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By Brett Fisk | Reliability can be applied anywhere, yet often goes unnoticed, which means accolades for reliability efforts are exceedingly rare. Often, organizations celebrate when employees respond quickly and effectively to putting out metaphorical fires, yet employees’ reliability efforts that prevent the fires in the first place often go unrecognized. This is why earning a black belt in the presence of my peers was something I will never forget. While I began my reliability journey three years ago, I was already familiar with many reliability concepts, ...

Within the framework of the Uptime® Elements, Sp is the element with which Asset Management Yellow Domain begins, and which articulates the policies, strategies and plans to manage assets and obtain their maximum value in perfect alignment with organizational objectives. Here is a brief approach to one of the elements that articulates business success from an asset management approach. Uptime® Elements is a holistic system-based approach to reliability, which includes technical, cultural and leadership elements. It is made up of six major Domains: ...

By Alimey Diaz | We are entering 2025 and the word future is felt in the present. The digitization of industries has gained momentum in recent years and continues to grow. For this year, Digitization in Industrial Asset Management will continue to be one of the central themes in the maintenance and asset management industry. There are many aspects on which experts in our industry work tirelessly, such as sustainability, operational excellence and safety. Sustainable practices, carbon footprint reduction, waste reduction, optimization in ...

By Mahad Bouh Doualeh Operational efficiency and sustainability are paramount, the role of the Reliability Leader has gained significant prominence. These leaders not only focus on enhancing the longevity of assets but also on cultivating a holistic reliability culture within their organizations. However, they often face considerable challenges, notably a lack of sponsorship from top management and insufficient recognition of competency-based learning. This article explores the critical tasks of Reliability Leaders in the context of these ...

By Mahad Bouh Doualeh In an epoch defined by the incessant advancement of technology and heightened societal  expectations, the realms of logistics and heavy machinery find themselves at a pivotal crossroads. Reach stackers, as a hallmark of mobile equipment, exemplify the critical necessity of a comprehensive strategy that harmonizes operational efficiency with ethical responsibility. As industrial practices evolve, a holistic framework encompassing strategy and planning,  corporate social responsibility, and comprehensive asset ...

By Alimey Diaz  The most efficient Real Estate organizations understand perfectly well the impact of well-performing facility management, attached to a convenient Asset Management strategy that allows them to keep facilities healthy and operational for millions of users. Technology is the common element of profound transformation in all industries worldwide. Expressed in Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Machine Learning, and Internet of Things, it enables product creation and service delivery to grow exponentially. In the Asset Management ...

The fundamental purpose of Asset Management is to ensure that assets, industrial equipment and facilities deliver their full value and fulfill the functions for which they were designed, aiming to obtain maximum efficiency and operational excellence in a safe environment for people, equipment and the environment. Continuous improvement is one of the fundamental characteristics of Asset Management, and in this journey of continuous improvement there is no final goal. As a matter of principle, systems (industrial, biological, social) tend to obsolescence, ...

- By Terrence O’Hanlon - I was at a small Italian restaurant in the East Village of New York City eating dinner with the Physics genius Albert Einstein and Quality Management guru Dr W. Edwards Deming.  The odd thing was that we were engaged in a very intense conversation about Uptime Elements and the Reliability Leadership Framework. These guys were both true inspirations and spoke authentically (In fact they spoke in very famous quotations). I have recreated the evening in script form as accurately as I can recall so you can follow ...