“My maintenance staff is highly trained and do not like using procedures.” If the statement is valid, and the cost of asset failure is not important to our operation, then your staff must have an unlimited and infallible memory – congratulations!
Did you know that the most complex equipment ever built was a nuclear submarine and that the first nuclear submarines experienced failures due to lack of effective procedures, thus ending in catastrophic failure?
If safety is number one in your organization, then repeatable, effective work procedures should be as well.
What metrics do you use for Maintenance Planning and Scheduling? Check out the metrics in this maturity matrix and see how they compare. This is Maturity Matrix 1 of 2 for Maintenance Planning and Scheduling.
Does it annoy you that in spite of regularly performing Preventive Maintenance (PM) on your equipment it continues to breakdown? Some may call this insanity – Continuing to do the same thing over and over, expecting a different result. So what do you do? Maybe take a close look at your current PM Program.
There are known best practices which will not only enhance your PM program but also increase equipment reliability. Remember most work comes from PM and PdM and then it must be planned correctly, scheduled with production, executed to schedule and to specifications. If this occurs you will be seeing the results. "less breakdowns"
Check out this article and post your comments please.
This course is focused on repeatable and effective work procedure development. If your organization does not possess or needs to update effective, repeatable maintenance procedures then this training is for you or someone in your staff.
Stop human induced failures, lack of repeat-ability in maintenance work, and insuring when someone retires you have their knowledge in the form of procedures is critical to the success of any organizations. Lack of effective, repeatable procedures creates high variation in maintenance work execution.
Maintenance and Reliability leaders always talk about their best maintenance person and how much experience they have. With effective, repeatable procedures you would capture that experience, knowledge and skill in a procedure.
When one has repeatable, effective procedures and a failure occurs the worst thing that could happen is a procedure is changed or updated.
Effective Maintenance Planning and Scheduling is a requirement not an option if one wants to optimize the effectiveness and efficiency of their maintenance workforce. Yes, identifying the right work is key however without effective maintenance planning and scheduling work execution will not be as effective and efficient.
Maintenance Wrench time is directly impacted by the effectiveness of maintenance planning and scheduling (Wrench time is the amount of time a maintenance person has their "hands on tools". World Class ranges from 55-65%)
Craft skills are key to the success of any maintenance organization. Determine the current maintenance craft skill maturity in your organization today and begin the journey to success. If you do not know the current maturity level of your current maintenance craft skills use this Craft Skills Maturity Matrix to determine the maturity level of maintenance skills in your organization.
If an organization does not hire or train the right people, to the right skill level, optimizing Reliability will not occur.
What metrics do you use for Maintenance Planning and Scheduling? Check out the metrics in this maturity matrix and see how they compare. This is Maturity Matrix 1 of 2 for Maintenance Planning and Scheduling.
Does it annoy you that in spite of regularly performing Preventive Maintenance (PM) on your equipment it continues to breakdown? Some may call this insanity – Continuing to do the same thing over and over, expecting a different result. So what do you do? Maybe take a close look at your current PM Program.
There are known best practices which will not only enhance your PM program but also increase equipment reliability. Remember most work comes from PM and PdM and then it must be planned correctly, scheduled with production, executed to schedule and to specifications. If this occurs you will be seeing the results. "less breakdowns"
Check out this article and post your comments please.
This course is focused on repeatable and effective work procedure development. If your organization does not possess or needs to update effective, repeatable maintenance procedures then this training is for you or someone in your staff.
Stop human induced failures, lack of repeat-ability in maintenance work, and insuring when someone retires you have their knowledge in the form of procedures is critical to the success of any organizations. Lack of effective, repeatable procedures creates high variation in maintenance work execution.
Maintenance and Reliability leaders always talk about their best maintenance person and how much experience they have. With effective, repeatable procedures you would capture that experience, knowledge and skill in a procedure.
When one has repeatable, effective procedures and a failure occurs the worst thing that could happen is a procedure is changed or updated.
