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ReliabilityRadio

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Reliability Radio brings you the latest information on reliability from Reliabilityweb.com and Uptime Magazine

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Reliability Radio EP 296: Jon Mortensen, IFS

April 17, 2024 14:12 - 13 minutes - 18.3 MB

There are a lot of acronyms in reliability and asset management. Many of them are centered around the system that organizations use to track daily business and maintenance activities such as CMMS, ERP, and EAM. Pop quiz – Can you tell me the difference between them and what they are used for? If not, this podcast can help. We speak with the Global CTO of IFS, Jon Mortensen, who explains the differences between each of these three types of systems and what IFS can offer organizations interest...

Reliability Radio EP 295: John Fortin, Salem Beverly Water Supply Board

April 10, 2024 13:19 - 12 minutes - 16.6 MB

Have you ever experienced a program’s collapse after someone retired or left your organization? Need some guidance or examples on how to make a system sustainable regardless of the individuals involved? In this podcast, we have a chat with John Fortin about his work at the Salem Beverly Water Supply Board and what earned them a Special Recognition Uptime Award for Best Sustainability Program.

Reliability Radio EP 294: Barney Graham & Mike Judd, John Crane

April 03, 2024 13:23 - 12 minutes - 17.5 MB

Most people in manufacturing either use or know of John Crane’s pump products, but were you aware that John Crane is more than just pump seals? Come and listen to our conversation with Barney Graham and Mike Judd from John Crane on their host of reliability and asset management services for their clients.

Reliability Radio EP 293 : Jennifer Gatza, CEO at Maven Asset Management

March 27, 2024 18:25 - 12 minutes - 17.6 MB

Maximo® users were introduced to MAS 8 in 2021 and we are still discussing how can those organizations make the switch. It can be a daunting task to go through a CMMS upgrade or conversion alone while trying to optimize Maximo for your needs. Solution providers can provide insight and support to help. We speak with the CEO of Maven, Jennifer Gatza, who walks us through how Maven incorporates the concerns and challenges of Maximo users to deliver best of breed solutions for Maximo implementat...

Reliability Radio EP 292 : Maura Abad, VP Reliabilityweb.com

March 20, 2024 19:22 - 14 minutes - 19.5 MB

Just in case you aren’t aware of all the opportunities to help accelerate your personal reliability journey, we’ve got you covered. We sit down with Maura Abad, Vice President of Reliabilityweb.com, to discuss all of the community driven activities, consortiums, and virtual special interest groups to get you caught up. The reliability and asset management community thrives here at Reliabilityweb.com events like IMC. The Reliability Leadership Foundation continues to promote topics to help ...

Reliability Radio EP 291: Terrence O’Hanlon, CEO Reliabilityweb

March 13, 2024 14:06 - 21 minutes - 29.7 MB

What’s coming next for the Reliability and Asset Management community? We got a chance to sit down with Publisher and CEO of Reliabilityweb.com, Terrence O’Hanlon and talk about his perspective of the new trends and opportunities in the reliability space. A can’t miss episode with a one of a kind thought leader!

Reliability Radio EP 290 : Jennifer Jordan & Lauren Crimi, WIRAM

March 07, 2024 22:53 - 10 minutes - 14.4 MB

For those who don’t know, there is a group within the Association of Asset Management Professionals (AMP) dedicated to engaging and empowering women as leaders who advance reliability and asset management in their organizations and the world. In this episode, we speak with WIRAM members Jennifer Jordan and Lauren Crimi on their perspective and experience in the reliability and asset management.

Reliability Radio EP 289: Gail Petersen & Jack Lucy

February 28, 2024 17:16 - 11 minutes - 16.4 MB

There’s a new book on the shelves, “Embrace Industry 4.0!: Architect Your Way Out of the Jungle” In this podcast, we have a discussion with the main author Gail Petersen and contributing author Jack Lucy on this new publication and their experiences in the industry bringing Industry 4.0.

Reliability Radio EP 288: Ron Moore -Defect Elimination

February 21, 2024 21:37 - 16 minutes - 22 MB

Ron Moore is a well-respected voice in the Reliability and Asset Management community. From his published works “Making Common Sense Common Practice” to “What tool? When?” Ron has been delivering sage advice to help people understand what their needs really are and how to address them. In this podcast, we talk to Ron about his work on his book “Defect List: A Common Sense approach to Defect Elimination.” Hosted by Jonathan Guiney, CRL-BB, CMM & Brendon Russ, CRL-BB from JLL.

