Rooted in Reliability: The Plant Performance Podcast

SMRP18 – Planning and Scheduling with Jeff Shiver

17 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Planning and Scheduling with Jeff Shiver Planning and scheduling is a term often used in the organizations. It might be used together but there is a d...

SMRP18 – How Work Management Improves Reliability with Owe Forsberg

13 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

How Work Management Improves Reliability with Owe Forsberg Work management directly impacts the reliability function within the organizations. Work ma...

135 – Implementing a CMMS with Jeff O’Brien

11 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Implementing a CMMS with Jeff O’Brien When an organization decides to replace or transition all of their storage data onto a CMMS, it is not just ab...

SMRP18 – Precision Alignment with Adam Stredel

10 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Precision Alignment with Adam Stredel Precision alignment plays a vital role in preventing premature failures and keeping the equipment up and running...

134 – 5 Tips to Communicate Effectively with Lisa Brownlee

04 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

5 Tips to Communicate Effectively with Lisa Brownlee Leadership plays a vital role in the success of any initiative and contributes to the overall suc...

133 – Detecting the Most Common Motor Faults with John Bernet

27 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Detecting the Most Common Motor Faults with John Bernet Vibrational analysis has widely used applications in the maintenance and reliability industry....

132 – 5 Habits of an Extraordinary Reliability Engineer with Peter Horsburgh

20 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

5 Habits of an Extraordinary Reliability Engineer with Peter Horsburgh As a reliability engineer, you have to come in contact with failures that repea...

131 – RCM Principles with Nancy Regan

13 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RCM Principles with Nancy Regan The companies who have an asset management program can’t be successful without implementing RCM in their facilities....

130 – The Link between Reliability and Safety with Ron Moore

06 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The Link between Reliability and Safety with Ron Moore The link between reliability and safety cannot be overstated, especially since injuries to the ...

129 – Enhancing Manufacturing with PdM with Saar Yoskovitz

30 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Enhancing Manufacturing with PdM with Saar Yoskovitz There are organizations who have taken advantage of the new technologies like machine learning an...

128 – How to Deal with the Top 5 Most Frequent Pump Failures with Heinz Bloch

23 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

How to Deal with the Top 5 Most Frequent Pump Failures with Heinz Bloch In the first part of this podcast episode, we covered the state of pumps in fa...

127 – The Top 5 Most Frequent Pump Failures with Heinz Bloch

16 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The Top 5 Most Frequent Pump Failures with Heinz Bloch Being one of the most important parts in automotive and aircraft industries, pumps are no excep...

126 – What is Mobile Maintenance with Scott Deckers

09 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

What is Mobile Maintenance with Scott Deckers Imagine going on a trip or being someplace and you remembered something important that you wanted to che...

125 – Inventory Optimization with Andrew Jordan

02 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Inventory Optimization with Andrew Jordan Inventory management program is intrinsic in every organization. Although the structure varies from one orga...

124 – Building a Maintenance Management Program with Brandon Weil

25 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Building a Maintenance Management Program with Brandon Weil When you think of an asset management program, what comes into your mind? Is it the CMMS? ...

123 – World Class Lubrication with Robert Kalwarowsky

18 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

World Class Lubrication with Robert Kalwarowsky In a previous episode with our guest speaker Heinz Bloch, we covered how certain organizations were ab...

122 – Asset Effectiveness Model with Paul Daoust

11 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Asset Effectiveness Model with Paul Daoust In asset management, the organizations have a lot to do. They can’t go about making intelligent decisions...

121 – Starting with Mathematical Foundations with Fred Schenkelberg

04 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Starting with Mathematical Foundations with Fred Schenkelberg Every system in the world, no matter how complex, is designed on an algorithm. All the s...

120 – What is the Difference between RGA and Weibull with Fred Schenkelberg

28 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

What is the Difference between RGA and Weibull with Fred Schenkelberg Predictive maintenance is the backbone of reliability and maintenance industry. ...

119 – What Customers Need is an Asset Management Program, Not Software with John Reeve

21 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

What Customers Need is an Asset Management Program, Not Software with John Reeve When organizations feel the need to run their sites in a better and i...

