; what the "new normal" means for maintenance strategies; the importance of being resilient, and what to focus on as a leader during a crisis.

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10 key steps to CMMS success

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Experts estimate that up to 70 percent of initial CMMS implementations fail to meet expectations. A CMMS implementation is not just about CMMS data. It also involves centering empirical asset health data within your own cohesive synergy involving people, processes, and technology. In this webinar, Gregory Perry, Fluke Reliability Senior Consultant, explores the 10 key steps that bring a focus and guidance to implementing your CMMS, setting you up for success.

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Are you letting your machines control you?

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Reliability is designed—literally and figuratively. Literally speaking, the inherent reliability of our equipment is governed by its design. But as equipment custodians, what we do (or don't do) affects a machine's reliability more than we may think—and it goes way beyond maintenance. In this webinar, RCM expert Nancy Regan details the winning reliability philosophy that empowers equipment custodians to achieve their reliability goals. (And it may be simpler than you think!)

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How to get the best ROI for digitalizing your asset maintenance

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 09:00:00 -0700

The current crisis is making the benefits and value of flexibility in the Industrial Internet of Things more obvious than ever. It is driving more people to investigate how the cloud and IIoT with software-connected equipment and advanced analytics tools can turn data volumes into meaningful maintenance intelligence accessible onsite or remotely. However, maintenance leaders and decision makers need to be clear on what they’re getting. In this webinar, IIoT experts Kevin Clark and Brian Harrison discuss how organizations can assess their current infrastructure and plan highly successful pilot programs to leverage the IIoT. This webinar may also help professionals in the process industries.

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How to build a game plan to proactively manage your assets

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 09:00:00 -0700

With COVID-19 causing considerable uncertainty, many reliability and maintenance professionals are concerned about how to meet production goals. For football fans, there's also some anxiety—what's in store for America's favorite fall pastime? Maybe there's something we can learn from considering production and football goals at the same time. In this webinar, Life Cycle Institute educator and Reliability Engineering expert Mike Smith shares how football and asset management are very similar, and how you can apply winning football tactics to your asset management strategies. He'll explain the role of the Reliability Engineer as the plant's attacking, ball-hawking defensive specialist, and how REs can best understand the risks and failure modes of their plant's assets.

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Adaptive alignment: the next generation in laser shaft alignment systems

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 09:00:00 -0700

What if laser alignment systems could automatically adapt to different assets, simple-to-complex alignment challenges, and any user’s skills and experience? Such adaptability is the hallmark of a new generation of laser alignment technology. With it, alignment jobs get done faster and with higher precision. In this webinar, Jonathan Gough, Fluke Reliability Product Manager for PRUFTECHNIK, explains what adaptive alignment means, how it can address the problems occurring with today’s machines, and how it can work for your organization.

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Manage COVID-19 Cleaning & Sanitizing processes using CMMS

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 09:00:00 -0700

The industrial landscape is changing from COVID-19. In this pre-recorded podcast, Fluke Reliability subject matter expert, Mike Mills, discusses how you can leverage your pre-existing CMMS to create, assign, schedule, and complete cleaning or sanitizing work orders.

The Definitive guide to CMMS implementation and Planning

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 09:00:00 -0700

To achieve desirable outcomes in any asset-intensive enterprise, computerized maintenance management software (CMMS) systems or enterprise asset management systems (EAM) are indispensable. A CMMS system facilitates the common day-to-day activities of a skilled maintenance and asset management workforce.

Scott Rojas discusses CMMS implementation planning and targeting a fit-for-purpose system build within a high-value CMMS implementation. Rojas will provide an overview of the important tasks, tips and potential pitfalls that should be considered when using a CMMS to support continuous improvement and connected reliability strategies.

Rojas’s approach is grounded in Total Quality Management (TQM) and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM). He teams up with operations and maintenance organizations to construct Op-Ex program strategies for deploying their own unique matrix of business competencies according to a variety of unique situational contexts and needs.

Scott Rojas, CRL, Fluke Reliability

Scott specializes in CMMS/EAM implementation, operational excellence, business process analysis, and quality management. He has consulted within a variety of industries such as petrochemical, mining, discrete manufacturing, municipal wastewater, distribution, and others.

Original session held on May 29, 2019

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The Powerful Principles behind RCM

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 09:00:00 -0700

The basics of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) provide substance and attention to detail that can be (and should be!) applied to just about any asset improvement initiative. Hear RCM expert Nancy Regan‘s engaging presentation on what you need to know.