Reliability Radio EP 287: AJ Alexander, SORBA.ai

August 30, 2022 13:15 - 25 minutes - 57.2 MB

Latin America is hungry for AI and Machine Learning. AJ is passionate about making an impact with AI and Machine Learning. What is the benefit of AI? How does it work in practical terms? AJ explains how effective IoT starts at the edge. How it is automated for the engineer. Let’s get to the root of the unknown. 

Reliability Radio EP 286: Sean Gregerson and Justin Thomas, AVEVA

August 23, 2022 13:31 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MB

Reliabilityweb Radio speaks with Aveva's Sean Gregerson and Justin Thomas about their unique proces of taking industrial data coupled with forward thinking technologies like AI and human insight to create usful performance intelligence. They discuss the rapid changes of technology from the industrial revolution to industry 4.0 where data rules. They ask the questions - will the metaverse change everything in such a way that it creates industry 5.0? How do we get into the metaverse? 

Reliability Radio EP 285: Jonathan Guiney, JLL

August 16, 2022 18:30 - 22 minutes - 52.1 MB

Jonathan Guiney from JLL speaks about challenges and opportunities. As the Operations Director, Reliability & Asset Management at JLL he provides deep insights into situations that organizations face and how JLL has managed to meet these challenges and remove road blocks.  Jonathan speaks about technology and culture how both are important and why. What he sees for the new generation and career opportunities. 

Reliability Radio EP 284: Eric Ayanegui and Tommy Cocanougher of Cintas

August 04, 2022 21:30 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MB

Relibaility Web radio speaks with Cintas about their path to becoming the 2021 Best Reliability Program winner. Starting from ground zero and embracing the Uptime elements Cintas was able to develop a world class maintenance program that maximizes their asset use and worker productivity. Realizing that the key to success means preapring the next generation of reliability worker, they have helped local universities integrate the uptime elements into their core curriculum.

Reliability Radio EP 283: Kevin Price, Hexagon

August 01, 2022 12:29 - 31 minutes - 71 MB

Kevin Price VP Portfolio Strategy & Enablement for EAM, Digital Assets Strategic Advisor, & Technical Product Evangelist at Hexagon Asset Lifecycle Intelligence (ALI) at  Hexagon. Kevin evangelizes about the history of the company and why it has taken the steps it has. Great conversation about the present and future of EAM you should know about. 

Reliability Radio EP 282: Michelle Reines, Badass Leader

July 19, 2022 16:11 - 13 minutes - 11.9 MB

Reliability Radio speaks with Michelle Reines author of Badass Leader. Highlighting the ups and occassional downs of her distinguished career, Michelle explains the framework for her success roadmap. By following her leadership plan you can learn from her journey and lead with confidence and humility.

Reliability Radio EP 281: Sunil Kamerkar and Ed Stank of Asset Analytix

July 12, 2022 15:45 - 24 minutes - 56.6 MB

Discovery a powerful and painless way to do an assessment that you may not know about. Sunil gives deep insights as the founder of Asset Analytix.  The Uptime® Elements is a Framework for Asset Management and reliability.  Learn about the RAM-GPS ‘powered’ by the Uptime Elements. over 6,000 organizations world wide are using this powered framework.  Learn about how the RAM-GPS system has been refined over the years into a very effective assessment.

Reliability Radio EP 280: Jeff Hay, CEO RDI Technologies

July 05, 2022 12:42 - 21 minutes - 49.8 MB

Jeff Hay the CEO of RDI Technologies speaks about autonomous Asset Condition Management with RDI’s partnership with Boston Dynamics mounting a motion amplification camera on SPOT® the robot dog to run autonomous vibration routes. This innovation with RDI’s cameras and SPOT was documented and SPOT was rewarded with a Green Asset Condition Management Mastery Belt from AMP (Association of Asset Management Professionals).  In this podcast you will find out more about what exactly RDI does. Jef...

Reliability Radio EP 279: Matt Boehne, Banetti

June 21, 2022 19:56 - 22 minutes - 52.5 MB

How Covid opened the door to new possibilities.  Though the pandemic made many things more difficult. Matt speaks about what Banetti discovered. Learn about curated data. How the new workforce will not be copies of the past workforce.  Matt speaks about the number one problem in the business side is culture. The importance of cross-functional teams. It's all about people. 

Reliability Radio EP 278: Michael Guns, University of Delaware

June 14, 2022 17:07 - 20 minutes - 47.7 MB

Michael Guns speaks about what it's like to be an attendee at the International Maintenance Conference. What his team is learning, what advancements can they make, and crystalizing their strategy.  Michael speaks about what kind of awarness training is critical for your team at work and at a conference.  Michael speaks about how their product is their students. How that relates to ROI and the way they look at maintenace. 

