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15 Helpful Articles on Asset Management from 2023
What's hot in asset management in 2023? The insights on our website provide a good snapshot. Read a few of the fifteen articles and let...
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JD Solomon
- Oct 19
Asset Management History Empowers Critical Infrastructure Rules of Thumb
History often frames the way we do things in the present and future. Asset management is no exception. Understanding asset management...
JD Solomon
- Oct 2
Asset Management: Why Important Differences in Useful Life and Service Life Matter
The purpose of a useful life estimate is to determine how long an asset will remain in useable condition. "Useful life" is not the same...
JD Solomon
- Sep 5
How to Add Preventative Maintenance to Your Asset Management Program
Preventative Maintenance (PM) aims to identify and address issues before they become serious problems. So why is effective preventative...
J.D. Solomon
- Aug 29
How to Transfer Asset Data from Capital Projects into an Asset Management System
Transferring asset data from a Project Management Information System (PMIS) and a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) is...
J.D. Solomon
- Jul 25
Eight Solutions for Effectively Communicating Asset Management to Frontline Staff
Effectively communicating asset management to frontline staff can be challenging. One of the largest barriers is providing a bridge...
J.D. Solomon
- Jul 3
To Weight or Not to Weight? Simplify to Improve Asset Condition Assessments
Condition assessments require judgment. A typical practice is to disaggregate the evaluation of each asset into a handful of attributes...
J.D. Solomon
- Jun 20
Why Understanding Organizational Capacity Leads to Asset Management Success
Most organizations fail to get their asset management programs off the ground or struggle to make them sustainable. Success using...
J.D. Solomon
- May 15
Eight Solutions for Effectively Communicating Asset Management to Senior Management
Eight key elements came to mind as I prepare for an upcoming speaking engagement. Two of my passions, asset management and communicating...
J.D. Solomon
- Apr 12
How to Keep Your Asset Management Program Strong During Leadership Changes
Asset management programs are unique within the larger sphere of management systems. Like all management systems, asset management...
J.D. Solomon
- Mar 1
Why Consider Asset Obsolescence Before Field Condition Assessments
Obsolescence is a driving force behind the decisions to renew or replace assets. However, most asset management programs wait until after...
J.D. Solomon
- Feb 7
Why I Take These 3 Tools to Every Asset Management Condition Assessment
I take these three tools to every asset management condition assessment I am a part of. Of course, the tools, techniques, and methods of...
J.D. Solomon
- Jan 3
The Top 10 Safety Tips for Asset Managers
Asset managers often go to the field to view their equipment, collect missing asset data, or support condition assessments. We recently...
J.D. Solomon
- Dec 12, 2022
Why Minimizing Information Systems Improves Your Asset Management Program
I love data as a reliability engineer. In fact, I consume data like food – and I have a big appetite. The hardest thing to do is to push...
J.D. Solomon
- Dec 7, 2022
Controversial Thoughts on Operationalizing Asset Management for Better Results
Are you drowning in the many activities related to what to do in your asset management program? Are you spending valuable resources and...
J.D. Solomon
- Nov 21, 2022
How to Improve Your Communication of Probability to Senior Management
The Chance of Rain Most people do not understand what the chance of rain means. Some believe it means it will rain "30% of the day,"...
J.D. Solomon
- Oct 11, 2022
How to Overcome the Fear of Using the Wrong Probability Distribution
Probability Distributions The probability density function (PDF) is applied to continuous random variables, whereas the probability...
J.D. Solomon
- Sep 26, 2022
Three Solutions for Establishing Useful Probability Distributions
Monte Carlo simulations are the best approach for assessing uncertainty for future infrastructure and facilities funding requirements....
J.D. Solomon
- Sep 19, 2022
Why Are You Wasting Infrastructure Money By Not Using Monte Carlo Analysis?
Understanding the total cost of ownership is a fundamental principle of asset management of facilities and infrastructure. However, all...
J.D. Solomon
- Sep 13, 2022
Why I Will Never See an Ensemble Model on an Asset Management Project
Hurricane tracking is very good these days, especially in forecasting storm intensity and location two to seven days in advance....
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