118 – Leadership with Erin Saylor

14 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Leadership with Erin Saylor Leadership is the key to achieving your goals in an organization. Without leadership, every process is destined to fall ap...

117 – RCM with Nancy Regan

07 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

RCM with Nancy Regan RCM principles have been around for nearly 50 years now, and its process for nearly 40 years. Surprisingly, there is still a wide...

116 – Repair vs Replace Decision Making with Susan Lubell

31 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Repair vs Replace Decision Making with Susan Lubell Without questions, organizations in the world need their assets to be optimal and to run efficient...

115 – Ultrasound-Assisted Lubrication with Adrian Messer

24 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Ultrasound-Assisted Lubrication with Adrian Messer Proper lubrication is one of the most important things to consider to keep the equipment up and run...

114 – Electrical Safety Survey Review with Tom Wilk

17 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Electrical Safety Survey Review with Tom Wilk The usage of electricity in doing the day-to-day tasks in the workplace is a common practice. The safety...

113 – Asset Management with David Albrice

10 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Asset Management with David Albrice When there is unplanned downtime and repeating failures in the plant, that means you are not managing your assets ...

112 – Root Cause Analysis with Shon Isenhour

03 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Root Cause Analysis with Shon Isenhour When you deal with machines on daily basis, machine failures are bound to happen. But what if these failures ke...

111 – Ultrasound Condition Monitoring with Adrian Messer

26 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Ultrasound Condition Monitoring with Adrian Messer There are certain things in the reliability and maintenance industry that are made easier with the ...

110 – Laws of Leadership with Bill Leahy

19 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Laws of Leadership with Bill Leahy Leadership is a very strong concept. It is unique to everyone. So how do you understand leadership? Well, different...

109 – Top 10 Machinery Installation Issues with John Lambert

12 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Top 10 Machinery Installation Issues with John Lambert When you are installing a new machinery in a facility of the organization, there are certain is...

108 – Maintenance Engineer vs Reliability Engineer with Shon Isenhour

05 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Maintenance Engineer vs Reliability Engineer with Shon Isenhour In the maintenance and reliability industry, we have maintenance engineers, manufactur...

107 – Maintenance Metrics with Brandon Weil

29 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Maintenance Metrics with Brandon Weil Whenever we talk about successful business practices, planning and scheduling remains a key element. Not only it...

106 – How to Learn from Failures with Fred Schenkelberg

22 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

How to Learn from Failures with Fred Schenkelberg No matter how good you are at your job, there are always failures in the systems because of some rea...

105 – The Importance of a Reliability Engineer with Fred Schenkelberg

15 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The Importance of a Reliability Engineer with Fred Schenkelberg The main goal of every organization is to get the quality product in the market. That’...

104 – What’s a Process Engineer with Fred Schenkelberg

08 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

What’s a Process Engineer with Fred Schenkelberg The organizations that are more innovative and have a mark in the industry tend to do things th...

103 – Leadership with Bill Leahy

01 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Leadership with Bill Leahy If there are a couple of things that pops to mind when talking about leadership is that leaders are made not born and that ...

102 – Reliability with a Best Practice Organization with Heinz Bloch, Part 2 of 2

24 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Reliability with a Best Practice Organization with Heinz Bloch, Part 2 of 2 Striving to be best in class is perhaps the ultimate goal of every organiz...

101 – Reliability with a Best Practice Organization with Heinz Bloch, Part 1 of 2

17 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Reliability with a Best Practice Organization with Heinz Bloch, Part 1 of 2 The leap towards becoming a best-in-class company is challenging. If you’...

100 – People and Recruitment with Scott MacKenzie

10 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

People and Recruitment with Scott MacKenzie In today’s labor market, recruiting and retaining skilled workers is still a challenge in the industrial...

99 – Reliability with Ron Moore

03 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Reliability with Ron Moore True enough, a reliable plant is a safe, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly plant. In compliance with safety laws...

