Asset management for facilities and infrastructure has fallen into the leadership realm of gearheads and data managers. The result is...

Hopefully, you have already determined the purpose of the condition assessment, developed a subsystem-asset approach based on...

Three things to remember about criticality analysis are: 1. Criticality analysis is the essential first step in any improvement program...

Relaibilityweb.com recently published three articles from JD Solomon on asset management and decision making. Whether you want to be a...

The Solomon-Oldach Asset Prioritization (SOAP) method is an alternate method for conducting criticality analysis for use on industrial...

Criticality is a measure of the relative importance of something to an organization's mission or objectives. I prefer using critical and...

Think about the greatest risk you have encountered in the past five years. Maybe it was related to physical injury or serious sickness....

Organizations change their Enterprise Asset Management System (EAMS) or Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) many reasons....

The observations provided in this session two years ago are applicable today. Many thanks to Kathryn Benson and Wayne Littman for...

A lifecycle replacement forecast provides a financial forecast of the total investment needed by an organization to keep its facilities...

Fault Avoidance and Fault Tolerance are the two ways to improve reliability. By reliability, I mean the probability that a designed...

Risk matrices are one way to perform risk-based prioritization. The approach is qualitative, or describes the quality of the risks, and...

Business support software like work management, asset management, capital program management, and billing management is more in common...

JD Solomon’s comments at the 2021 North American Asset Management Conference were not what the audience expected. The topic was Root...

Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is an essential element in any asset management program because a structured approach provides the best...

The energy transition away from fossil fuel is a three-legged stool - public policy (legislation), rule-making, and rate-making. Asset...

The alignment of an organization’s capabilities, information support systems, and decision making defines its organizational capacity.

Organizational Capacity is the key to success. Forget the management system gimmicks and stop wasting money. Focus on the people.

It is a too late to start a new effort for the upcoming hurricane season but there is still time to improve operational resilience.

Most asset management programs are drowning in complexity and failing to get results.