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Bonus Episode-Advancing the Reliability and Maintenance Standards of Electrical Systems with Alan Ross

Bonus Episode-Advancing the Reliability and Maintenance Standards of Electrical Systems with Alan Ross

Advancing the Reliability and Maintenance Standards of Electrical Systems with Alan Ross

In this episode, James interviews Alan Ross, former Vice-President of Reliability at SDMeyers and President of the Electric Power Reliability Alliance. Alan Ross has been involved with electrical systems for roughly 30 years and is now dedicated to transforming the industry by educating the next generation of electrical reliability mentors and leaders. He will do this through the Electric Power Reliability Alliance.

In this episode we covered:

  • The Background and Purpose of the EPRA.
  • The Reliability and Maintenance Standards of Electrical Systems.
  • How Production Quality of Electrical System pieces has changed.
  • How You Can Help the EPRA on their mission

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RRP 077 Simplifying Reliability with Gerard Wood

RRP 077 Simplifying Reliability with Gerard Wood

RRP 077 Simplifying Reliability with Gerard Wood

On this week’s episode, I welcome Gerard Wood back to the show.  Gerard is the author of Simplifying Mining Maintenance and the host of the Bluefield 30 in 30 podcast.  We discuss simplifying reliability, culture change and making sure the basics are done correctly.

A few of you have asked me which conferences I’ll be attending in 2020.  Right now, I have nothing on the books but I am looking for a few to attend.  That being said, I’m hoping to attend the SMRP conference, Ultrasound World conference and the MainTrain conference.  If there are any others, you’d like me to check out or if you’d like me to speak at your event, please let me know by sending me an email to robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com or send me a message on LinkedIn.

If you haven’t yet, check out my website robsreliability.comand sign up for the weekly reliability newsletter with bonus content.  If you like the show, please tell your colleagues about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Finally, if there are any topics, guests you’d like to hear from, questions you want answered, or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Check out UpKeep – http://www.robsreliability.com/upkeep/

Follow Gerard Wood on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerard-wood-146a3212/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/robsreliabilityproject/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/robsreliabilityproject/

Music by XTaKeRuX, Song: White Crow is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License.

 

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183-Transitioning to CMMS with Steve Ricard

183-Transitioning to CMMS with Steve Ricard

Transitioning to CMMS with Steve Ricard

CMMS stands for Computerized Maintenance Management System. These systems have been in existence since somewhere around 1965. They have, however, seen a dramatic shift from punch cards to the modern architecture we see today.

Steve Ricard of Fiix joins in this episode to share his insights on how organizations can make a successful transition from older to more modern CMMS.

The focus areas for the episode are:

  • How to know when to transition?
  • What drives organisations to make the shift?
  • Key considerations to make an effective migration
  • Should you take historical data with you?
  • What role do people make in the transition?

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SMRP 02 – Gaining Control of Process Control

SMRP 02 – Gaining Control of Process Control

Gaining Control of Process Control

In this episode, James interviews Keith Staton of Weyerhaeuser. Keith has had a long career in reliability and got his start with the Navy. He is now the maintenance and reliability director for 14 Weyerhaeuser plants and just published a paper titled Gaining Control of Process Control which inspired this episode.
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SOR 471 Questions to Ask about Data Analysis

SOR 471 Questions to Ask about Data Analysis

Questions to Ask about Data Analysis

Abstract

Chris and Fred discuss data analysis … specifically the first question we ask before we help someone with their data analysis project. Chris always asks – what is the decision that this data analysis will support? And Fred always asks – where did this data come from? The reason these questions are important is that you need to know what information you need before you construct an analysis to get that information. And you need to be confident in the results. A single data set can potentially create multiple information sets. And this depends on how you construct the analysis. Which based on the decision. Listen to this podcast if you would like to learn more.
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RRP 076 How to Find a Job in Reliability with Steve Dobie

RRP 076 How to Find a Job in Reliability with Steve Dobie

RRP 076 How to Find a Job in Reliability with Steve Dobie

On this week’s episode, I welcome Steve Dobie back to the show.  Steve recently got a new job as a reliability engineer at Teck Resources so we discuss finding a job in reliability.  I give you some statistics that I pulled together from 41 reliability job postings on Indeed.ca  If you’d like a copy of those statistics, send me an email to robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com.

A few of you have asked me which conferences I’ll be attending in 2020.  Right now, I have nothing on the books but I am looking for a few to attend.  That being said, I’m hoping to attend the SMRP conference, Ultrasound World conference and the MainTrain conference.  If there are any others, you’d like me to check out or if you’d like me to speak at your event, please let me know by sending me an email to robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com or send me a message on LinkedIn.

If you haven’t yet, check out my website robsreliability.comand sign up for the weekly reliability newsletter with bonus content.  If you like the show, please tell your colleagues about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Finally, if there are any topics, guests you’d like to hear from, questions you want answered, or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Check out UpKeep – http://www.robsreliability.com/upkeep/

Follow Steve Dobie on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/dobiesteven/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/robsreliabilityproject/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/robsreliabilityproject/

Music by XTaKeRuX, Song: White Crow is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License.

 

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182-Electronic Monitoring With Simon Jagers

182-Electronic Monitoring With Simon Jagers

Electronic Monitoring With Simon Jagers

Impact the environment and your bottom line with better monitoring.

In this episode, James interviews Simon Jagers, founder of Semiotic Labs. Semiotic Labs creates and markets smart machine-monitoring technologies and Simon is a passionate advocate for the power of this technology to reduce wasted time, energy, and costs. Simon walks us through the motor monitoring systems popular today and how modern motor current signature analysis (MCSA) and a web connection allows monitoring to be done safer and more cost-efficient than ever.

In this episode we covered:

  • Semiotics and creating practical tools for the internet of things.
  • Motor Data and how motor monitoring works.
  • Benefits of MCSA systems.
  • Environmental factors involved.

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SOR 470 Reliability Leadership and Taking Charge

SOR 470 Reliability Leadership and Taking Charge

Reliability Leadership and Taking Charge

Abstract

Chris and Fred discuss reliability leadership. What is reliability leadership? Writing a book? Putting together a few slides? The first thing to know is that there is a difference between a reliability manager and a reliability leader. A reliability manager will tend to oversee practices and processes that others have identified or put together. Reliability leaders come up with the rationale, the motivation, the linking with business outcomes and everything else that creates or sustains organizational change. You can have the ‘best’ reliability engineers – but without reliability leadership, you won’t make reliable products. Want to learn more? Listen to this podcast.
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SMRP 07 – IoT Readiness with Kevin Clark

SMRP 07 – IoT Readiness with Kevin Clark

SMRP 07 – IoT Readiness with Kevin Clark

The internet of Things (IoT) is often assumed to be understood by everyone. However, there is somewhat of a disconnect between what we know IoT to be, and actually implementing it especially on larger scale. 

Kevin Clark helps us clear the air around IoT and how organizations can prepare themselves to make the most of it.
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