Effective Maintenance Planning and Scheduling is a requirement not an option if one wants to optimize the effectiveness and efficiency of their maintenance workforce. Yes, identifying the right work is key however without effective maintenance planning and scheduling work execution will not be as effective and efficient.
Maintenance Wrench time is directly impacted by the effectiveness of maintenance planning and scheduling (Wrench time is the amount of time a maintenance person has their "hands on tools". World Class ranges from 55-65%)
Craft skills are key to the success of any maintenance organization. Determine the current maintenance craft skill maturity in your organization today and begin the journey to success. If you do not know the current maturity level of your current maintenance craft skills use this Craft Skills Maturity Matrix to determine the maturity level of maintenance skills in your organization.
If an organization does not hire or train the right people, to the right skill level, optimizing Reliability will not occur.
We can’t keep doing what we have always done and expect different results.
70% of maintenance and reliability projects fail due to poor execution. Learn why and what you can do to improve your odds.
This is a short and easy read focused on discipline of execution.
Ever wondered what a "Day in the Life of a Proactive Maintenance Supervisor". Checkout this article and see how it matching where you are. If you have questions send Ricky an email to rsmith@worldclassmaintenance.org
Maintenance Skills Training for industry is a hot subject right now. In many areas of the country, companies are competing for skilled maintenance personnel.
“A Deloitte study found that the skills gap may leave an estimated 2.4 million positions unfilled between 2018 and 2028, with a potential economic impact of $2.5 trillion”
The skill level of the maintenance personnel in most companies is well below what industry would say is acceptable. In the past, I have been involved with the assessment of the skill level for hundreds of maintenance personnel in the U.S. and Canada and found 80% of the people assessed scored less than 50% of where they need to be in the basic technical skills to perform their jobs. The literacy level of maintenance personnel is also a problem. In some areas of the United States we find that up to 40% of maintenance personnel in a plant are reading below the eighth grade level. After performing the Gunning FOG index, we find the reading level for mechanical maintenance personnel should be the twelfth year level and electrical maintenance personnel the fourteenth year level (associate degree).
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling are key elements that influence the true success of any organization. Many times we have a planner or planner/scheduler, but do not know how to use him or her effectively or efficiently.
Do you know the current gaps in your lubrication program? If not use this maturity matrix to identify the gaps based on known best practices. This is one great tool anyone can use who are looking to optimize their lubrication program. Review the matrix with your maintenance staff and ask for their comments.(comments by a maintenance staff will give you an indication of their lubrication knowledge)
A proactive maintenance technician is a highly trained professional who is an expert in his or her skills area, has knowledge of other skills areas, including safety and production, and has a desire to learn more. This professional knows and can
implement a failure-modes driven maintenance strategy for any piece of equipment.
A proactive maintenance technician uses knowledge and experience to ensure the maintenance process is optimized by making constructive recommendations to
management concerning improvement areas.
To ensure success, a proactive maintenance technician is proactive in everything he or she does. This person constantly reviews information to ensure procedures are accurate and issues are resolved quickly and does what is required to ensure the work is repeatable. Such a professional leads by example and takes responsibility for training new employees on how to be a proactive and effective maintenance technician.
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is a proven, logical, sensible approach that helps companies improve reliability. Yet most companies are not getting the return they expected. They see RCM as too much trouble for too little reward. So that’s why we decided to publish this new report. Find out why RCM doesn't work, what needs to change and how to put RCM to work at your company so it doesn't become another Resource Consuming Monster.
We know RCM works however I wanted to share with you the 5 Biggest Mistakes people make using Reliability Centered Maintenance. Love to hear your comments or tell us what you have seen work and not work.
Do you know the gaps in your Maintenance Planning and Scheduling in your organization? Sit down with your team and evaluate the current state of maintenance planning and scheduling and then develop a plan to close the gaps. This is Maturity Matrix 1 of 2 for Maintenance Planning and Scheduling.
Precision Maintenance is talked about in many companies and implemented at many companies, many with great success, however most companies do not understand Precision Maintenance. In this paper I will clear up some misconceptions and untruths concerning it.
