by Dave Alexander | Aug 30, 2026 | Maintenance Strategy, Reliability Engineering
The two terms get used interchangeably on projects, in tenders, and in most of what is written about them. We have caught the habit in our own guides. The interchange is not harmless. Projects have funded a “readiness” scope, received a maintenance build,...
by Dave Alexander | Apr 15, 2026 | Maintenance Strategy, Reliability Engineering
AI predictive maintenance is the fastest-growing technology investment in heavy industry. 65% of maintenance teams expect to adopt AI within the next 12 months, according to MaintainX’s 2025 State of Industrial Maintenance research. The dashboards are getting...
by Dave Alexander | Mar 22, 2026 | Maintenance Strategy, Reliability Engineering
Most preventive maintenance programs in heavy industry were not designed. They were inherited, copied from OEM manuals, or assembled over years by different planners working in isolation. The result is a maintenance program that generates scheduled work without...
by Dave Alexander | Mar 22, 2026 | Maintenance Strategy, Reliability Engineering
Most maintenance organisations know their reactive maintenance ratio is too high. Fewer know what it actually costs them. After 30 years working across mining, rail, utilities, and manufacturing, the pattern is consistent: heavily reactive organisations spend far more...
by Dave Alexander | May 15, 2024 | Maintenance Strategy, Reliability Engineering, Reliability Modelling
A Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) Analysis is used to evaluate the reliability and availability of complex systems and processes within an organisation. It is a sophisticated and analytical approach to optimise the performance and maintenance of an...
by Dave Alexander | Apr 2, 2024 | Asset Management Plan, Maintenance Strategy, Reliability Engineering
Operational Readiness is one of the most valuable investments you can make as a mining organisation. It sets your operation up for success and maximises the performance and lifecycle of your equipment. Here is everything you need to know about Operational Readiness in...