Regan, a Maintenance and Reliability (M&R), speaker and trainer, has more than 20 years of hands-on M&R experience, including facilitating RCM analyses and conducting RCM training courses. Check out this spotlight video of Regan at Xcelerate18 where she discusses the value of understanding the maintenance reliability language.

Original session held on September 11, 2019

Generating the skill & will to improve performance

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Generate the skill and will to improve performance in your maintenance team by leveraging Industry 4.0 technologies.

Join Calvin Williams as he discusses topics such as PDCA, the feedback Rubik’s cube, and gamification; he will also discuss how industry 4.0 technology can be used to enable companies to accelerate the improvement process.

Calvin Williams, Founder and CEO of Impruver Technologies

Calvin Williams an experienced continuous improvement and operations leader with several Fortune 200s such as Nestle, Mars, Clorox, Tyson, Colgate-Palmolive and several others as a management consultant and coach. Williams also mentors younger manufacturing professionals and entrepreneurs.

Original session held on June 5, 2019

Adaptive Alignment - The next generation in laser shaft alignment systems

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 09:00:00 -0700

New generations of laser alignment systems are changing the way jobs get done. With higher precision, jobs can be completed quicker and with less errors.

Jonathan Gough, Product Manager for PRUFTECHNIK, tells us how laser alignment systems that automatically adapt to a user's skill and experience, as well as location and other variables, ensure that work quality is standardized and completed more accurately.

Jonathan Gough, PRUFTECHNIK Product Manager, Fluke Reliability

Jonathan Gough is a Fluke Reliability Product Manager and the Product Owner for the PRUFTECHNIK touch alignment platform. Based in Ismaning, Germany, he has 25 years of experience with PRUFTECHNIK, including roles as Head of Product Management, International Sales Manager, and General Manager for the southeast Asia territory. He has 30 years of experience in the condition monitoring sector and holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bradford University in the United Kingdom.

Originally recorded on June 3, 2020

How organizations drive cultural change & Measure performance

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Organizations provider transparency to personnel (from the front-lines to the boardroom) by measuring KPIs for asset and work management. However sifting through the measurements to find the data you need can be difficult.

Enterprise Performance Management is important as it should shift the focus from individual performance to enabling cross-functional teams throughout an organization to empower all employees in delivering the mission, vision, and values. If everyone understands, buys-in, and feels there is transparent communication around the goals, performance will happen intrinsically.

Joe Lonjin, Cohesive Solutions

Joe has been involved in Facilities Maintenance and Management for over 20 years now, starting in contractor services, the U.S. Army, and then at Penn State University. He gets to share his experiences and the knowledge given to him by so many great friends and colleagues along his journey.

Original session held on June 19, 2019

How Industry 4.0 and IIoT drive a new world of Maintenance

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Industrial IoT (IIoT) and Industry 4.0 strategies are bringing new opportunities to the well-known concepts of Condition Based and Predictive Maintenance.

Join Martin Davis of DUNELM Associates and Jim Gavigan of Industrial Insight as they provide useful insights to revitalize your approaches to this topic.

Martin Davis, Managing partner of DUNELM Associates

Martin Davis is a results-driven C-Level executive and business leader with extensive experience across manufacturing, consumer goods, food, automotive, and transportation industries, delivering value globally in large Fortune 100 corporations and privately-owned companies. He focuses on high-quality business outcomes which result in customer satisfaction and return on investment. Davis has driven Industry 4.0 / Operational Intelligence Strategy, as well as being CIO for 10+ diverse companies.

JIM Gavigan, Founder and President of Industrial Insight, Inc

At Industrial Insight, Jim Gavigan focuses on helping large industrial companies proactively use time-series data from their production and manufacturing systems for increased efficiency, reliability, productivity, and profitability. Gavigan has 24 years of experience in manufacturing. He has worked as a vibration analyst, controls engineer, sales engineer, technical consultant, strategic account manager, manufacturing intelligence consultant, and now as the “Chief Time-Series Data Storyteller” at Industrial Insight.

Original session held on July 10, 2019

6 steps to effective planning & scheduling

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Maintenance activities shouldn't be chaotic or unplanned, as much as possible they should be balanced between scheduling and resources.