Reliability Radio EP 277: Angela Santiago, CEO of The Little Potato Company

June 07, 2022 19:47 - 19 minutes - 45.4 MB

As the CEO of The Little Potato Company Angela Santiago explains why she looks for these 3 things first in her plants. Are the people safe, are the people being cared for do they feel valued and productive, and are the assets doing the majority of the work.  She also explains how to get executive sponsors to buy in and ‘get’ reliability initiatives. Coming from the CEO of a food producer you will gain insights and resources you may not have known about.

Reliability Radio EP 276: Greg Demchak, Bentley Systems

May 31, 2022 18:30 - 25 minutes - 35.5 MB

You've probably seen 3D rendering, digital twins, and videos but you haven't seen anything like this. Reliabilityweb Radio speaks with Greg Demchank, Director of the Digital Innovation Lab at Bentely Systems.  Combining Bentley's powerful software like itwin combined with Unreal Engine, NVIDIA, and Oculus has been no easy task. The results are extraordinary. A fully immersive Virtual Reality experience in 4D (across time) of a large multinational energy project worth billions of dollars. L...

Reliability Radio EP 275: Sean Mullan, 3M

May 24, 2022 17:42 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MB

Reliability Web Radio speaks with Sean Mullan, Corporate Reliability Engineer at 3M about the cultural shift from traditional maintenance to reliability and digitization. Incorporating the Uptime Elements, 3M is juggling the task of this shift while facing the unique obstacles encountered by a global, long standing company taking on such a paradigm change. In five years, they have gone from one CRL to more than twelve and doing so embraced the opportunities that the Uptime Elements are desig...

Reliability Radio EP 274: Chris Colson from Allied Reliability

May 17, 2022 18:51 - 23 minutes - 53.1 MB

How do you show ROI as a consulting organization? Chris Colson gives a very interesting and insightful answer. You’ll have to listen to find out. Allied Reliability has been in reliability and asset condition monitoring for many years. Where do you start? Where should you start? How do you get to a robust asset condition management?  What about ESG? Does your company have a goal? Have they made a commitment?  Chris Colson from Allied Reliability speaks with George Williams at the Internati...

Reliability Radio EP 273: Mitchel Weber and Karolina Szymanska

May 10, 2022 18:38 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MB

Reliabilityweb speaks with Cohesive (part of Bentley Systems) about the momentus task of creating a diverse group of thought leaders into a global maintenance power house.

Reliability Radio EP 272: Luke Clark, Allied Reliability

May 03, 2022 15:18 - 23 minutes - 54.6 MB

How well do you understand millennials? Are you trying to higher them? What attracts them? Are millennials loyal to a job? What makes them loyal? Did you know millennials are attracted to cutting edge technology? Fascinating and informative conversation with Luke Clark a millennial himself and Reliability Professional at Allied Reliability Group. If you are hiring don’t miss this great podcast. Hosted by George Williams

Reliability Radio EP 271: Blair Fraser of UE Systems

April 26, 2022 13:37 - 23 minutes - 54.7 MB

Blair Fraser and George Williams talk about Ultrasound in maitenance, asset management, reliability. How you can use IoT to save you time? Imagine having more time. UE Systems technology that monitors rotating equipment 24-7 and lubricates bearings perfectly for you! With IoT this condition monitoring can be done from anywhere in the world.  With data comes responsibility. Learn from this technology how it will handle data for you. Where is the evolution of wireless going?

Reliability Radio EP 270: Tom Woginrich, IBM

April 18, 2022 15:41 - 13 minutes - 12 MB

Reliability Web Readio speaks with Tom Woginrich of IBM one the dynamic client relationships they lead to successful maintenance programs. Tom speaks about the keys to a successful maintenance program and looking for the needles in the haystacks when developing systems relevant to indivual client needs.

Reliability Radio EP 269: 3M and AssetAnalytix Partnership for Assessments

April 12, 2022 19:32 - 21 minutes - 49.1 MB

Sean Mullan from 3M and Ed Stanek speak to George Williams at IMC about the Asset Assessment tool 3M is using based on the Uptime® Elements Framework.

Reliability Radio EP 268: Boston Dynamcis

April 05, 2022 16:08 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MB

Reliability Web Radio speaks with Boston Dynamics about their revolutionary robotics program. Using sophisticated design to develop state of the art robotics tools like 'Spot', Boston Dynamics is changing the landscape for traditional maintenance programs, opening up new career fields and helping to drive the next generation of minds into the EAM space.