Advanced Maintenance And Reliability (Best Maintenance and Reliability Practi...Ricky Smith CMRP, CMRT
Maintenance and reliability has taken great strides toward managing asset reliability by applying known best practices in maintenance and reliability finding that they can optimize reliability and reduce total cost and reduce risk by applying known best practices. However, if not most organizations are still trapped in the old way of thinking. Read this article and see where you stand.
What does a "Day in the Life of a Proactive Maintenance Planner" look like. This article was writen based on my experience at Alcoa Mt Holly (Certified as World Class Maintenance).
The 5 Levels of Effective Maintenance Scheduling
Submitted by James Kovacevic; MMP, CMRP
Scheduling ensures the right maintenance is executed at the right time. But many organizations fail to schedule work that improves plant performance. Instead, the work is scheduled to last minute and is often
not the most important work, but the work of the person yelling the loudest.
In order to effectively schedule maintenance work, there needs to be a systematic approach which not only takes into account the needs of the maintenance department but that of the business. This fully
integrated schedule ensures the planned downtime is reduced while maximizing the amount of work which can be completed.
The 5 levels of scheduling enable the full integration of operations and maintenance schedules. Scheduling starts at the 52-week level and cascades into the 16-week, 4-week, 1-week and finally the daily scheduling. The scheduling process depends heavily upon a rigorous prioritization process. The prioritization criteria must be fully aligned with the business risks and agreed upon by the leadership team.
The benefits to the business of proper scheduling are many and include, reduced planned downtime, reduced overtime and reduced unplanned downtime.
Want a practical approach to reducing Failures in your organization? Thing simple however think Big when it comes to an approach. This is not a recipe, it is an idea for you to expand on. Make it your own however their are ideas which are solid. Make a difference today in reducing failures.
BIN95.com Newsletter, vol 185 - Maintenance planning and scheduling. The book “MAINTENANCE PLANNING AND SCHEDULING HANDBOOK” by Doc Palmer and published by McGraw Hill presents the recommended way to plan for a maintenance crew. this is a book review.
This paper introduces a compelling argument for development of and adherence to procedure based maintenance when implementing and executing a modern program to ensure maximum capacity of a plant and reliability of its equipment. The argument is based on a new analysis of four (4) statistically significant failure profile distribution studies over the period of the last 40 years, the latest of which was completed in 2001.
We can’t keep doing what we have always done and expect different results.
70% of maintenance and reliability projects fail due to poor execution. Learn why and what you can do to improve your odds.
This is a short and easy read focused on discipline of execution.
Ever wondered what a "Day in the Life of a Proactive Maintenance Supervisor". Checkout this article and see how it matching where you are. If you have questions send Ricky an email to rsmith@worldclassmaintenance.org
Maintenance Skills Training for industry is a hot subject right now. In many areas of the country, companies are competing for skilled maintenance personnel.
“A Deloitte study found that the skills gap may leave an estimated 2.4 million positions unfilled between 2018 and 2028, with a potential economic impact of $2.5 trillion”
The skill level of the maintenance personnel in most companies is well below what industry would say is acceptable. In the past, I have been involved with the assessment of the skill level for hundreds of maintenance personnel in the U.S. and Canada and found 80% of the people assessed scored less than 50% of where they need to be in the basic technical skills to perform their jobs. The literacy level of maintenance personnel is also a problem. In some areas of the United States we find that up to 40% of maintenance personnel in a plant are reading below the eighth grade level. After performing the Gunning FOG index, we find the reading level for mechanical maintenance personnel should be the twelfth year level and electrical maintenance personnel the fourteenth year level (associate degree).
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling are key elements that influence the true success of any organization. Many times we have a planner or planner/scheduler, but do not know how to use him or her effectively or efficiently.
Do you know the current gaps in your lubrication program? If not use this maturity matrix to identify the gaps based on known best practices. This is one great tool anyone can use who are looking to optimize their lubrication program. Review the matrix with your maintenance staff and ask for their comments.(comments by a maintenance staff will give you an indication of their lubrication knowledge)
A proactive maintenance technician is a highly trained professional who is an expert in his or her skills area, has knowledge of other skills areas, including safety and production, and has a desire to learn more. This professional knows and can
implement a failure-modes driven maintenance strategy for any piece of equipment.