Suzane Greeman, president of Greeman Asset Management Solutions Inc., covers 6 steps to establish an effective maintenance planning and scheduling process, including:

Asset Master Data Management
Maintenance Strategy
Work Management
MRO Inventory Management
Properly Sculpted Roles
KPIs to Monitor and Review Performance

Suzane Greeman, CMQ/OE, CAMA, CAMP, CMRP

Suzane is the author of the “Risk-based Asset Criticality Assessment (R-b ACA) Handbook. She is an accomplished asset management leader with more than 21 years of experience integrating business, risk and quality management principles into asset management strategies in cement manufacturing, power generation, wastewater treatment and furniture manufacturing.

Original session held on April 24, 2019

10 key steps to CMMS success

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Implementing a CMMS is not just about data, it's about ensuring that your teams, systems, and data are ready for the transition.

The lack of planning for this may be why up to 70-percent of initial CMMS implementations fail to meet expectations. Join Gregory Perry, Fluke Reliability Senior Consultant, as he explores 10 steps that can focus and guide your CMMS implementation.

Gregory Perry, Senior Consultant, Fluke Reliability

Gregory Perry is Senior Capacity Assurance Consultant with Fluke Reliability. He has been a Certified Reliability leader with nearly two decades of experience in maintenance and operational best practices. Perry is dedicated to positive client relationships while bringing to the table a broad base of experiences in the areas of MRO and storerooms, world-class maintenance principles world-class CMMS consultation and leadership. In addition to delivering implementation and consultative services to clients, Perry also presents maintenance best practice sessions at leading industry conferences and has authored several online best practice webinars.

Original session held on June 10, 2020

Repair/replace and resource strategies for your asset life cycle management

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Thu, 28 May 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Level of Repair Analysis, a method of evaluating resource mix and repair-or-replace strategies, can improve asset life cycle.

Dr. Lucas Marino, Reliability engineer and consultant with 21 years of service in the Coast Guard, outlines benefits of using LORA for determining the best path forward on your road to reliability.

Learn about data elements required to perform LORA, as well as innate challenges for this kind of analytics.

Dr. Lucas Marino, Engineering PM & Educator

Dr. Lucas Marino specializes in reliability engineering, logistics engineering, project management, and training systems development. He is the Senior Reliability Engineer and Logistics Program Manager at BMT, a multi-disciplinary consulting firm providing engineering and technical services in the maritime and environmental sectors. Dr. Marino served 21 years in the U.S. Coast Guard and is experienced at all levels of the shipboard maintenance chain from propulsion mechanic to Chief Engineer. He also served as a Port Engineer, Naval Engineering Workforce and Policy Manager at Coast Guard Headquarters, and as Branch Chief of the Coast Guard’s Engineering and Weapons School.

Original session held on August 27, 2019

Tips to MRO Inventory Management during the Covid-19 crisis

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0700

We are certainly in extraordinary times, and companies must consider risks involved in inventory management supply chains.

Glen Pierce and Brian Harmon share what they have learned about maximizing uptime and educing emergency parts orders with successful maintenance strategies. From operational effectiveness to procurement, this duo covers the importance of reliability and concrete, actionable data in uncertain times.

Glenn Pierce, PMP, Vice President, SDI

A certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Glenn Pierce has more than 20 years of experience in maintenance management, capital projects engineering, and manufacturing operations management to provide a more connected approach to SDI’s seamless solutions. As a Certified TPM instructor with a strong focus on Six Sigma, Pierce brings a creative problem-solving approach to each solution he designs. Because no two problems are exactly alike, he custom-tailors each solution to demonstrate tangible and measurable results for our clients.

Brian Harmon, Director of Procurement, SDI

As the Director of Procurement at SDI, Brian Harmon is responsible for ensuring the company’s supply base works harmoniously in a connected ecosystem to better serve clients. Harmon is a dynamic supply chain professional with a track record of rapid growth through delivered results for SDI and previously with such companies as CRC Industries and Dorman Products. He is adept at overcoming complex supply challenges, establishing strategic alliances, and fostering positive supplier relations.

Originally published on Accelix.com, 4/15/20.

How to ensure quality data drives your maintenance practices

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Kevin Clark (Fluke Reliability) and Matthew Midas (Cohesive Solutions) discuss their complementary industrial solutions that help maximize data quality and confidence.

Bridging the gap between maintenance strategies and execution requires connected systems, data, and people. So are solutions and practices that produce trustworthy data and people to transform it into actionable insights.

