Operational Readiness: Why the Work Before the Work Determines Everything
Most sites focus on maintaining assets once they're running. Operational Readiness is everything that has to happen before the first shift starts — and when it's skipped, the performance gap costs mor...
22 Jun 10min
Asset Management Plans: The Ultimate Operational Handshake
In this episode, Pete and Drew demystify the Asset Management Plan (AMP), to reveal why it is the ultimate alignment tool between operations and maintenance. They break down how combining your Operati...
8 Jun 8min
When the Plan Unravels: Swinging Loads & Missing Procedures
The JHA was done. The OEM procedure was on the table. The crew were trying to do the right thing. And a worker still ended up on the ground with a serious leg laceration. In this episode, Pete and Dre...
25 Mai 8min
Still Running… But is it reliable?
Is your plant running because it's reliable — or because your team is holding it together with workarounds and tribal knowledge? In this episode, Pete and Drew tackle one of the most common misconcept...
11 Mai 9min
No Visibility, No Control: Fixing the Off-Site Repair Process
You send a gearbox out the gate and it vanishes. No status update, no confirmed lead time, and an invoice that lands like a lead balloon much larger than you expect. Sound familiar? In this episode, P...
27 Apr 7min
When Jumpstarts Become Normal: Chronic Failures & the Cost of Looking Away
Nobody questions the jump-start ute — until someone does. In this episode, Pete and Drew break down a chronic breakdown event where a dedicated vehicle and fitter were burning up to eight hours a shif...
13 Apr 6min
Single Point of Failure: Guardrails, Modifications & the EX5600 Incident
Four metres. That's not a stumble — that's a life-changer. In this episode, Pete and Drew break down Safety Alert SA26-02 out of the Hunter Valley, where a worker fell from a Hitachi EX5600 excavator ...
30 Mar 7min
The 15-Year Crane Problem: When Chemistry Beat Mechanics
For fifteen years, a primary production rail crane was the site’s biggest headache. Availability sat at just 65%, improvement projects kept failing, and the team had started accepting the problem as “...
16 Mar 8min