A proactive maintenance technician uses knowledge and experience to ensure the maintenance process is optimized by making constructive recommendations to
management concerning improvement areas.
To ensure success, a proactive maintenance technician is proactive in everything he or she does. This person constantly reviews information to ensure procedures are accurate and issues are resolved quickly and does what is required to ensure the work is repeatable. Such a professional leads by example and takes responsibility for training new employees on how to be a proactive and effective maintenance technician.
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is a proven, logical, sensible approach that helps companies improve reliability. Yet most companies are not getting the return they expected. They see RCM as too much trouble for too little reward. So that’s why we decided to publish this new report. Find out why RCM doesn't work, what needs to change and how to put RCM to work at your company so it doesn't become another Resource Consuming Monster.
We know RCM works however I wanted to share with you the 5 Biggest Mistakes people make using Reliability Centered Maintenance. Love to hear your comments or tell us what you have seen work and not work.
Do you know the gaps in your Maintenance Planning and Scheduling in your organization? Sit down with your team and evaluate the current state of maintenance planning and scheduling and then develop a plan to close the gaps. This is Maturity Matrix 1 of 2 for Maintenance Planning and Scheduling.
Precision Maintenance is talked about in many companies and implemented at many companies, many with great success, however most companies do not understand Precision Maintenance. In this paper I will clear up some misconceptions and untruths concerning it.
Advanced Maintenance And Reliability (Best Maintenance and Reliability Practi...Ricky Smith CMRP, CMRT
Maintenance and reliability has taken great strides toward managing asset reliability by applying known best practices in maintenance and reliability finding that they can optimize reliability and reduce total cost and reduce risk by applying known best practices. However, if not most organizations are still trapped in the old way of thinking. Read this article and see where you stand.
What does a "Day in the Life of a Proactive Maintenance Planner" look like. This article was writen based on my experience at Alcoa Mt Holly (Certified as World Class Maintenance).
The 5 Levels of Effective Maintenance Scheduling
Submitted by James Kovacevic; MMP, CMRP
Scheduling ensures the right maintenance is executed at the right time. But many organizations fail to schedule work that improves plant performance. Instead, the work is scheduled to last minute and is often
not the most important work, but the work of the person yelling the loudest.
In order to effectively schedule maintenance work, there needs to be a systematic approach which not only takes into account the needs of the maintenance department but that of the business. This fully
integrated schedule ensures the planned downtime is reduced while maximizing the amount of work which can be completed.
The 5 levels of scheduling enable the full integration of operations and maintenance schedules. Scheduling starts at the 52-week level and cascades into the 16-week, 4-week, 1-week and finally the daily scheduling. The scheduling process depends heavily upon a rigorous prioritization process. The prioritization criteria must be fully aligned with the business risks and agreed upon by the leadership team.
The benefits to the business of proper scheduling are many and include, reduced planned downtime, reduced overtime and reduced unplanned downtime.
Want a practical approach to reducing Failures in your organization? Thing simple however think Big when it comes to an approach. This is not a recipe, it is an idea for you to expand on. Make it your own however their are ideas which are solid. Make a difference today in reducing failures.
BIN95.com Newsletter, vol 185 - Maintenance planning and scheduling. The book “MAINTENANCE PLANNING AND SCHEDULING HANDBOOK” by Doc Palmer and published by McGraw Hill presents the recommended way to plan for a maintenance crew. this is a book review.
This paper introduces a compelling argument for development of and adherence to procedure based maintenance when implementing and executing a modern program to ensure maximum capacity of a plant and reliability of its equipment. The argument is based on a new analysis of four (4) statistically significant failure profile distribution studies over the period of the last 40 years, the latest of which was completed in 2001.
