Accendo Reliability

The Unnecessary Deterioration of Equipment is the result of decisions, actions, and omissions. In that respect, it is no different from Lean’s traditional eight types of waste. Overproduction, waiting, transportation, overprocessing, excess inventory, unnecessary motion, defects, and underutilized talent are not simply unfortunate events. They arise from deci...

We previously explored what risk is and how it differs from reliability. The next step is identifying it, and while that sounds straightforward, in practice, it often isn’t.

When something fails in service, it’s often treated as an isolated event:

But failu...

A technician performs preventive maintenance on a pump motor. Checklist followed, torque wrench used, bearing repacked, everything signed off clean. Two weeks later, the same motor fails.

The RCA opens with “premature bearing failure” as the problem statement. The team pulls vibration data, checks the operating envelope, reviews the l...

Many presenters walk into the room believing the presentation is their moment. It isn’t. The moment belongs to the decision makers. Your role is to support their process, not showcase your expertise. When you treat the presentation as a performance, you shift attention away from what the decision body needs and toward what you want. That is the fastest way to lose influence.<...

Choosing between two vendors is easy when the performance difference is obvious.

But what if it isn’t? Both OEMs supply the same product. Both submit life data (hours). Both meet specifications. So which one would you recommend?

This is where intuition usually takes over and ...