Technical articles, case studies, and thought leadership from the HolisticAM team
How to Start a Reliability Program at a Mine Site
8 September 2026
Evidence first, criticality, the smallest working loop, then the capability decision. The practitioner sequence for a reliability program that survives contact with site…
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How to Start a Reliability Program at a Mine Site
8 September 2026
Evidence first, criticality, the smallest working loop, then the capability decision. The practitioner sequence for a reliability program that survives contact with site…
Read more Remote Reliability Monitoring for Mine Sites: What It Is and When It Works
8 September 2026
Remote condition monitoring watches alarms; remote reliability monitoring runs the loop that stops failures recurring. The hybrid model that works on mine sites…
Read more When Should Operational Readiness Start, and What Does It Cost?
8 September 2026
The timing counted back from first production, the six factors that drive readiness cost, how credible pricing is structured, and what skipping the work costs instead…
Read more Maintenance Planning and Scheduling: The Complete Guide
8 September 2026
Planning decides how each job is executed; scheduling decides when. The complete guide to the discipline that turns maintenance strategy into work that actually gets done…
Read more Maintenance and Reliability KPIs: MTBF, MTTR, Availability and OEE Explained
8 September 2026
How to calculate MTBF, MTTR, availability and OEE, with worked examples, the vanity-metric traps, and why this guide deliberately publishes no benchmark table…
Read more What Does a Maintenance Planner Do? Role, Salary and What Good Looks Like
8 September 2026
The real maintenance planner role: what the job actually is, what it must not become, verified Australian salary data, and how to tell a planning function is real…
Read more Greenfield vs Brownfield vs Restart: How Operational Readiness Changes
30 August 2026
Operational readiness for greenfield builds, brownfield expansions and restarts from care and maintenance. The same nine streams apply to all three, but which streams…
Read more What Does a Reliability Engineering Consultant Do on a Mine Site?
8 September 2026
What a reliability engineering consultant actually does: the five kinds of work, the engagement stages, what lands in your CMMS, and how to judge whether it delivered…
Read more The Operational Readiness Framework: Nine Streams Explained
30 August 2026
Inside a working operational readiness framework: the nine streams it must cover, the timeline counted back from first ore, the governance that makes a gate mean…
Read more In-House Reliability Engineer vs Consultant vs Managed Service: Which Does Your Site Need?
30 August 2026
In-house reliability engineer, consulting campaign, or managed service? The three-way decision logic for heavy industry: where each option wins, where each fails, and how…
Read more What Does a Reliability Engineer Do? Role, Salary and Career Path in Australia
30 August 2026
What a reliability engineer actually does: the analytical toolkit, the three boundaries that keep the role honest, what it pays in Australia on SEEK and PayScale data, and whether…
Read more The Operational Readiness Checklist: Nine Streams, 27 Checkpoints, and When Each Must Be Done
30 August 2026
The 27-checkpoint operational readiness checklist HolisticAM assesses against, organised into nine readiness streams, with the date each checkpoint must be complete counted back f…
Read more Maintenance Readiness vs Operational Readiness: What’s the Difference?
30 August 2026
Maintenance readiness prepares the asset; operational readiness prepares the whole organisation to operate. Where the line sits, who owns each half, and how to tell which one your…
Read more What is Defect Elimination? A Practical Guide for Operating Sites
27 August 2026
Defect elimination permanently removes the root causes of recurring failures instead of repairing symptoms. The loop, the data it needs, and how it differs from root…
Read more What is a Managed Reliability Service? A Guide for Operating Sites
27 August 2026
A managed reliability service runs your site’s reliability engineering function on subscription. How it works, what it costs against an in-house engineer, and where it…
Read more AI Predictive Maintenance: Why Your Pilot Is Built on a Broken Foundation
15 April 2026
AI predictive maintenance pilots fail on data foundations, not algorithms. What the models actually need from your CMMS and failure history, and the readiness sequence…
Read more Maintenance Task Optimisation: How to Fix a PM Program That Creates Work Without Reducing Failures
22 March 2026
Most preventive maintenance programs in heavy industry were not designed — they were inherited, copied, or assembled by multiple planners working in isolation. Maintenance Task …
Read more What is Reliability Centred Maintenance? The Complete RCM Guide
22 March 2026
Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) is a structured analytical process used to determine the most appropriate maintenance strategy for each failure mode of a physical asset.
