CONNECT Conversations
Making the Most of Conferences – CONNECT Conversations
In this podcast, we’ll discuss how to make the most of conferences. In most conferences there are far more presentations, and far more exhibitors than anyone can attend. We’ll offer some guidelines on selecting the presentations, getting the most from exhibits, and generally getting high value from your attendance.
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Creating a Culture for a High Reliability Organization
In this podcast we will look at the strategically important issue in reliability improvement of establishing an organizational culture to both achieve and maintain high reliability performance.
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Reliability Problems – Are We Really Solving Them?
Most organizations talk about defect elimination and root cause analysis, and many have a good process for either or both of these. But are we really dedicating the time and resources needed for effective and sustainable defect elimination?
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Success Factors for a World Class Operation
What are the key success factors for becoming a world class operation? Lots of people, especially executives, espouse becoming a world class operation. But what does that mean? How do we know if we are? More importantly, what are the key success factors for achieving world class performance?
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
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