As published in SMRP Solutions Magazine August 2011, GPAllied SME Darrin Wikoff addresses the Increasing Pace of Change in today’s dynamic business climate.  Read it for yourself here:

The Increasing Pace of Change

GPAllied SMEs Shon Isenhour and Brandon Weil take a fresh look at how best to manage your partnerships and build a recipe for success.  As published in SMRP Buyers guide 2011.

Read it for yourself here.

We use Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across many functions of our work in manufacturing, they are the tools we use to measure performance and make decisions.  Dan DeWald, MRO Stores Subject Matter Expert for GPAllied walks the reader through the importance of KPIs for the storeroom and how to best impliment KPIs in your store room.  Read it for yourself here:

Key Performance Indicators for Stores and MRO

Great article in June/July Uptime Magazine!  Uptime Magazine Publisher and Editor Terrence O’Hanlon recently caught up with South Carolina Senator Paul Campbell on the topics of reliability and sustainability and their impact on keeping America competitive.  Read it for yourself here:

Q&A with South Carolina Senator Paul Campbell

Allied Reliability is happy to share our latest series of weekley safety talks.  Intended to be a quick lesson on an important safety issue that you can share with your team.  Enjoy, and be safe out there!

Safety Talk- Hits can Hurt!

Tool Box Training was developed as a single point lesson tool for maintenance supervisors by Allied subject matter experts: Mike Gehloff, Ricky Smith and Dan DeWald. They are designed to be used once a week or every other week. These are created so a supervisor can cover the material in about 10-20 minutes. The objective is to transition a maintenance team to a higher awareness and competency level.  Below is the Tool Box Talk for Lubrication of Bearings:

Tool Box Talk: Lubrication of Bearings: Best Practices

Tips, opinions and viewpoints from industry thought leaders and subject matter experts from around the world.  Doug Plucknette, RCM discipline leader for GPAllied was featured in this 2011 edition with an article on sustainability as the key to a successful program.  Read it for yourself here:

Things to do and Think About 2011- Sustained

Every year Reliabilityweb publishes an eBook on top tips, opinions and viewpoints from industry thought leaders and subject matter experts from around the world.  Doug Plucknette, RCM discipline leader for GPAllied was featured in this 2011 edition with a topic he is very passionate about:  safety as a result of a good reliabililty program.  Read it for yourself here:

Things to Do and Think About 2011- Confidence

Every year Reliabilityweb publishes an eBook on top tips, opinions and viewpoints from industry thought leaders and subject matter experts from around the world.  Shon Isenhour, Director of Education for GPAllied was featured in this 2011 edition with this great piece on assigning blame (and how to avoid assigning blame).  Read it for yourself here:

Things to to and think about 2011- Fault

Allied Reliability’s John Trulli and Bill Kilbey contribute to this ‘Plant Services’ Cover story demystifying the benefits and arguments that swirl around Predictive Maintenance merits, technologies and strategies.   Written by Russ Kratowicz published in April 2011 Plant Services Magazine.  Read it for yourself here:

PdM True Believers: proof of economic benefits can have an astronomical effect