The next time see a fire extinguisher in a public area, take a few seconds to scrutinize its inspection tag. The majority of you,...

What does be good faster mean to you? Since I heard this, I have been stirring on it. Challenging myself with the interpreted wisdom, I...

Think about a recent morning meeting that you have been part of. I will assume that most of us start with safety at the forefront of this...

I try to make time daily to walk up and down production lines. I learned early on to use all of my senses during these walks to indicate...

We are more connected than ever with the ability to conduct virtual meetings. In seconds, we can FaceTime, Teams, or Zoom with one...

Could you walk into a manufacturing facility and get an accurate read on the maturity to plan and execute planned outages with a single...

Generally, there are three steps for an organization to be effective at problem-solving, but many groups may implement just two. The...

Have you stopped and read ISO 55000, particularly ISO 55002 7.5.3.g? Here is what it says: The alignment of information requirements for...

I saw a commercial the other day for this “all in one” entertainment station, where you plug it into a television’s HDMI port, and now...

You just left college life and joined your first maintenance and reliability team. With eyes as wide as saucers on day one, you quickly...

Too frequently, I have seen departments measure the effectiveness of their asset management by pontificating their PM Compliance....

I am in a blogging rut. I am not finishing the blogs that I have started. I am struggling to thoroughly finish getting thoughts written...

Do you remember the scene in Animal House when Stork redirects the band during the parade? Under the direction of Marion Wormer, he takes...

Let's take a moment to interrogate a time-series plot in your next monthly review, shared PowerPoint slide deck, or performance boards...

A colleague and I were talking about sustainability the other day. Exploring the word, what it means to her, what it means to me, and...

My mother, sister, and I were conversing recently through Facetime while sipping on our coffee-flavored coffee of choice. And as mothers...

Take a moment and Google search PF Curves . You will find images of a positive Y-intercept curve with a negative slope that becomes more...

Read any report, and the collateral damage of COVID can be seen and felt everywhere. Read research on COVID’s impact on workplace morale,...

Regardless of the business sector, meetings intended to review the supply chains have become just downright depressing. Sit down with any...

What does doing more with less mean to you? If measured with a rigid denominator within a rate, we simply would answer that we must...

Damar Hamlin's injury in week 17 of the 2022 NFL season was emotionally intense. I wasn’t watching it live, but when I saw it as a reply...

I want you to imagine a collection of spare parts for a manufacturing facility. In this facility, spare parts have been traditionally...

I have not been writing for about two weeks. What has been a mission over the last year to create a personal therapeutic habit has...

I have been rethinking what an asset is in a variety of contexts. Historically, I have rigidly treated the definition of an asset as...