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    3 ways to align leadership and maintenance teams for AI success
    Artificial Intelligence

    3 ways to align leadership and maintenance teams for AI success

    Michael Mills
    New study shows that manufacturers are increasingly turning to AI as a critical enabler of efficiency and productivity.
    Podcast: Smart strategies for training your maintenance team, no matter your budget
    Industrial Training

    Podcast: Smart strategies for training your maintenance team, no matter your budget

    Anna Townshend
    In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Joe Kuhn provides guidance on where to spend your training dollars and how to train your maintenance and reliability...
    Leading maintenance and reliability for the future workforce
    Leadership Skills

    Leading maintenance and reliability for the future workforce

    This eHandbook explores how to be a better leader, as well as how to address the skills shortage.
    From worker to leader: Navigating the transition to frontline supervisor
    Leadership Skills

    From worker to leader: Navigating the transition to frontline supervisor

    Joe Anderson
    Joe Anderson maps out the essential capabilities and critical skills required for effective supervision.
    Podcast: Why process management is key to reducing drift and improving operational efficiency
    Leadership Skills

    Podcast: Why process management is key to reducing drift and improving operational efficiency

    Joe Kuhn
    In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Joe Kuhn discusses why giving workers ownership over an individual process also gives structure and discipline to your...
    Are real-time KPIs helping or hurting manufacturing performance?
    Leadership Skills

    Are real-time KPIs helping or hurting manufacturing performance?

    Joe Kuhn
    Joe Kuhn argues that proper time span of control can stop too much focus on metrics and emergency work.
    Podcast: Why one size doesn’t fit all — Determining employee ratios and organizational structures at your plant
    Operational Excellence

    Podcast: Why one size doesn’t fit all — Determining employee ratios and organizational structures at your plant

    Joe Kuhn
    In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, John Kuhn explains why instead of standard employee ratios, the key is knowing the problems that need solving.
    Maintain industry standards with process management: From drift to discipline
    Leadership Skills

    Maintain industry standards with process management: From drift to discipline

    Joe Kuhn
    Joe Kuhn says auditing, training, and reviewing will uphold quality in your process.
    Podcast: How to challenge problem employees with reliability excellence
    Leadership Skills

    Podcast: How to challenge problem employees with reliability excellence

    Anna Townshend
    In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Joe Kuhn discusses when good employees hold their expertise hostage and how to get them to join the reliability team...
    Podcast: Are excuses and negativity killing your plant’s reliability program?
    Leadership Skills

    Podcast: Are excuses and negativity killing your plant’s reliability program?

    Anna Townshend
    In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Joe Kuhn debunks common excuses for why reliability practices don't work.
    Podcast: Maintenance micromanagers — Are you a hero or a leader at your manufacturing plant?
    Leadership Skills

    Podcast: Maintenance micromanagers — Are you a hero or a leader at your manufacturing plant?

    Anna Townshend
    In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Joe Kuhn explores how maintenance managers fail when they micromanage their workers.
    How to earn plant manager buy-in: The importance of credibility and effective resource allocation
    Leadership Skills

    How to earn plant manager buy-in: The importance of credibility and effective resource allocation

    Joe Kuhn
    Joe Kuhn says build reliability credibility as an organization by observing and eliminating waste.
    Podcast: Operators performing maintenance. Good or bad?
    Leadership Skills

    Podcast: Operators performing maintenance. Good or bad?

    Anna Townshend
    In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Joe Kuhn says it’s possible for operators to be responsible for maintenance with the proper audit system.
    6 steps to build a strong reliability culture at your plant
    Leadership Skills

    6 steps to build a strong reliability culture at your plant

    Joe Kuhn
    Joe Kuhn says best-in-class reliability tools are second to the relentless focus on eliminating waste.
    Podcast: Why everyone is faking their KPIs (but shouldn't be)
    Leadership Skills

    Podcast: Why everyone is faking their KPIs (but shouldn't be)

    Anna Townshend
    In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, author and YouTuber Joe Kuhn explains why faking numbers is too easy, and it stunts real growth and gives everyone ...
    Podcast: Why everyone on the plant floor is drawn to a dumpster fire
    Leadership Skills

    Podcast: Why everyone on the plant floor is drawn to a dumpster fire

    Joe Kuhn
    In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, author and YouTuber Joe Kuhn explores how to build a culture that celebrates reliability champions.
    How defining moments can make or break your maintenance program
    Leadership Skills

    How defining moments can make or break your maintenance program

    Jeff Shiver
    Jeff Shiver explains how these moments force you to confront the weaknesses in your current practices.
    Lithium Battery Company invests $4M to establish battery manufacturing facility in Florida
    Isuzu invests $280M to open automotive manufacturing plant in South Carolina
    Expressive robotic lamp is a Pixar fantasy come to life
    It's just business: Manufacturing moves from Honeywell, Baker Manufacturing, MetOx, and more
    ArcelorMittal invests $1.2B to build electrical steel manufacturing facility in Alabama
    Eaton invests $340M to open three-phase transformer manufacturing plant in South Carolina
    Maintenance Mindset: What is the CBS program, and how can it boost your bearing knowledge?
    Stone manufacturer fined £18K for repeatedly exposing workers to respirable crystalline silica