Brief definition of Multi-modality Diagnostic facility, Teleradiology, PACS, RIS, Quality Assurance Programme
Explanation of the Quality assurance Committee
Introduction to Chest X-ray technology and CR cassette
Quality Control Tests for Chest x-ray Technology
Introduction to Fluoroscopy Technology
Quality Control test for Fluoroscopy
Quality Assurance Program Review Test
Quality Assurance Drawback
Precision Maintenance is talked about in many companies and implemented at many companies, many with great success, however most companies do not understand Precision Maintenance. In this paper I will clear up some misconceptions and untruths concerning it.
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Advanced Maintenance And Reliability (Maintenance and Reliability Best Pract...Ricky Smith CMRP, CMRT
Maintenance and reliability has taken great strides toward managing asset reliability by applying known best practices in maintenance and reliability finding that they can optimize reliability and reduce total cost and reduce risk by applying known best practices. However, if not most organizations are still trapped in the old way of thinking.
As Albert Einstein once said: "the significant problems we face cannot be solved with the same level of thinking we were at when we created them".
The challenges facing in pharmaceutical maintenanceMANUEL PACINI
Maintenance strategies for the pharmaceutical industry.
Maintenance and service-related items are often the second-largest budget element in a laboratory after salaries and benefits
Building Operational Excellence in Petroleum Refining Training CourseKarl Kolmetz
There are many aspects of building operational excellence. Partial list may include;
1. Health, Safety and the Environment
2. Reliability – Continuity of Operations
3. Quality
4. Cost
5. People Development
10 Things an Operations Supervisor can do Today to Improve ReliabilityRicky Smith CMRP, CMRT
Continuing the series that started with maintenance technicians and supervisors, if you are new to the position of Operations Supervisor, what are some of the things you can begin working on immediately to improve reliability within the area you work?
If you are thinking your operators are not important in helping with the management of asset reliability, think again. You cannot achieve an optimal state of asset reliability with the operators. This is a Great article on this topic.
What makes a world-class asset management organisation? The very best asset managers have maintenance under control. Their entire organisation’s systems and methods are tuned to preventing unplanned stoppages. They only do that which has first been thought through and prepared for. But most importantly they understand the key factor to excellent asset care and work toward it continuously and energetically.
As the industry has evolved, so have the practices and philosophies for how and when to perform maintenance and lubrication. More options and tools are now available to guide the actions of personnel for nearly all lubrication tasks.
Your maintenance process’s performance must be measured and reviewed, and any chances for improvement must be pursued. Evidence that measurements are examined at regular meetings and results are managed to completion should be presented.
These slides contain general advice for considering an ALM tooling solution. This includes management of requirements, tests and defects. It is a draft release.
Similar to Procedure Based Maintenance White Paper (20)
Having experience as a Maintenance Manager and Maintenance Consultant I wrote this article. The one Maintenance Manager that inspired me the most was Rick Mullen, former Engineering and Maintenance Manager at Anheuser Busch, who by far the #1 Maintenance Manager I ever met.
Having worked with companies all over the world I decided to write this article based on my experience as a Maintenance Advisor and a Maintenance Leader.
How to know if your maintenance planning and scheduling is not effectiveRicky Smith CMRP, CMRT
Many times companies have Maintenance Planning and Scheduling however it is not effective as they like it to be. This article helps anyone who is struggling the Planning and Scheduling with a few ideas.
If you have questions email me at rsmith@worldclassmaintenance.org
The objective of the Parts Checkout process to ensure the right part is in stock when required by Maintenance / Operations to provide Production with Reliable Assets.
> Parts / Material Checkout Guiding Principles:
•All parts/material used for an asset will be charge to the asset via a Work Order
•No blanket work orders – blanket work orders lead to lack of failure information due to failure threads of like parts/material
•Overnight ordering of parts is an exception and not the general rule
•The Materials Management Process will be managed with Leading and Lagging KPIs
... and so much more
Best Maintenance Lubrication Practices are essential to
optimal life for ball and rolling element bearings.
There are four factors that are important when
lubricating bearings:
1. What type of lubrication?
2. How much lubrication?
3. How frequently should lubrication be applied?
4. How should the lubrication be applied to ensure
contamination control?
