Boosting Equipment Reliability With Smart Maintenance Scheduling Strategies

Joe Kuhn, CMRP, former plant manager, engineer, and global reliability consultant, is now president of Lean Driven Reliability LLC. He is the author of the book “Zero to Hero: How to Jumpstart Your Reliability Journey Given Today’s Business Challenges” and the creator of the Joe Kuhn YouTube Channel, which offers content on starting your reliability journey and achieving financial independence. In our monthly podcast miniseries, Ask a Plant Manager, Joe considers a commonplace scenario facing the industry and offers his advice, as well as actions that you can take to get on track tomorrow. This episode explains why running time-based and condition-based maintenance in parallel is a costly mistake. Key takeaways Condition monitoring won't be perfect at first—expect a learning curve and commit for long-term gains. Avoid running time-based and condition-based maintenance systems together—it wastes resources. Pair condition monitoring with root cause analysis to drive real business impact. Protect condition monitoring resources from daily disruptions—require plant manager approval to reassign.