About the Author
Name: Ned Mitenius
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Bio: Ned Mitenius, PMP, began his career supervising a submerged nuclear reactor. He has spent the last 20-plus years in the food manufacturing industry, saving companies like Minute Maid, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Nestle and Chiquita/Fresh Express millions of dollars a year. With experience in operations, engineering, maintenance and quality systems, and with professional credentials as a Project Management Professional, Ned is here to write on topics of leadership, compliance management and project management. You can learn more at www.periscopeconsulting.com and www.bytesizeaudits.com. You can also e-mail him at Ned@PeriscopeConsulting.com.
Articles written by Ned Mitenius
Redundancy is not a four-letter word!
In one of my first blogs here, I mentioned my nuclear submarine background. Among the things I mentioned was the redundancy built into their high-reliability
Why PM attainment needs to be a shared metric at your plant
Preventive maintenance (PM) is a cornerstone of reliability-based maintenance. It’s no surprise then that PM attainment has become a key performance
Maintenance is not a cost: How to justify an investment in M&R
As many of us strive to improve the reliability of our plants, several comments bemoan how challenging that is to do in an era of continuous deep cost
What our plants have failed to learn in 25 years
Twenty-five years ago, I left the U.S. Navy nuclear submarine program. As I gained experience in civilian industry, I began to appreciate the Navy’s
The 10-second measure of maintenance effectiveness
Two decades ago, I worked in the Florida citrus industry. Near the end of each growing season, the fruit became softer. This promoted increased damage