97 – Planning and Scheduling with Brandon Weil

20 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Planning and Scheduling with Brandon Weil Planning and Scheduling is the core of any reliability program. It is part of Work Control process which is ...

96 – Electrical Reliability with Mark Rodgers

13 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Electrical Reliability with Mark Rodgers Electricity or energy is what gives power to a production plant. Any organization spends a considerable amoun...

95 – Recruitment & Retention Best Practices with Joel Crawford

06 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Recruitment & Retention Best Practices with Joel Crawford Recruitment and employee retention are few of the areas that every company has to spend ...

94 – How to Create an Effective Corporate Reliability Group with Scott Kelley

27 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

How to Create an Effective Corporate Reliability Group with Scott Kelley Most of the organization in the maintenance and reliability industry don’t ...

93 – ‘Why Does Everyone Hate Me’: How You Can Improve Your Pumpside Manner in 3 Easy Steps with Katie Switzer

20 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

‘Why Does Everyone Hate Me’: How You Can Improve Your Pumpside Manner in 3 Easy Steps with Katie Switzer Most people struggle with their jobs, not...

92 – Operational Risk Management Framework with Paul Daoust

13 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Operational Risk Management Framework with Paul Daoust When you are striving towards excellence in maintenance and reliability, there are a lot of act...

91 – Uptime: Strategies for Excellence in Maintenance Management with James Reyes-Picknell Part 2

06 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Uptime: Strategies for Excellence in Maintenance Management with James Reyes-Picknell Part 2 In every organization who is in the business of maintenan...

90 – Uptime: Strategies for Excellence in Maintenance Management with James Reyes-Picknell Part 1

30 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Uptime: Strategies for Excellence in Maintenance Management with James Reyes-Picknell Part 1 In every organization who is in the business of maintenan...

89 – Understanding Prescriptive Maintenance with Jack Nicholas

23 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Understanding Prescriptive Maintenance with Jack Nicholas There has always been room for improvement when it comes to reliability and future holds a f...

88 – Reliability Improvements with James Reyes-Picknell

16 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Reliability Improvements with James Reyes-Picknell When it comes to reliability programs, many organizations only focus on the cost reduction of asset...

87 – Accounting for External Influences in Improvement Programs with Fred Schenkelberg

10 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Accounting for External Influences in Improvement Programs with Fred Schenkelberg Do you plan for every factor that can influence the performance of y...

86 – Life Cycle Costing with Fred Schenkelberg

02 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Life Cycle Costing with Fred Schenkelberg There are a lot of organizations who buy systems that cost less initially because of limited budget or due t...

85 – Calculating the ROI with Fred Schenkelberg

26 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Calculating the ROI with Fred Schenkelberg The reliability and maintenance process is never static in the organizations. There’s always something go...

84 – Big Data and IoT with Saar Yoskovitz

19 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Big Data and IoT with Saar Yoskovitz Every once in a while, there comes an amazing new technology that changes the way of living for people. Internet ...

83 – People and Leadership with Cliff Williams

12 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

People and Leadership with Cliff Williams There are many things going on in organizations concurrently and they can’t decide everything on an immedi...

82 – Design for Reliability with Fred Schenkelberg

05 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Design for Reliability with Fred Schenkelberg There are times when companies look for bringing in a new piece of equipment or implement a system that ...

81 – Making FMEAs Work with Fred Schenkelberg

28 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Making FMEAs Work with Fred Schenkelberg In most of the organizations, Failure Modes and Effect Analysis, is taken as a light exercise where people co...

80 – The Importance of Communications with Dan Anderson

21 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Importance of Communications with Dan Anderson When it comes to improving your reliability and maintenance programs, communication is the key to s...

79 – How to Get the Most Out of Your PM Program with Ricky Smith

14 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

How to Get the Most Out of Your PM Program with Ricky Smith There are a lot of companies that have their own Preventive Maintenance programs now and o...

78 – Competency Development with Tara Holwagner

07 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Competency Development with Tara Holwagner Change Management is one of the most critical processes that companies go through and the management wants ...