Kevin Clark, Vice President, Fluke Reliability

Kevin Clark, CMRP, is Vice President of Fluke Reliability. He has more than 25 years of experience in operations leadership focusing on engineering, asset management, IT, supply, manufacturing automation, and safety systems. A Fluke leader since 2016, he previously served as a Senior Practice Director for Perficient, as a Manufacturing Engineer at Caterpillar, and held positions at Johnson & Johnson, including Manufacturing Equipment Excellence (ME2) global leadership. Clark is a longstanding member of the Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professionals and has been a Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional since 2004.

Matthew Midas, VP, Performance Management, Cohesive Solutions

Matthew Midas is Vice President of Performance Management at Cohesive Solutions, where he helps customers align people, processes, and data to corporate objectives. He has been a leader in the maintenance and reliability industry for more than 30 years. A graduate of the US Merchant Marine Academy, he has served aboard U.S. flag merchant vessels and was commissioned in the U.S. Navy serving aboard the USS Jesse L Brown, FF1089. He has held several positions at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, at PSDI/MRO Software, at Genesis Solutions, and at Solufy/Prometheus, where he was Director of Sales for Maximo solutions.

Originally published on Accelix.com, 4/8/20.

Why your CFO doesn't like you - 6 ways to align operations & finance

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Suzane Greeman joins us to discuss four pain points for Finance stemming from operations and maintenance teams.

In this episode, the veteran asset mgmt. strategist and trainer takes us through the misconceptions about operations teams, such as reducing financial risks or delivering financial value.

Suzane Greeman, President and Principal Advisor, Greeman Asset Management Solutions Inc.

Suzane Greeman, CMQ/OE, CAMA, CAMP, CMRP, is the President and Principal Advisor of Greeman Asset Management Solutions Inc., based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A senior asset management consultant and instructor in North America, she is the author of “Risk-based Asset Criticality Assessment (R-b ACA©) Handbook.” Greeman is an accomplished asset management leader with more than 22 years of experience, and has implemented strategies for cement manufacturing, power generation, wastewater treatment, and airport assets. She holds the following certifications: Certified Manager of Quality and Organizational Excellence; Certified Asset Management Assessor; Certified Asset Management Professional, and Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional.

Originally published on Accelix.com, 3/18/20.

What's next in maintenance - A look at the impacts of AI, Industry 4.0 and IIoT

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Dive into the details of cutting-edge technologies with Fluke Reliability experts Adam Kornak, VP Enterprise Solutions, and Brian Harrison, Industry Lead for IIoT.

They discuss artificial intelligence vs. intelligent automation, virtual reality vs. augmented reality, the implications of IIoT for maintenance and reliability, and more. Learn what you can do today to build a foundation for tomorrow.

Adam Kornak, VP Enterprise Solutions, Fluke Reliability

Adam Kornak joined Fluke Digital Systems (FDS) in January 2018 as the Enterprise leader. He has more than 25 years of experience in the field of information technology, business process re-engineering, IT transformation, and global sales leadership. Prior to joining FDS, Adam led the Digital Transformation and Emerging Technologies professional services practice at IBM. Kornak and his team were responsible for large multi-million dollar digital and IT strategy projects across all major verticals focused on digital, cloud, mobility, end user computing, and IoT (Internet of Things). Prior to working for IBM, Kornak worked with Microsoft for 10 years in various global leadership capacities, including leading the Nokia Alliance, managing the OEM strategy, and working with Microsoft’s largest enterprise customers. Adam also grew a start-up business from inception to acquisition and spent many years in at Ernst and Young LLP in various management consulting roles.

Brian Harrison, Industry Lead for IIoT, Fluke Reliability

Harrison has more than 10 years of experience in the field of enterprise asset management leveraging best-of-breed solutions and current industry leading practices. He has worked on enterprise projects across the industries including public sector, manufacturing, and aviation. Deploying a blend of EAM, Mobile, and IIoT solutions, he has delivered high value projects leveraging Reliability Centered Maintenance and in support of ISO55001, CBM and ICM.

Originally published on Accelix.com, 9/27/19

What to know about predictive technologies and their impact on M&R

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Dr. Klaus Blache, director of the Reliability & Maintainability Center at the University of Tennessee covers the past, present, and future of predictive technologies.

He also talks about how predictive technologies and condition-based maintenance are important in establishing a solid reliability process, and how they relate to continuous improvement.

