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Succession
I spoke to a group of maintenance professionals last week in the Caribbean (virtually), and the topic of succession came up. The group consisted of men and women at various points in their careers, but there was a strong contingent of senior leaders and a few newbies.
- Joel Levitt
- Springfield
Articles
Complicated Versus Complexity in Maintenance
I’ve always thought that knowing when something was going to fail was unknowable. Of course, predictive maintenance vendors shout from the rooftops about the effectiveness of their technology. Even the onboard computers tell you to replace components, somehow knowing when the failure will occur.
But really, most failures are not related to wear or aging, so how can we know what is going to happen and when? This discussion leads me into the sales pitches for AI (Artificial Intelligence). Can we ever get to the point where there is so much data that we can really predict the future?
- Joel Levitt
- Springfield
Five Minute Facts
Our lackluster response to COVID is an excellent example of over-optimization
It seems the game is optimization of everything. Squeeze out every bit of revenue or reduce expenses that you can. Examples abound. Squeeze airline seats until the flyers revolt. Then back off a bit and call it a victory. Run ads on YouTube videos so often that consumers are on the verge of clicking away.
- Joel Levitt
- Springfield
Two Minute Tips
The Hardest Defects To See
When we speak about defects, we always start by thinking about Winston Ledet’s top 5. Behind these big five are the business systems that feed information, procurement, materials, permissions, custody, and storage. For example, if a wrong but similar part is pulled for a repair, then the defect would be a bad spare.
- Joel Levitt
- Springfield
Webinars
The Quest for Defect Elimination- One Easy Way to Transform your Corporate Culture
Your culture will shift when enough people realize that eliminating defects reduces workload, improves quality and improves financial results. With less workload your people have time to work on more complicated, intractable and potentially important issues..
- Joel Levitt
- Springfield