Reliability Radio EP 267: Rey Marquez, Certified Reliability Leader (CRL) Black Belt

March 29, 2022 16:06 - 21 minutes - 49.9 MB

Rey Marquez has great insight in what it takes to improve the culture in a company to raise the bar for reliability. Listen to Rey discuss culture change in a 150 year old company. Rey achieved his Certified Reliability Leader (CRL) Black Belt at the International Maintenance Conference in 2021. Rey Marquez is the General Maintenance Manager overseeing 9 mining facilities for the Doe Run Company. He completed 5 projects in all 5 Uptime® Elements Domains over a 3 year period earning himself ...

Reliability Radio EP 266: Michael Parker, Author of Positive Leadership

March 22, 2022 16:36 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MB

Reliability Web Radio speaks with keynote speaker Michael Parker about uplifting and positive leadership. Michael details the various styles of leaders and how to incorpporate positive guidance whiile avoiding the missteps of iron fist leadership of the past.

Reliability Radio EP 265: Michelle D. Reines, Author of Badass Leadership

March 15, 2022 13:16 - 22 minutes - 52.3 MB

Michelle's Badass Leader brand and book "From Bad to Badass Leader" was born out of a desire to create an approachable, playful yet serious, relatable leadership resource for high-performance leaders and teams for badass industries. Enjoy this conversation from IMC 2021. You are sure to learn something about yourself and how you can be a leader no matter what your position. 

Reliability Radio EP 264: Kevin D. Clark of Accruent

March 01, 2022 14:25 - 24 minutes - 55.7 MB

Kevin Clark comes to IMC (The International Maintenance Conference) as a discovery visit not as a sponsor or speaker. What is the built evironment? Taliored solutions for facilities management. 

Reliability Radio EP 263: John Parsons of McKinsey and Company

March 01, 2022 14:06 - 12 minutes - 11 MB

Reliability Web speaks with John Parsons of McKinsey and Company about managing company initiatives in a changing landscape. As the era of Covid ushers in a dynamic new system of remote and hybrid work, tools like the five frames of transformation are available to help guide culture and change practices in a way that manages the risks involved ensuring success whether technology adoption or continuity and worker satisfaction in a remote working world.

Reliability Radio EP 262: John Holmes & Marty Osborn

February 22, 2022 19:45 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MB

Reliability Web Radio speaks with Marty Osborn and John Holmes about the assimilation of Advoco into Accenture's culture. They discuss the psychology behind successful change management and how creating identity and letting it fuel enthusiasm can make the difference in project success.

Reliability Radio EP 261: John Holmes & Tom Kurtz

February 15, 2022 16:11 - 14 minutes - 13 MB

ReliabilityWeb Radio speaks with Tom Kurtz of SAP and John Holmes of Accenture. Working together they are capitalizing on their shared industry knowledge to help bring SAP’s Intelligent Asset Management Suite to market in the most effective way for end users. Using this diverse tool, maintenance managers can employ sophisticated business solutions to streamline their initiatives using the most cutting edge technology.

Reliability Radio EP 260: Jeromy Risner, IBM

February 08, 2022 19:09 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MB

Reliability Web Radio speaks with Jeromy Risner of IBM’s MRO software, an inventory optimization solution. Easily coupling with SAP, Oracle and Maximo, MRO allows for data confidence as it extracts key inventory statistics to help managers make realtime decisions. With hot topics like the worldwide supply chain crisis, MRO provides key data criticality that maximizes the all important uptime indicator.

Reliability Radio EP 259: Tiffany Ly and Bruce Parsons, IBM

January 25, 2022 18:22 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB

Reliability Web Radio speaks with Tiffany Ly and Bruce Parsons about MVI (Maximo Visual Inspections) and other innovative initiatives fuleing the changes in maintenance. Using the power of AI, MVI culls knowlegdge owners for their experience and input to enable Maximo to devellop sophisticated analysis and possible solutions to pressing issues.

Reliability Radio EP 258: Brenden Russ, US Sugar, Reliability IoT Framework

January 11, 2022 17:28 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MB

Reliability Web Radio speaks with Brenden Russ of US Sugar on the roles of the Reliability Leadership Foundation consortiums and the excitement of releasing the digitalization passport. Brenden describes the new elements defined within the framework and the process of navigating the leading minds in our industry toward the common goal of standardizing processes.