Read more What is Weibull Analysis? A Practical Guide for Reliability Engineers
22 March 2026
Weibull analysis is a statistical method for analysing failure data to characterise failure behaviour and predict asset reliability.
Read more What is Root Cause Analysis? Methods, Process, and When to Use It
22 March 2026
Root cause analysis is a structured investigation method for identifying the true causes of equipment failures and process incidents. This guide compares Apollo RCA, 5 Whys, Fis…
Read more What is FMECA? A Complete Guide to Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis
22 March 2026
FMECA (Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis) is a structured reliability methodology used to identify failure modes, assess their consequences, and prioritise mainten…
Read more The Real Cost of Reactive Maintenance in Heavy Industry
22 March 2026
Run-to-failure maintenance costs two to three times more per asset than proactive programs. Here is what drives the cycle and how to break it.
Read more What is Reliability Engineering? The Complete Guide for Asset-Intensive Industries
22 March 2026
Reliability engineering ensures assets perform without failure through FMECA, RCM, Weibull analysis, and condition monitoring. A practical guide for mining, rail, and utilities.
Read more What is Asset Management? A Practical Guide for Heavy Industry
22 March 2026
Asset management is the coordinated activity to realise value from assets across their full lifecycle. A practical guide covering the ISO 55001 framework, key system elements, m…
Read more What is Operational Readiness? A Guide for Mining and Heavy Industry
22 March 2026
Operational readiness is a structured process to ensure new, expanded, or recommissioned assets are ready to operate safely, reliably, and efficiently from day one.
Read more What is Condition Monitoring? Techniques, Benefits, and Implementation
22 March 2026
Condition monitoring detects equipment degradation before failure using vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermography, and ultrasonics. Complete guide to techniques, P-F interv…
Read more Using RBDs within a RAM Analysis to Enhance Asset Maintenance Strategies in Mining
15 May 2024
A Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) Analysis is used to evaluate the reliability and availability of complex systems and processes within an organisation.
Read more A Guide to Operational Readiness for Mining Assets
02 April 2024
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 life…
Read more Why Performing FMECAs on Non-Physical Assets is Essential in 2024
15 March 2024
It’s standard practice to perform a FMECA on business critical physical assets – but many fail to do so on non-physical asset and components that are equally as vital to organis…
Read more Maximising Mining Equipment Performance: The Role of a Seasoned Reliability Engineering Specialist Consultant
13 March 2024
Mining equipment is essential to the success of any mining operation. Learn how to maximise mining equipment through reliability and maintenance.
Read more What are the Benefits of a FMECA Facilitation Workshop?
13 March 2024
The FMECA Facilitation process is instrumental in establishing effective maintenance strategies to enhance asset reliability, and minimise downtime.
Read more Are Your Maintenance Work Instructions Specific Enough?
28 February 2024
While relying on the experience of long-term employees is great, if the knowledge is embedded in their heads and not documented, it is impossible for team members to know how to…
Read more Crafting and Executing a Successful Condition Monitoring Program in 7 Steps
28 February 2024
Embarking on the journey of developing a condition monitoring program? Here’s a comprehensive, seven-step guide to help you construct and implement a robust program.
Read more The Role of Independence as an Apollo RCA Facilitator & Challenges That May Arise
13 February 2024
Apollo Root Cause Analysis (ARCA) is a revolutionary incident investigation methodology, empowering users to work collaboratively to discover the root cause of a problem – and d…
Read more Building Cross-Functional Teams for a Successful Apollo Root Cause Analysis Facilitation
12 February 2024
In the realm of problem-solving and incident investigation, one truth remains: no problem stands in isolation.
