On this week's episode, Larry chats with Campbell Scott, founder and owner of i4 Business Improvements, to discuss the evolution of Continuous Improvement (CI). Campbell and Larry discuss the dramatic change COVID-19 has brought to the operating landscape and the important role CI plays in helping businesses forced to rapidly re-adjust culture, processes, and strategies to survive.

Campbell shares his wealth of knowledge and experience on change management and why Vision, Motivation, and Action Plans are the biggest challenges organizations face. Campbell and Larry also discuss which of the various CI techniques are most successful at ensuring it is implemented, sustained, and continually adding value to an organization.

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On this episode, Larry talks with Pilar Valderrama, Asset Management Technology Manager for Stork-Flour, about her mission to bring Asset Management and ISO 55000 to Latin America. Pilar shares why implementing Asset Management programs with ISO 55000 standards and embracing Industry 4.0 will define which companies/industries sustain now and in the future. 

Tune in to hear how Stork is using Industry 4.0 and Formula 1 pit-stop turnaround to provide a sustainable way for organizations to deal with COVID-19. Ready to see where your current asset management practices stand in comparison to ISO 55000 standards? Take our complimentary ISO 55000 Self-Assessment. 

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More than 50% of the process industry is still operating with paper or file-based maintenance systems and people dependent processes for Root Cause Analysis (RCA). In today's environment, innovation is no longer an option. To stay relevant with performance and ride out the retiring workforce, now is the time to invest in RCA capabilities and data.

On this week’s episode, Larry chats with Jaclyn Arnold, VP of Owner Operator at Hexagon PPM, to discuss the various maturities that exist when it comes to understanding and implementing RCA and where to start in improving the maturity curve. Jaclyn shares how digital leaders are using technology and asset data to advance their requirements, capabilities, and processes around RCA and significantly improve availability. But with a lot of technology available, in order to be successful you have to consider the state of your data, people, and processes first and technology second.

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