77 – Building a Business Case for Maintenance with Susan Lubell

31 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Building a Business Case for Maintenance with Susan Lubell While a host of factors influence profitability, maximizing your plant’s production outpu...

76 – Understanding Root Cause Analysis with Kevin Stewart

24 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Understanding Root Cause Analysis with Kevin Stewart It happens all the time that when certain companies can’t solve a problem, they just move on an...

75 – Advanced Scheduling with John Reeve

17 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Advanced Scheduling with John Reeve Every organization has a different meaning of schedule depending upon the work processes they have in place. Some ...

74 – Understanding Ultrasound with Allan Rienstra, Part 2

10 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Understanding Ultrasound with Allan Rienstra, Part 2 When it comes to condition-based monitoring, no matter how hard you try, you can never have 100% ...

73 – Understanding Ultrasound with Allan Rienstra, Part 1

03 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Understanding Ultrasound with Allan Rienstra, Part 1 When it comes to condition-based monitoring, no matter how hard you try, you can never have 100% ...

72 – Asset Integrity Management Systems with Ali Bashir

26 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Asset Integrity Management Systems with Ali Bashir Whenever we talk about asset management, asset integrity is the first thing that pops up in your mi...

71 – Issues with Lubrication Programs with David Pedden

19 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Issues with Lubrication Programs with David Pedden It is not possible to keep your equipment operating at efficiency and for high productivity if you ...

70 – Understanding Oil Analysis with David Pedden

12 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Understanding Oil Analysis with David Pedden Oil analysis is a very important part of any lubrication program. Oil is an essential ingredient for your...

69 – Using Reliability Software with Fred Schenkelberg

05 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Using Reliability Software with Fred Schenkelberg When it comes to reliability modeling, there are a lot of variables involved that you need to look a...

68 – Condition Monitoring with John Lambert

29 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Condition Monitoring with John Lambert Ever wonder why your assets aren’t producing the value they are supposed to even if you have trained staff an...

67 – Women In Reliability and Asset Management (WiRAM) with Maura Abad

22 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Women In Reliability and Asset Management (WiRAM) with Maura Abad The presence of women in different industries is a growing fact that cannot be denie...

65 – CMMS Implementation Pitfalls with Scott Rojas

08 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

CMMS Implementation Pitfalls with Scott Rojas CMMS is the best way to ensure better performance of your assets and organizations tend to buy systems l...

64 – What is TPM with Greg Folts

01 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

What is TPM with Greg Folts TPM or Total Productive Maintenance is a partnership between all those people who are responsible for the equipment that i...

63 – The Importance of Storeroom and Spare Parts with John Ross

25 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Importance of Storeroom and Spare Parts with John Ross Storing the right parts in your storeroom at the right time and in the right quantity is al...

62 – Workforce Survey with Tom Wilk

18 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Workforce Survey with Tom Wilk This episode is based upon the workforce survey conducted by plantservices.com back in 2015 and now again in 2017. The...

61 – Understanding Asset Criticality with Susan Lubell

11 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Understanding Asset Criticality with Susan Lubell Now as a maintenance and reliability engineer, you need to come up with some tools to help you do th...

60 – What is High Impact Learning with Dan Anderson

04 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

What is High Impact Learning with Dan Anderson This episode is dedicated to the High Impact Learning that is not limited to just the information you a...

59 – What is a Failure Mechanism with Fred Schenkelberg

27 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

What is a Failure Mechanism with Fred Schenkelberg This episode is centered upon the failure mechanism that reliability engineers have to deal with in...

58 – Understanding Thermal Growth with John Lambert

20 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Understanding Thermal Growth with John Lambert In this episode, the thermal growth and the understanding of the phenomenon—how it occurs and how to ...

57 – Change Management and Your Maintenance Program with Shon Isenhour

13 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Change Management and Your Maintenance Program with Shon Isenhour This episode focuses on the change management and the impact that it can have on yo...

56 – Are you a Victim of Reliability Drive By with Scott Kelley

06 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Are you a Victim of Reliability Drive By with Scott Kelley This episode of the weekly podcast is about reliability drive by that is very common in the...

