Management Insights
Data and RCM
Have you ever wondered how much data you need on failures to start doing RCM? The answer might...
Beer & Picknell – Video Series #2 – How to build data and influence people
Richard Beer and James Reyes-Picknell - long-time friends and colleagues like to talk about issues...
Beer & Picknell – Video Series #1 – Post Covid Perfect Storm
Richard Beer and James Reyes-Picknell - long-time friends and colleagues like to talk about issues...
Digital transformations – can they succeed?
Hot on the heels of my two articles about Data being unfit for purpose is another article by my...
Unfit for purpose – part 2 – what needs to be fixed
Can't you make better decisions informed by good evidence? If not, it may be that your data isn't...
Unfit for purpose
The data in Maintenance Management Systems are very often "unfit for purpose". When asked about...
Resilience as we return to a “new normal”
Resilience is lost and we need to get it back. The new normal won’t be like the old!
The future of maintenance – “Alexa, change my tires”
High tech or will it still be "high touch"? See article on page 8....
Communicate performance measures effectively
Do those that manage the performance, understand the measures? As noted in other articles,...
Insurance: are you really covered?
Insurance will cover you for unforeseen risks provided you are doing what the insurer deems to be the minimum to minimize those risks. Is your business really covered if your physical assets fail to perform? What maintenance?
Surfside – Inspecting to failure!
In June 2021, we learned about the partial collapse of a condominium in Surfside Florida, with devastating results – only a few survivors, and many fatalities. The building had actually been inspected in 2018 by a qualified engineer, and parts of it were deemed to be “structurally unsound”.
Conspiracy theory debunked – Maintenance leads to reliability
If you believe that reliable operations will result if you just follow your maintenance program, then you might also believe a few falsehoods about reliability and maintenance. First is the falsehood that maintenance is all you need to achieve reliability. Maintenance is a part, but you also need a good design and good operations.
