We decided to shake things up a bit this week on Masterminds in Maintenance by hosting a live Q&A session with 4 experts in the maintenance and reliability space! Listen in to hear answers to questions like, "What is today's real impact (advantages & disadvantages) of machine learning in Predictive maintenance?" and "Where do you start when there is no reliability practice within an organization?" Featuring:  Ryan Chan, Masterminds in Maintenance https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-chan-upkeep/ Robert Kalwarowsky, Rob's Reliability Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-kalwarowsky/ George Williams, ReliabilityX https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgewilliamscmrp/ Joe Anderson, ReliabilityX https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-anderson-b06a5653/

Asset Management guru, Suzane Greeman, joins Masterminds in Maintenance this week to discuss the importance of Asset Management Education at all levels of a maintenance organization. Connect with us! https://www.onupkeep.com https://bit.ly/UpKeepFacebook https://bit.ly/UpKeepLinkedIn Music from https://filmmusic.io "Too Cool" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)

George Williams joins us this week on Masterminds in Maintenance to discuss common mistakes he sees after running audits with maintenance and reliability teams. The short version? Garbage data in = garbage data out. Connect with us!  https://www.onupkeep.com  https://bit.ly/UpKeepFacebook  https://bit.ly/UpKeepLinkedIn  Music from https://filmmusic.io"Too Cool" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)  License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)

We have a packed discussion with Paul Crocker, Supervisor of Maintenance at Kansas City Board of Public Utilities, this week on Masterminds in Maintenance! We discuss the importance of strategic budgeting and forecasting AND how to successfully manage up to your leadership teams in order to advocate for change.

This week on Masterminds in Maintenance, we hear from Joe Anderson - COO at ReliabilityX.  Joe argues that most organizations typically have three different types of problems: People issues, process issues and profitability issues. He walks us through what each one of those means, and what the most common root causes are for each.

This week on Masterminds in Maintenance, we're excited to welcome Sanya Mathura, Managing Director & Senior Consultant at Strategic Reliability Solutions! Together we discuss the critical role condition monitoring plays in maintenance as well as diving deep into oil analysis: How important is a lubrication program? Should every component get oil analysis? What types of tests are recommended? Are all lubricants compatible? What are some of the biggest causes of lubrication failures and how can oil analysis assist? Thank you, Sanya, for joining us!

This week on Masterminds in Maintenance, we hear from LaWayne Smith, Head of Asset Management and Reliability at the University of Kansas Medical Center. LaWayne shares with us his journey being the steward of change for his organization in revitalizing their preventative maintenance program. Thank you, LaWayne, for joining us! 

On this week's episode of Masterminds in Maintenance, Radar Huntsinger discusses the key elements of success in Maintenance Repair and Operations (MRO) and how MRO directly impacts reliability and overall efficiency of any organization.

This week we hear from Fred Schenkelberg on his reliability journey, why Mean Time Between Failure is NOT the best metric to track, and what ARE the best KPIs for your maintenance operations.

This week’s guest is Ricky Smith. Ricky joins the Masterminds in Maintenance podcast to discuss his journey of creating asset reliability and process reliability with his maintenance teams.  Ricky Smith's wide global experience has brought him a unique perspective that "Maintenance is maintenance, it doesn't matter where you go."

A podcast for those with new ideas in maintenance. Each week, Ryan Chan meets with a guest who has had an idea for how to shake things up in the maintenance and reliability industry. Sometimes the idea failed, sometimes it made their businesses more successful, and other times their idea revolutionized entire industries.

A podcast for those with new ideas in maintenance. Each week, Ryan Chan meets with a guest who has had an idea for how to shake things up in the maintenance and reliability industry. Sometimes the idea  failed, sometimes it made their businesses more successful, and other times their idea revolutionized entire industries. // This week's guest is Peter Funk, Reliability Manager at Rehrig Pacific Company. Listen in on how Rehrig's maintenance team evolved, and how Peter was able to increase knowledge sharing within their maintenance organization. How do we get people more excited about the maintenance industry? ~2:44 What does reliability mean to you? ~5:32  Do you have recommendations for how our listeners can learn more and go deeper on their reliability journey? ~8:09 What's an initiative that your team has taken on that you're most proud of? ~8:56. What do you wish people knew about the maintenance and reliability space? ~19:00