55 – Reliability from a CMMS Perspective with John Reeve

30 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Reliability from a CMMS Perspective with John Reeve This episode is about the book, Reliability from a CMMS Perspective by John Reeve that will be com...

54 – What Makes a Good Consultant with Fred Schenkelberg

23 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

What Makes a Good Consultant with Fred Schenkelberg In this episode, the guest Fred Schenkelberg explains what is a good consultant? Whenever comes th...

53 – The Importance of Leadership in Maintenance with Richard Rierson

16 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Importance of Leadership in Maintenance with Richard Rierson This episode is about the leadership that is the very backbone of the successful orga...

52 – Education and Training in Maintenance & Reliability with Shon Isenhour

09 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Education and Training in Maintenance & Reliability with Shon Isenhour This episode of the weekly podcast focuses on the education and training in...

51 – The Reliability Improvement Journey with Jason Tranter

02 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Reliability Improvement Journey with Jason Tranter This episode is about the reliability improvement journey of Jason Tranter who is currently the...

50 – Root Cause Analysis Made Simple with Susan Lubell

25 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Root Cause Analysis Made Simple with Susan Lubell This episode of the rooted in reliability podcast covers the Root Cause Analysis in the light of a b...

49 – Introduction to Vibration Analysis with Jason Tranter, Part 2

18 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Introduction to Vibration Analysis with Jason Tranter, Part 2 This episode of the rooted in reliability podcast provides an introduction to the vibrat...

48 – Introduction to Vibration Analysis with Jason Tranter, Part 1

11 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Introduction to Vibration Analysis with Jason Tranter, Part 1 This episode of the rooted in reliability podcast provides an introduction to the vibrat...

47 – RCM Reengineered with James Reyes-Picknell & Jesus Sifonte

04 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

RCM Reengineered with James Reyes-Picknell & Jesus Sifonte In this episode, the guests, James Reyes-Picknell and Jesus Sifonte talk about the RCM ...

46 – The Importance of Roles & Responsibilities

28 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Importance of Roles & Responsibilities How often to you find people duplicating work, or work not being completed? What about tasks being sta...

45 – The Condition of PdM in Industry with Tom Wilk

21 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Condition of PdM in Industry with Tom Wilk This episode of the rooted in reliability podcast is about the condition of predictive maintenance in t...

44 – What is a Monte Carlo Analysis with Fred Schenkelberg

14 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

What is a Monte Carlo Analysis with Fred Schenkelberg In today’s episode, the guest Fred Schenkelberg explains the Monte Carlo simulation in a fair ...

43 – The Maintenance & Reliability Journey with Paul Crocker

07 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Maintenance & Reliability Journey with Paul Crocker In this episode, the guest Paul Crocker tells his inspiring Maintenance and Reliability En...

42 – Unlocking Wrench Time with Parts Kitting

28 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Unlocking Wrench Time with Parts Kitting Implementing Parts Kitting is challenging as doing so requires numerous systems, processes, and people to wor...

41 – 2016 SMRP Conference Round Up with Christopher Mears

21 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

2016 SMRP Conference Round Up with Christopher Mears This episode of the weekly podcast is focused on the 2016 SMRP conference and is described in det...

40 – Moving to Proactive Maintenance with Scott Kelley

14 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Moving to Proactive Maintenance with Scott Kelley In this episode of the rooted in reliability podcast, the guest Scott Kelly explains the sixth cell ...

39 – Managing Performance in Asset Management with Scott Kelley

07 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Managing Performance in Asset Management with Scott Kelley In this episode of the weekly podcast, the guest Scott Kelley explains the 5th cell of the ...

38 – Utilizing Policy and Procedures with Scott Kelley

31 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Utilizing Policy and Procedures with Scott Kelley In this episode, the guest Scott Kelley explains another cell in the hexagon of Plant Hexcellence mo...

37 – The Benefits of Processes with Scott Kelley

24 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Benefits of Processes with Scott Kelley In this episode of the rooted in reliability podcast, Scott Kelley talks about the benefits of the process...