Read more HolisticAM Launches Reliability YouTube Channel
29 March 2021
On March 23, we excitedly announced the launch of our YouTube Reliability Channel, allowing us to extend Asset and Reliability Engineering Management topic to a whole new level.
Read more Asset Management Plan (Part 4 of 4): 3 Ways to Sustain Value from Your Asset Management Plan
22 September 2020
Unlock value for your assets from an Asset Management Plan does not assure value to be delivered to the stakeholders continuously.
Read more Asset Management Plan (Part 3 of 4): 5 Ways to Unlock Value for Your Assets from an AMP
28 July 2020
Are you struggling to get the maximised value for your assets from an Asset Management Plan? Here are 5 ways to take your AMP to the next level.
Read more 6 Reasons Organisations Fail in the RCM Implementation (and how to avoid)
26 July 2020
Many organisations’ RCM projects failed in the implementation. Read on to find out 6 reasons and how to avoid accordingly.
Read more Asset Management Plan (Part 2 of 4): How to Meet Stakeholder Requirements with Your AMP
08 July 2020
Learn about the stakeholder requirements you need to pay attention when developing your AMP(s) and how to meet these requirements with your AMP(s)?
Read more Why and How Should Reliability Professionals Implement RCM by a Holistic Approach
20 June 2020
A successful RCM project requires both leaders’ and employees’ engagement to embed RCM into the company culture.
Read more Asset Management Plan (Part 1 of 4): 13 Key Elements of a Successful Implementation
15 June 2020
This article is part one of our AMP series, which discusses the key elements that organisations should focus on to ensure an Asset Management Plan success.
Read more RCM Q&A for Reliability Professionals – How to Embed RCM into the Company Culture
05 June 2020
This article discusses what could reliability professionals do to help embed RCM into the company culture and maximise its value.
Read more The Quick Guide to Perform a Weibull Analysis [one-page infographic]
31 March 2020
Download the one-page infographic for your Weibull Analysis learning.
Read more How to Perform a Weibull Analysis – Validation of Results and Reliability Improvement (Part 3 of 3)
24 March 2020
Learn about how to validate your results and implement appropriate strategies to improve the reliability and cost performance of your assets.
Read more FMEA / FMECA: The Definitive Guide
19 March 2020
The most comprehensive guide to refresh your FMEA learnings and enhance your team’s FMEA knowledge.
Read more How to Perform a Weibull Analysis – Lifetime Distribution Selection and Parameter Estimation (Part 2 of 3)
11 March 2020
Learn how to choose the right lifetime distribution and estimate the parameters to accurately predict the life characteristics of the component.
Read more How to Perform a Weibull Analysis – Data Preparation (Part 1 of 3)
05 March 2020
Good preparation of life data is especially significant when starting a Weibull Analysis because it can directly impact the credibility of the prediction.
Read more RCM Analysis: The Ultimate Guide [one-page infographic]
21 February 2020
This guide is to refresh your knowledge of the RCM analysis step by step. You will also find a one-page infographic for your RCM learning.
Read more FMEA Facilitator: The Secret Sauce of an FMEA Workshop
10 December 2019
With the help of proper training, a skilled FMEA facilitator will help the FMEA team achieve the greatest results collectively.
Read more 4 Essential Factors You Must Consider for a Successful FMEA
19 November 2019
To have a successful FMEA, these 4 essential factors will make the time and effort invested in the FMEA project more fruitful.
Read more The Quick Guide to Perform an FMEA Process [one-page infographic]
14 November 2019
A quick guide to refresh your knowledge of how to perform an FMEA process.
Read more FMEA: Adding Value to Maintenance Plan Optimisation
25 October 2019
FMEA analysis plays an important role in maintenance effectiveness and efficiency, creating more value in maintenance management.
Read more How to Turn Your Poor Quality Data Into Treasure Before a RAM Study?
17 September 2019
Facing tons of Poor Quality Asset Data and do not know how usable it is for your maintenance optimisation or RAM study? Read this article to find out the solution.
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