In the Windy City of Chicago, the 2024 Reliable Plant Conference provided a place where experts and beginners alike could find a safe haven to explore topics that have been top-of-mind for industrial ...

Things break. No matter what you do, there is always a chance that products will fail. The same holds true for bearings, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t prevent many of the issues that result in ...

Perceptiv empowers teams to proactively manage their assets, reducing costly downtime and enhancing overall equipment health.

Asset management is critical to operational excellence in the maintenance and reliability industry. By implementing a ...

According to Gallup, 51% of Americans are not engaged in the workplace, mostly due to management, which has severe ...

Poka-yoke (pronounced PO-ka yo-KAY) is the use of a mechanism or device that helps an equipment operator (or anyone) avoid mistakes. In Japanese, poka-yoke translates ...

What is a Fishbone Diagram? A fishbone diagram is a cause-and-effect discovery tool that helps figure out the reason(s) for defects, variations or failures within a process. In other words, it helps ...

Embarking on the journey of digital transformation in maintenance and reliability requires strategic alignment of three very important things: the people, processes, and programs of your organization.

Lean manufacturing is being utilized by businesses of all sizes today. Although it took a few years to become mainstream, the success stories from mid-size to large corporations have pushed lean ...

Biotechnology and genomics, the intersection of biology and technology, have been at the forefront of scientific advancements for decades. However, recent years have witnessed an unprecedented surge ...

When people hear the terms artificial intelligence (AI) and the internet of things (IoT), most think of a futuristic world often depicted in the movies. However, many of those predictions are now ...

Creating a maintenance plan is generally not difficult to do. But creating a comprehensive maintenance program that is effective poses some interesting challenges. It would be difficult to appreciate ...