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Three Things You Need to Know About Criticality Analysis

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

Five Ways to More Effectively Facilitate Block Diagrams

This article discusses five ways to effectively facilitate block diagrams by conducting pre-session exchanges, asking powerful questions,...

Five Ways to More Effectively Facilitate Tree Diagrams

This article discusses five ways to effectively facilitate tree diagrams by conducting pre-session exchanges, asking powerful questions,...

Operationalize Risk by Making It More Understandable To Front-Line Staff

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

Facilitation, Soft and Hard

There is a lot to unpack in the standard definition of facilitation. "A facilitated session is a highly structured meeting in which the...

People: Dion Trost Supports Reliability & Maintenance Services

Dion Trost returns from Houston to South Carolina. He supports our reliability & maintenance areas of practice, including leading and...

Two Ways to Improve Reliability and Ease Co-Worker Understanding

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

"Communicating to Decision Makers" Workshop Once Again at RAMS 2022

JD Solomon will provide his 8-hour workshop at the 68th International Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS) in Tuscon,...

JD Solomon's Controversial Comments On Root Cause Analysis

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

Fewer Surprises And More Uptime

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

More Than Science: Asset Managers Have Their Role to Play in the Energy Transition

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