Reliability Radio EP 257: Simon Jagers, Samotics

January 10, 2022 15:38 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MB

Samotics is a Provider of real-time, actionable insights to optimize the energy efficiency, reliability, and performance of AC motors and rotating equipment. AC motors and rotating equipment are the cornerstone of the modern economy 300 million assets globally. They consume +30% of all the electricity in the world. They have two problems: They fail quite often, and they waste energy. Learn how this technology is saving energy to help make the world more sustainable. Learn how Samotics is...

Reliability Radio EP 256: Steve Sloan, Reliabilityweb & Reliability Leadership Foundation

January 03, 2022 14:34 - 14 minutes - 19.9 MB

Reliability Web speaks with Steve Loan of the Reliability Leadership Foundation a non profit organization founded by Terry O’Hanlon and Maura Abad.  Tackling relevant maintenance topics through consortiums powered by some of the best and most innovative thinkers in the industry the RLF takes on topics from Diversity and Inclusion to Digital Transformation with an eye for education and advancement.

Reliability Radio EP 255: Stan Smith, IBM

December 28, 2021 14:39 - 15 minutes - 14 MB

Reliability Radio speaks with Stan Smith of IBM on the effort to develop a Maximo solution that helps companies leverages relevant ROI and allows for flexibility to change directions in order to maximize stakeholder investment. By taking a wholistic approach to the redesign investors can be confident that the ideal solution to their maintenance requirements can be accomplished within Maximo in a timely, cost effective way.

Reliability Radio EP 254: Melissa Ruth WIRAM Diversity Panel

December 17, 2021 17:59 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MB

Alex Walter of Reliability Web speaks with Melissa Ruth on her work with the WIRAM organization and how diversity is a tapestry that goes beyond just what the eye can see. They also discuss how to take the lessons of diversity and apply them in the modern maintenance workforce.

Reliability Radio EP 253: Aaron Hermes, Interloc Solutions

November 30, 2021 19:13 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MB

Alex Walter of Reliability Web speaks with Aaron Hermes of Interloc on winning the Maximo World mobility award and the effort and excellence that helped them do so. They also discuss the success of MW and how getting people back together in the same room changes the energy fundamenatlly for the better.

Reliability Radio EP 252: Patricia Douglas and Robert Cockrill ACS Leidos

November 22, 2021 17:38 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MB

Alex Walter of Reliability Web speaks with Patricia Douglas and Robert Cockrill ACS Leidos about the challenges of leading a successful mobile impleentation in the harsh conditions of Antartica. They also dive into WIRAM and it's inspiring mission and ability to help spark creativity.

Reliability Radio EP 251: Scott Schilling, Prometheus Group, MUGS

November 02, 2021 14:35 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MB

Maximo User Groups (MUGS) Alex Walter of Reliability Web speaks with Scott Shilling of Prometheus Group about the importance of community and sharing. They dive deep into the value of collaboration and the impact meetings like Maximoworld and other user Maximo User Groups can have on success and progress in your maintenance journey.

Reliability Radio EP 250: Scott Smith and Zachary Rose

October 26, 2021 14:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MB

Scott Smith of Skookum Contract Services • Director, Reliability and Asset Management and Zachary Rose of Interpro Solutions • Director of Technical Services Learn what the Maximoworld experience teaches you. Learn from their Maximoworld Award winning 'Best Partnership.' Asset management and mobility is a huge advantage to organizations today as the world’s best run companies move toward more digital transformation.

Reliability Radio EP 249: Jay West and Richard Bowman, EAM Masters

October 11, 2021 13:17 - 20 minutes - 28.3 MB

How do adults learn apposed to young people? Why are maintenance people more likely to learn from visual and kinesthetic learning? With over a decade of experience, and human development theory, you will enjoy this conversation with Jay West, President of EAM Masters and Richard Bowman Director of Operations, and direct overseer of Training at EAM Masters. You will find something useful from this conversation to put to use in your organization.

Reliability Radio EP 248: Joe Berti, IBM

October 11, 2021 12:59 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MB

Alex Walter of Reliabilityweb speaks with Joe Berti of IBM about the many exciting technological advancements happening at IBM to help bring Maximo and the maintenance industry into the digital age.

Reliability Radio EP 247: Scott Yates, EDI and Eddie Clayson, SLC Airport

September 28, 2021 13:01 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MB

Alex Walter of Reliabilityweb speaks with Scott Yates CEO of EDI and Eddie Clayson Director Airport Maintenannce at SLC Airport. In this episode they discuss the merits of focusing on time to value as a key benchmark of a successful project. They also discuss the positive results possible when teaming with others who start from a place of taking in pride in what they do.