CONNECT Conversations
Contractor Management – CONNECT Conversations
Contractors are an essential part of any plant’s operating strategy. In this session we’ll review a “best practice” model for the effective use of contractors, including a set of contractor selection criteria.
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Industry 4.0, Digital Twins, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and the future of these based on continuously emerging technologies – CONNECT Conversations
Join Industry Veteran Ron Moore as he and Dr. David Howard from ERBESSD INSTRUMENTS as they discuss the ongoing emerging trends in technology within the Industry 4.0 and IIoT space. Get the real scoop on artificial intelligence, machine learning, IIoT network security, and the future of the industry as a result of the ongoing development and deployment of these and other technologies.
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Best Lubrication Practices with Wes Cash – CONNECT Conversations
Proper lubrication is the lifeblood of any organization’s equipment. Contamination, impaired fluid properties, and wrong lubricants lead to machinery failure. In this session, we’ll be reviewing lubricant analysis for determining whether or not new oil/grease is in proper condition, and appropriate analysis to be done on an ongoing basis to assure that the lubricants in use are in proper condition.
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Reliability: A New Definition with Special Guest Gary Tyne – CONNECT Conversations
SMRP, SAE, and perhaps other organizations have a definition for reliability. Generally speaking, it is applied to equipment and focuses on the ability of that equipment to provide its intended function for a specific period of time under stated conditions without failure...
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Best Oil Analysis with Bennett Fitch- CONNECT CONVERSATIONS
In this session, we’ll be reviewing oil analysis for determining whether or not new oil/grease is in proper condition, and appropriate analysis to be done on an ongoing basis to assure that the lubricants in use are in proper condition.
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Training and Development with Special Guest Tara Holwegner – CONNECT Conversations
In this session, along with special guest Tara Holwegner, we’ll review:
• The 12 steps for developing a strategic training plan, one designed to assure an effective, value-adding, training and development program.
• Training vs. learning, the learning process and the approach most effective, adult learning and Bloom’s taxonomy.
• Data regarding how people learn, and remember, and how practices become a habit.
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Strategy for Implementation of the Reliability Process with Special Guest Andrew Fraiser – CONNECT Conversations
In this session, along with special guest Andrew Frasier, we’ll discuss the various roles of each functional element in the reliability process and provide a specific strategy for their implementation.
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Managing an Aging and Retiring Workforce- CONNECT Conversations
It’s been estimated that over one in five workers will be eligible to retire in the coming 10 years, with some 19 million people older than 55 and eligible. Replacing all that experience, particularly skilled craft people such as mechanics, electricians, electronic technicians, etc., will be difficult.
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Predictive Maintenance Practices- Model for a Good Program– CONNECT Conversations
In this session we’ll be discussing this, along with various condition monitoring techniques, e.g., vibration, oil, IR, ultrasound, and perhaps others, and how and where to best apply them, and as importantly the systems and practices that need to be in place to optimize their performance, e.g., a direct link to the maintenance planning and scheduling process, and a proactive approach to eliminate the defects being detected.
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT