An Introduction to Designing Reliable Assets: Getting It Right from the Start

 The High Cost of "Not Quite Right"

How many times has a major project ended with the frustrated criticism, "This is NOT what we wanted!"? This common sentiment often signals deeper issues than simply missed expectations. It can be a symptom of vague requirements, uncontrolled scope creep, budget constraints, or poor cost estimates. 

While these problems are frustrating on any project, when it comes to designing and building physical assets, the consequences can be far more severe.

For example, the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger was traced back to the failure of rubber O-rings that were not designed for the cold temperatures on launch day. Similarly, the 2013 battery fire that grounded the entire Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet was caused by inadequate design and testing. These high-profile failures underscore a critical lesson: poor design choices made at the very beginning can have serious and costly consequences down the line.

This deep dive podcast will demystify the core principles of designing assets correctly from the start, empowering you to move beyond simply reacting to problems and instead build a foundation of reliability that delivers value for years to come.

Stopping the Capex to Opex Value Bleed Using the 10 Rights of Asset Management

David Totman and Terrence O’Hanlon discuss the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Report Card for America’s Infrastructure which depicts the condition and performance of American infrastructure in the familiar form of a school report  card—assigning letter grades based on the physical condition and needed investments for improvement.

The latest Report Card grades show we have a significant backlog of overdue maintenance across our  infrastructure systems, a pressing need for modernization, and an immense opportunity to create reliable,  long-term funding, but they also show that we can improve the current condition of our nation’s  infrastructure — when investments are made and projects move forward, the grades rise.

America's Report Card with David Totman, American Society of Civil Engineers and Terrence O’Hanlon

Join Terrence O’Hanlon, live from Emerson Exchange 2016 in Austin Texas as he catches up with Mike Train, Executive President of Emerson Automation Solutions to discuss reliability and asset management.

Relability Radio Podcast with Mike Train

Derek Burley of Blue Sky Reliability provides an overview if his upcoming IMC short course co-presented with John Reeves of TRM relating Failure modes (from RCM) to Failure codes (from CMMS).

Failure Modes Linked to Failure Codes

Derek Burley of Blue Sky Reliability shares advice on how to get the most out your IMC conference participation.

Getting the Most from IMC

While at the Association of Asset Management Professionals San Francisco Bay Area Chapter meeting being hosted at the Oracle office in Pleasanton California, Terrence O’Hanlon, CEO and Publisher of Reliabilityweb and Uptime Magazine moderated an RCM Roundtable discussion with RCM Guru Anthony “Mac” Smith, Author of RCM: Gateway to World Class Maintenance and Nick Jize of JMS Associates.

RCM Roundtable Discussion

2017 - 01 - 25 - Suzy Jarman - Interview

2017 - 01 - 25 - Petra Botts - Interview

Mike Johnson Interview

2017 - 01 - 25 - MichaelHollowayInterview

Reliability Radio interviews Bill Connell at the OilDoc Conference in Bavaria, Germany.

Bill Connell Interview

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Stopping the Capex to Opex Value Bleed Using the 10 Rights of Asset Management

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