... and so much more covered on this document
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling is critical to success of any Maintenance Organization resulting in a significant increase in Wrench-time (Hands on Tool Time). Planning and Scheduling are two distinct functions which are dependent on each other.
Top 7 Reasons why Maintenance Work Orders are Closed Out AccuratelyRicky Smith CMRP, CMRT
Closing out work orders accurately is critical for leadership to make the “right decisions at the right time with accurate data” and it can only occur if work orders are “Closed with the Right Information/Data”.
If metrics and Key Performance Indicators are so important where are people pulling the data from without their work orders having the right data on them when they are closed into that dark hole called the CMMS or EAM.
Without good data you are lost and probably are making decisions based on passion and not facts.
Very few organizations pay attention to hydraulic leaks and how they can impact production capacity, asset reliability, and reactivity when a mitigation strategy is in place.
This Tool Box Talk may help you take that next step.
Most companies spend a lot of money training their maintenance personnel to troubleshoot a hydraulic system.
If we focused on preventing system failure then we could spend less time and money on troubleshooting a hydraulic system. We normally except hydraulic system failure rather than deciding not to except hydraulic failure as the norm. Let’s spend the time and money to eliminate hydraulic failure rather than preparing for failure.
Preventive Maintenance - Actions performed on a time- or machine-run-based schedule that detect, preclude, or mitigate degradation of a component or system with the aim of sustaining or extending its useful life through controlling degradation to an acceptable level. (Definition Source: SMRP Best Practices)
Much has been written about lean manufacturing and the lean enterprise—enough that nearly all readers are familiar with the concepts as well as the phrases themselves. But what about lean maintenance?
Is it merely a subset of lean manufacturing? Is it a natural fall-in-behind spinoff result of adopting lean manufacturing practices?
Much to the chagrin of many manufacturing companies, whose attempts at implementing lean practices have failed ignominiously, lean maintenance is neither a subset nor a spinoff of lean manufacturing. It is instead a prerequisite for success as a lean manufacturer. This article will explain why.
Every wondered what the life of a Proactive Maintenance Technician looks like. This article was written based on my experience as a Proactive Maintenance Technician.
How does anyone Optimize their current CMMS? What is the path forward to success with our CMMS. John Day, former Engineering / Maintenance Manager for Alcoa Mt Holly is quoted in this presentation.
Preventive Maintenance Best Practices plus PM Optimization Workshop BrochureRicky Smith CMRP, CMRT
Join Ricky Smith for his Preventive Maintenance Best Practices plus PM Optimization Workshop, October 19-21 "Live" and "Virtual" (via internet). Check out the attached brochure.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3
Procedure Based Maintenance White Paper
1. We optimize your people, processes, and technology so that you
can achieve sustainable, reliable results
A GPAllied White Paper
Procedure Based Maintenance
Why You Need Repeatable, Effective Procedures
in Your Facility
By: Ricky Smith, Senior Reliability Advisor
February 6, 2013
A DIVISION OF ALLIED RELIABILITY GROUP
4200 Faber Place Drive
Charleston, SC 29405
888.335.8276
www.gpallied.com
4. Page 2 Procedure Based Maintenance: Why You Need Repeatable, Effective Procedures in Your Facility
To ensure that you have a safe work environment,
you must have a reliable one and repeatable,
effective procedures are a requirement. Without a
repeatable procedure, you have chaos.
Awareness Is the First Step Toward
Change
“We have learned to live in a world of mistakes
and defective products as if they were necessary
to life.” – Dr. W. Edward Deming
There are a few things to look for with your
maintenance staff. Remember, errors or areas of
concern are not their fault at this time; however, it is
time to change.
1. Are torque wrenches being used by
mechanics and electricians? If they are not,
you are having component level failures that
you should not be experiencing.
2. Are specifications for bearing lubrication
known and being followed?
Figure 2: Bearing Failure
We may not know why this bearing failed, but looking
at Figure 2, it is easy to surmise that the correct
lubricant, quantity, and re-lubrication interval were
likely not clearly specified in the maintenance
instructions related to the equipment.
