J.D. Solomon
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...
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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 30, 2022
How to Improve Strategic Plan Facilitation by Reviewing Dashboard Design
The Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) business leader was frustrated. Three years ago, the organization moved to a new...
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
- Nov 18, 2022
Master Plans Are More Important with Persistent Inflation and Looming Recession
Two years ago, updating your master plan was a good idea because the world was getting back to normal and to position your organization...
J.D. Solomon
- Oct 25, 2022
Can Understanding Risk Appetite Help a Project Manager's Career?
New project managers and young professionals often struggle with the concept of risk appetite and how it impacts decision making. The...
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...
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- Oct 9, 2022
SMRP, Fabulous Facilitation Workshop Coming to Raleigh on Oct 17
Facilitation is an essential skill for technical professionals working in group environments. Maintenance and reliability education does...
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....
J.D. Solomon
- Sep 5, 2022
Why Considering the Likelihood of Failure is Bad for Business Risk
An incredible number of technical professionals believe that effective asset management can only be performed with a meaningful...
J.D. Solomon
- Sep 3, 2022
Choosing the Right Performance Indicators for Strategic Plans, Asset Management
The idea of anything worth doing is worth measuring is a persistent one. The persistent problem is that measuring performance becomes...
J.D. Solomon
- Aug 22, 2022
No Practical Difference Between Strategic Plan and Asset Management Policy
A common question is whether the Board of Directors should approve the Asset Management Policy. The short answer is yes. The longer...
J.D. Solomon
- Jun 20, 2022
Why Does Your Asset Management Program Lack Asset Values? (and why it matters!)
Asset management for facilities and infrastructure has fallen into the leadership realm of gearheads and data managers. The result is...
J.D. Solomon
- Jun 6, 2022
Condition Assessments: Ten Important Things Before Going to The Field
Hopefully, you have already determined the purpose of the condition assessment, developed a subsystem-asset approach based on...
The Experts
- Jun 1, 2022
Three Things You Need to Know About Criticality Analysis
Three things to remember about criticality analysis are: 1. Criticality analysis is the essential first step in any improvement program...
J.D. Solomon
- Apr 11, 2022
Five Ways to More Effectively Facilitate Business Cases
The foundations of systems thinking and facilitation apply to business cases because the analysis requires a group to establish the...
J.D. Solomon
- Feb 21, 2022
Using SOAP Will Save Your Criticality Analysis Time and Money
The Solomon-Oldach Asset Prioritization (SOAP) method is an alternate method for conducting criticality analysis for use on industrial...
J.D. Solomon
- Feb 8, 2022
Improving System Performance Starts with a Criticality Analysis
Criticality is a measure of the relative importance of something to an organization's mission or objectives. I prefer using critical and...
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