Dr. Klaus Blache, director of the Reliability & Maintainability Center (RMC)

Dr. Klaus Blache is the director of the Reliability & Maintainability Center (RMC) at the University of Tennessee and a research professor at the university’s College of Engineering. He has more than 35 years of experience in various areas of manufacturing and continuous improvement (processes and people), including lean manufacturing, reliability and maintenance, competitive analysis, continuous improvement tools and techniques, new facility planning and implementation, industrial engineering, ergonomics, and change management. Dr. Blache is a past two-year chairman of SMRP (Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professionals) and helped initiate the organization. His most recent book is “The Relativity of Continuous Improvement: Learning How to Work on What Matters.”

Originally published on Accelix.com, 10/11/19

The board of director's role in asset management

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Dr. Monique Beedles explains the role of a board of directors in asset management.

You might not think the Board Directors are asset managers, they are. Dr. Beedles also recommends ways to improve your communication with the board.

Dr. Monique Beedles, Ph.D., Author of “Asset Management for Directors”

Dr. Monique Beedles is an experienced company director with more than 20 years of board experience. Monique is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the author of Asset Management for Directors, published by AICD. Monique is currently a Non-Executive Director of the Asset Management Council, Queensland Division Director of the Asset Institute, and an Industry Fellow in the QUT School of Management, where she earned her Ph.D. in Strategy. She established her strategy consulting practice, Teak Yew, in 2004. She is a Certified Asset Management Assessor and has extensive experience with strategic asset management in industries, including mining, rail, ports, utilities, and defense.

Originally published on Accelix.com, 11/21/19

Proactive maintenance strategies to extend the life of your assets

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0700

The useful P-F Curve takes front stage in this discussion with John Bernet and Dries Van Loon, both experts within Fluke Reliability.

Do you know what proactive steps to take at the front of the curve? Do you know which stages can more efficiently extend the curve of your assets? Well, these two men have your answers all lined up and ready to assist you in moving toward a reliability program.

John Bernet, Mechanical Application and Product Specialist

As a mechanical application and product specialist at Fluke Corporation, John Bernet works with customers from all industries successfully implement their reliability programs. He has more than 30 years of experience in the maintenance and operation of commercial machinery and as a nuclear power plant electrician in the U.S. Navy. He holds a Category II Vibration Analyst certification and is a Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional (CMRP).

Dries Van Loon, Sales and Project Manager, Online Condition Monitoring

Dries Van Loon is Sales and Project Manager, Online Condition Monitoring, for Fluke Corporation, with 10 years of experience in predictive maintenance. He joined PRUFTECHNIK (acquired by Fluke in 2019) in Belgium as an Application Engineer in 2012, and moved to the company’s U.S. office in 2014 to set up a condition monitoring department. His department served all of the U.S. on condition monitoring activities such as proactive maintenance, remote (temporary) monitoring, troubleshooting, and torque measurements. He became a certified ISO CAT 4 analyst in 2017.

Originally published on Accelix.com, 2/5/20.

Preview of the 2020 Plant Services Predictive Maintenance survey and more

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Plant Services' Thomas Wilk joins our program to preview the results of their long-standing industry survey and how changes fit within the sector.

Their fifth industry survey was just launched and is aimed at identifying maintenance and reliability approaches and attitudes related to industry 4.0 and predictive maintenance.

Thomas Wilk, Editor-in-Chief, Plant Services

Thomas Wilk is Editor-in-Chief of Plant Services magazine, a Putman Media publication. He joined the Putman Media editorial team in 2014, and previously was Content Strategist/Mobile Media Manager at Panduit, breaking new ground for that company in the areas of digital content strategy and mobile app development. Prior to Panduit, Tom was lead editor for Battelle Memorial Institute’s Environmental Restoration team, and taught business and technical writing at Ohio State University for eight years.

Originally published on Accelix.com, 3/4/20.

Preparing your people for transitioning to Industry 4.0

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Jack Nicholas (P.E., CMRP, CRL) gets us into 2020 on the right foot: how to plan for Industry 4.0. Achieving higher reliability and maintenance-related goals, such as improved environmental footprint or lower energy costs, must involve preparing people for the successful transition.

Not only is success in Industry 4.0 about preparing people, it must include managing assets and next-gen technologies, how to sell the plan to "C" level leadership, and other important aspects of the reliability journey facing many this year.

