About the Author
Name: Jeff Shiver
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Bio: As managing principal for People and Processes, Jeff Shiver helps organizations implement best practices for maintenance and operations. Prior to this post, Jeff was a practitioner who worked 25 years in manufacturing and facilities with companies such as Procter and Gamble, IBM and Mars North America, where Jeff spent the bulk of his career. His experience includes maintenance and reliability, project and controls engineering, information technology and operations in manufacturing and corporate management roles.
Just this week, I caught a few moments of the reality show where the CEO goes out “undercover” – albeit with a film crew – to capture what’s
Before you attempt to ask people to learn something new, you should take a few minutes to diagnose their needs and how they might learn best. See, not
As some of you know, I spend a fair amount of time working in California. It happens I was there last week and thought I would share a story from that
Recently, I have been outside of the United States facilitating a “Skills for Maintenance Leadership and Supervision” course. One of the things that
In many organizations, the focus on maintenance tasks is too general in nature, trusting the craftsperson to do the right thing. While we should trust
Have you got double vision? I hope you do, but not in the sense I bet that you are thinking. No, I’m not talking about having one too many or that splitting
One of the challenges that many organizations face is maintaining work order priorities in the wake of the emotional squeaky wheel that yells the loudest.
In this post, we will continue with answering a couple of planner/scheduler questions. How do you initially train someone new to the planner/scheduler position? First, let’s talk about the selection
While it seems that every day as of late reminds us of impending doom and gloom, Neil Strauss gives us a new book entitled “Emergency” that details actions to take when disaster strikes. It