3. Does anyone know the hydraulic fluid micron
level required for critical hydraulic systems?
4. Are PMs executed with PM variation? For
example, a 30-day PM may be accomplished
on the 3rd
of the month this month and on the
20th
of the month next month, resulting in
equipment problems. PM is a “controlled
experience” and, as such, requires repeatable,
effective, and on-time procedures. (See
Figure 3.)
Figure 3: Balancing Your PM Execution for the Year (Sample)
6. Page 4 Procedure Based Maintenance: Why You Need Repeatable, Effective Procedures in Your Facility
Procedure Based Maintenance –
Can You Live Without It?
Yes, of course one could live without procedure based
maintenance; however, there can be consequences
with any decision one makes.
The final expected result from any procedure based
maintenance organization is that the human factors
for variation (human error) in the maintenance
process are mitigated or eliminated. This results in
higher asset availability and reliability. Unfortunately,
few companies can achieve this status.
Figure 5: Human Error Rate
In the field of maintenance, the traditional approach
has been to rely on the intuitive knowledge and skill
of the craftspeople who conduct it. There is a great
deal of pride of workmanship and, in too many
organizations, a great deal of psychic income in
addition to significant overtime pay for successful
emergency repairs to return equipment to operation
after unplanned shutdowns.
There is a mystique that accompanies all of this that
many skilled craftspeople would like management to
believe firmly: there are too many variables in
maintenance, which makes compliance with written
procedures impossible and impractical, and the “way
we have always done it” is the best and only way to
conduct maintenance.
This idea spills over into preventive maintenance, as
well. Examples:
• Check the pump
• Check seal for leaks
• Check bearings for noise
• Lubricate the bearing until grease comes out
30,000 times
difference in
Human Error
Rate between
High Stress
Level Jobs vs.
Human Error
of a Well-
Designed Task
8. Page 6 Procedure Based Maintenance: Why You Need Repeatable, Effective Procedures in Your Facility
Figure 8: Cost Comparison of Maintenance Programs
As modern predictive maintenance tools and analysis
methods have come into use, most of which are non-
intrusive, the requirement for procedure based
maintenance becomes even more important.
Analysis of data from modern tools such as vibration
monitoring, lubricant and wear particle techniques,
infrared observations, motor electrical condition
monitoring, and almost all other technologies
depends on knowledge of the operating state of the
equipment for accuracy.
Operating conditions and surrounding environmental
parameters must be carefully established and
recorded for thorough analysis to be performed. This
can only be established by adherence to carefully
written, detailed procedures and checklists. Such
procedures may be embedded into equipment
designed for data collection. However, procedures for
collecting data must be carefully prepared and
followed in order to ensure that there is complete
agreement between embedded and non-embedded
details.
Moving Forward
The steps to success can vary depending on your
organization’s resistance to change; however, here
are a few suggestions for moving forward that may be
of value to you.
Step 1: Awareness
Making people aware that they have a problem is the
first step in any successful endeavor. Begin identifying
failures due to the lack of an effective, repeatable
procedure. Make sure no one is blamed for any
failures. They have always occurred, so you want your
staff to be seen as part of the solution and not part of
the problem.
Step 2: Training
Train a few of your key staff in procedure based
maintenance to the point where they can write
repeatable, effective procedures for any type of
procedure.
Step 3: Implementation
Implement the first procedures and measure the
results.
Step 4: Continuous Improvement
Once the data is showing positive results train others
and post the results. Ask for input from your team as
to the best method to implement Procedure Based
Maintenance throughout the organizations.
Step 5: Monitoring
It is important to monitor the results following
implementation and continuous improvement to
verify that the changes continue to be followed and
that you are seeing positive results.
Last Thoughts
Ron Thomas, former Reliability Engineering Manager
for Dofasco Steel, used to make this statement:
“A proactive reliability process is a supply chain. If
a step in the process is skipped, or performed at a
substandard level, the process creates defects
known as failures. The output of a healthy
reliability process is optimal asset reliability at
optimal cost.”
Is variation our enemy? Yes. So let’s do something
about it today!