Jack R. Nicholas, P.E., CMRP, CRL

Jack Nicholas has nearly 50 years of experience leading, teaching, training, and consulting in maintenance and reliability for governments, utilities, and commercial venues internationally. He has served on the organizing, exam development, certification, and accreditation committees and board of directors of the Society for Maintenance Professionals Certifying Organization (SMRPCO). He was its exam director and led the effort to achieve initial accreditation for the CMRP scheme in accordance with the ISO 17024, Personal Certification Standard in 2007. He is the lead author or co-author and editor of 12 books and numerous professional papers, conference presentations, and magazine articles on R&M subjects and is a frequent keynote speaker.

Originally published on Accelix.com, 1/08/20.

How to focus your efforts on asset life cycle to improve reliability

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Doug Plucknette, president of Reliability Solutions, Inc., recommends methods and tools to ensure your assets are reliable throughout their lifespan.

Building a program that improves reliability at your plant requires a focus on asset life cycle. Plucknette is the founder of RCM Blitz® and has provided reliability training and services to companies around the globe.

Doug Plucknette has worked in the field of Maintenance and Reliability for 37 years. Plucknette has made key contributions to standard reliability measures for manufacturing and reliability training programs for engineers, managers, technicians and skilled trades. He has trained numerous client RCM facilitators and performed RCM analyses on hundreds of pieces of manufacturing equipment.

Originally published on Accelix.com, 2/20/19

How to create the culture and performance you envision

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Tom Moriarty, Human Capital columnist for Plant Services Magazine, offers insights about productive leadership.

Learn how a leader-given direction and requirements can apply their skills to influence behaviors and achieve culture change. Anyone can learn new behaviors, create new habits, and accomplish their goals.

Tom Moriarty, leadership expert and founder of Alidade MER, Inc.

Tom Moriarty has been the Plant Services Magazine monthly Human Capital columnist for 11 years. He is the author of a new book, “The Productive Leadership System; Maximizing Organizational Reliability.” Moriarty is an expert in leadership, asset management, maintenance management, and reliability engineering. He is a licensed professional engineer, CMRP, and has earned Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and Master of Business Administration degrees. A retired Coast Guard officer, he founded Alidade MER, Inc., in 2004.

Originally published on Accelix.com, 11/6/19

How RCM and RCA Work together to solve problems

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Two powerful tools, Reliability-centered Maintenance (RCM) and Root Cause Analysis (RCA), combine to decrease defections and improve the reliability of your asset.

Doug Plucknette and Mark Galley join us to discuss how maintenance and reliability teams can identify losses, develop procedures to mitigate, and improve equipment reliability by combining the power of these two tools.

Doug Plucknette, Founder and President, Reliability Solutions Inc.

Doug Plucknette is the founder and president of Reliability Solutions Inc. and has been in asset management and maintenance and reliability for 38 years. He founded Reliability Solutions in 1999 and is also the founder of RCM Blitz™ and author of the book Reliability Centered Maintenance using RCM Blitz&trade. He has provided reliability training and consulting services to companies around the world, including Fortune 500 companies Cargill, Whirlpool, Honda, Kraft-Heinz, Schlumberger, Corning, Invista, and Newmont Mining. Doug has published more than 50 articles, written two books, and has been a featured speaker and keynote speaker at numerous conferences.

Mark Galley, Founder, ThinkReliability

Mark Galley founded ThinkReliability, a training and consulting company specializing in root cause analysis and work process reliability. As a Cause Mapping® Root Cause Analysis Investigator and Instructor, Mark has been facilitating incident investigations and teaching workshops on root cause analysis for more than 20 years. His work spans several industries including manufacturing, transportation, aerospace, IT, healthcare, and more. Before starting ThinkReliability, he gained practical experience in root cause analysis and work process reliability at Dow Chemical Co., where he worked for nearly nine years. He obtained his certification as a Reliability Engineer in 1993 through the American Society for Quality and is a regular presenter at national conferences.

Originally published on Accelix.com, 2/19/20.

How Dana Inc. is becoming a digital factory

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Dana Inc.’s Robert McKenna shares how the automotive industry supplier leveraged the IIoT in a new way.

This transformation will prepare the company’s manufacturing plants for the future and Industry 4.0. McKenna used their pre-existing eMaint CMMS system and Google Factory to digitalize its plants.

Robert McKenna, Applications Specialist, Manufacturing Asset Management Lead, Dana Inc.

