CONNECT Conversations
Reliability in Design – Are OEMs Doing Enough?
According to various studies, most capital projects over run their budget and schedule, and anecdotal evidence suggests that most projects are not designed for reliability. In this particular we’ll provide a broad summary of the status of capital projects being design for reliability of an operating plant, and then specifically focus on OEMs and the reliability of their equipment or service.
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Reliability Engineer/Manager – What Is Their Role?
There is often confusion or a lack of understanding about the role of a reliability engineer in an organization. Very office they are just a maintenance engineer that’s had a title change, or a condition monitoring engineer with a title change, or something else. Is there confusion surrounding these job roles? In this podcast, we’ll discuss the roles and responsibilities of a reliability manager and/or engineer.
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Reliability as a Project – Does It Work?
According to Professor Bent Flyvbjorg and Dan Gardner – authors of the book ‘How Big Things Get Done’ and in their study of over 16,000 projects only 8.5% of projects hit their targets on time and on budget. Other studies say even less hit their targets, with extraordinary budget and schedule overruns.
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
RCM Graphs and P-F Interval Graphs – Are they useful?
RCM graphs and P-F interval graphs, of one form or another are often cited as the basis for an effective maintenance and reliability program. But are they useful?
In this podcast we’ll explore the use of these representations and how they can be used tactically and strategically to better manage an industrial operation.
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Myths and Pitfalls of Planning & Scheduling – CONNECT Conversations
We’ll be reviewing the various pitfalls and myths associated with effectively installing a CMMS. For example, if the total number of defects coming into the process on a daily basis overwhelm your ability to effectively plan and schedule, the system will fail. We’ll review the importance of defect elimination, especially upstream of maintenance in operations and design, the importance of have a proper PM program, a proper condition monitoring program, the importance of integrating the production plan and the maintenance plan into a single plan, among other issues...
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Repair or Replace? – CONNECT Conversations
Answering this question requires considerable information and analysis, and judgment. For example: What’s the current state of the asset? We’ll explore these and other questions, and provide guidance in helping you answer this fairly frequent, fundamental, and ofte3n complex question...
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Expectations, Execution and Engagement – Essential – CONNECT Conversations
It’s been our experience that the lowest standard you set is the highest standard you can expect. As such, your expectations (standards) should be fairly high, but achievable. It does little good to set expectations too low – too easy, or too high – assuring failure....
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Maintenance Costs as a % of ARV – Is It Useful? – CONNECT Conversations
Maintenance Cost as a Percent of Asset Replacement Value is often used as a measure to determine the effectiveness of the maintenance function. But, is it? In this podcast we’ll discuss the various means of calculating its value, and by implication, some of its downsides, along with a range of its value for various operations and potential reasons for that variation.
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Why Do We Measure OEE? – CONNECT Conversations
Manufacturing and other industrial operations are typically familiar with measuring OEE, but there is often confusion about how to measure, where to measure, the rate to use and other issues related to its measurement...
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT