J.D. Solomon
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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
SOAP can result in staff time savings of up to 70% compared to traditional methods.
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Feb 8, 2022
Improving System Performance Starts with a Criticality Analysis
Criticality analysis is the best way to prioritize organizational activities.
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Jan 7, 2022
Observed in Practice: 5 Reasons for Choosing a New Enterprise Asset Management System
Organizations change their Enterprise Asset Management System (EAMS) or Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) many reasons....
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Jan 4, 2022
Ask the Experts Revisited: Improving CMMS and PMIS Systems
The observations provided in this session two years ago are applicable today. Many thanks to Kathryn Benson and Wayne Littman for...
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Dec 8, 2021
Better Data Quality is a Significant Outcome of Forecasting Lifecycle Costs
A lifecycle replacement forecast provides a financial forecast of the total investment needed by an organization to keep its facilities...
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Nov 23, 2021
Two Ways to Improve Reliability and Ease Co-Worker Understanding
There is no substitute for having the right tool for the job.
J.D. Solomon
Nov 5, 2021
Eight Tips for Improving Your Risk Matrices
Risk matrices are one way to perform risk-based prioritization. The approach is qualitative, or describes the quality of the risks, and...
J.D. Solomon
Nov 1, 2021
Seven Tips to Improve Your CMMS
Business support software like work management, asset management, capital program management, and billing management have more in common...
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Oct 31, 2021
South Carolina Asset Management Workshop
JD Solomon, Inc is a sponsor of the 2021 Asset Management Workshop, a one-day virtual event on November 11 by the South Carolina Water...
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