Robert McKenna leads Dana Inc. Global Teams as an Applications Specialist and Manufacturing Asset Management Lead, driving the company’s implementation of eMaint CMMS at all Dana plants. Robert is also working with Fluke to implement Fluke Connect at many of the Dana locations. He has 44+ years of experience in maintenance, starting as a Multi-craft Millwright and then moving into management roles as a Maintenance Supervisor, Maintenance Planner, and Maintenance Manager.

Originally published on Accelix.com, 12/5/19

Getting started on the road to reliability

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Get started on a the road to a reliability program by first tackling five difficult obstacles.

Our guest, Shon Isenhour, offers suggestions for where to spend your time and effort at the start of your reliability initiative. Learn from real examples to help chart your path forward.

Shon Isenhour, Founding Partner of Eruditio

Isenhour specializes in adult learning, leadership, asset management, and reliability engineering.

Originally published on Accelix.com, 3/29/19

Are you connected? Why connectivity is critical to an IIoT Program

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Kevin Clark, CMRP and VP of Fluke Reliability, covers the things you need to know about connectivity of data, systems, and teams.

To be sure your condition-based maintenance or IIoT pilot program succeeds, those areas need to be assessed. Clark also explains barriers to connectivity and how you can get connected.

Kevin Clark, CMRP, VP, Accelix, Fluke Reliability

Kevin Clark has more than 25 years of experience in operations leadership focusing on engineering, asset management, IT, supply, manufacturing automation, and safety systems. He served as Sr. Practice Director for Perficient, where his role drove growth and success in areas of manufacturing, enterprise asset management, internet of things (IoT), process standardization, and project delivery. Clark is a long-standing member of the Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP), has held various positions at state and national levels, and has been a Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) since 2004. Kevin received a Bachelor of Science in Computer-Integration in Manufacturing from Purdue University and an MBA from Colorado State University.

Originally published on Accelix.com, 10/25/19

A hard look at soft foot

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Ryan Best, Technical Sales Representative at PRUFTECHNIK, Inc., explains how to identify and solve soft foot before it results in expensive problems.

Soft foot affects rotating machinery and can lead to mechanical and quality problems. In short, it is similar to a chair having one leg shorter than the other three.

Ryan Best, Technical Sales Representative, PRUFTECHNIK, Inc.

Ryan Best, based in Philadelphia, is a Service Engineer for PRUFTECHNIK. He executes field machinery services, sales of such services, and conducted training for both employees and customers throughout North America and the Caribbean. His industry certifications include Vibration Analyst, Category II (ISO 18436.2).

Originally published on Accelix.com, 12/11/19

6 myths about machine learning that M&R pros must overcome

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Blair Fraser (CMRP, CRL) joins this weeks' program to talk about improving uptime and adopting a more mature maintenance and reliability (M&R) program.

Many have likely heard "We aren't ready for that," from leadership, but one must start somewhere to evolve with the changing times. AI and Machine Learning solution facts are mixed with myths, barriers, or a sense of fear. Yet, asset-intensive businesses must have these conversations, before its too late.

Blair Fraser, CMRP, CRL

Blair Fraser is a technology evangelist who has dedicated his career to combining sound reliability principles and processes with the latest technology to improve asset performance and uptime for customers globally. He is the co-founder and Chief Customer Officer at Quartic.ai, a company focused on providing Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence solutions for industrial and applications. Fraser is a Certified Reliability Leader (CRL) and Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) with more than 20 years of experience in designing, commissioning, maintaining, and improving equipment and processes for the manufacturing industry.

Originally published on Accelix.com, 1/23/20

2020 check in - Where are we on the road to industry 4.0

Fluke Reliability Solutions — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0700

Oliver Sturrock digs into possible trends in the industrial world for 2020 using his vast experience in the industry as a basis.

AI, machine learning, automation, Industry 4.0 and more could all play big roles in 2020. Reflecting on takeaways from 2019 can help people prepare for the year ahead.

Oliver Sturrock

Oliver Sturrock previously worked at Fluke Reliability and SCHAD GmbH as CTO, leading a global team responsible for designing, developing and implementing enterprise software products enabling more efficient maintenance through the IIoT. Oliver specializes in creating customer-centric solutions in IoT, analytics, machine learning, real-time systems, secure web architectures, and mobile. Oliver previously served as VP Mobile Solutions at OpenText and Chief Technology and Strategy Officer of weComm Ltd. He has a BSc in Computer of Science from the University of York and has studied M&A and Business Strategy at the International Institute for Management Development in Switzerland.

Originally published on Accelix.com, 12/18/19