Industrial Automation - It Doesn't Have To... Be Unpredictable

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This episode of elliTek's Industrial Automation podcast is about Predictive Maintenance. We are talking with a special guest, Keary Donovan. Keary is the owner of Pathways 7.
Pathways 7 is a consulting firm helping SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) capitalize on up-to-date information systems so they can become more competitive.
Keary recently published a white paper about Predictive Maintenance titled "3 KPI Considerations for Maintenance and OEE."
During this podcast, we interview Keary. You will hear more acronyms, as well as references to "Tennessee Talk."
You will need to listen to the episode to learn what "Tennessee Talk" is, but here is a glossary for the acronyms in the order in which they were discussed during the podcast.

• OEE: Overall Equipment Effectiveness
• OOE: Overall Operations Effectiveness
• TEEP: Total Effective Equipment Performance
• KPP: Key Performance Parameters
• TPM: Total Productive Maintenance
• CMMS: Computerized Maintenance Management System

Stayed tuned throughout the entire episode to hear, Keary's insights into the interdepartmental conflicts and how those conflicts can be resolved.

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1. Industrial Automation - It Doesn't Have To... Be Unpredictable (00:00:00)

2. elliTek's Guest & PdM Expert, Keary Donovan (00:01:02)

3. Who is Pathways 7 (00:01:10)

4. How Keary and Brandon met. Hint: they shared the same frustration (00:02:18)

5. How did they solve this frustration (00:06:24)

6. Introduction to Keary's white paper (00:08:19)

7. OEE, OOE, and TEEP Rule Operations (00:12:01)

8. Link to Keary's Glossary (00:12:57)

9. "Tennessee Talk" and the Refrigerator Metaphor Explained (00:13:25)

10. KPP for Maintenance KPI Relevance (00:19:18)

11. Symbiotic Maintenance and Production Data for OEE (00:28:31)

12. Real-time Machine Monitoring Kit (00:40:29)