Best OHROS Consulting Group Podcasts (2025)

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Phil Caffyn - How to Make AM Happen in Really Small Companies 53:56

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3+ y ago53:56

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Phil Caffyn shares his key areas for small organisations to begin a journey towards a more Strategic AM setup. In this case, we are looking at small electrical distribution companies, serving 12,000 to 15,000 customers. Too often, people from small companies say "implementing ISO 55000 or AM best practices, that's only for the really large corporat…

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Johan Jansen van Rensburg - CMMS Is Not A System 54:48

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If your organization has assets that need maintenance, it is fairly certain you have some sort of CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System). Different types of data come together to do efficient maintenance, have the right spare parts, and ultimately to help management make informed decisions. What are then the key questions for implementin…

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John Murray - Value-Based Procurement as Driver for Next Generation AM 56:11

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Procurement, Purchasing, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Contract Management...there are many terms for it. How do they fit into the Strategic Asset Management landscape? Swedish Procurement expert John Murray, with a long track record working in the utility sector, explains how procurement needs to be organized and connected to the AM organization in orde…

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Melina Schoen - The Importance of Change Management in Connection to Digitalization 1:01:05

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Digitalization is the biggest change driver of our time. In this episode, UMS Consultant Melina Schoen explains findings from her global survey on how asset-intensive companies deal with Digitalization, and gives many concrete tips on how to become an effective Change Manager in your organization. Melina is, among other things, in charge of develop…

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Suzane Greeman - Asset Management Governance 1:26:35

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If you want to implement AM in your organization, unless you have a green field facility, this would mean splicing AM into an existing organization. Therefore, AM Governance also needs to be spliced into the Governance System of the organization. But how can this be achieved? Suzane Greeman, Principal Asset Management Advisor at Greeman Asset Manag…

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Marcus Stenstrand - You Should Regard Information As An Asset 56:46

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Asset-intensive organizations have to manage vast amounts of data to manage their assets and base their strategic, tactical, nd operational decisions on. The Finnish TSO (Transmission System Operator) Fingrid has been on a journey to develop a digitalized way of working with their assets for many years now. In the global TSO benchmark ITAMS, it can…

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Francis McDowell - An Uncomfortable Truth About Asset Information Systems 1:23:24

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How should an organization regard Asset Information Systems within its Asset Management? When considering asset management, many organizations work from the IT solution back, rather than from the business requirements forward. They don’t realize that the principles that define AM should be designed into existing business processes and that this sho…

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Paul Hilford - How Covid-19 Could Affect AM Practices 1:08:03

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COVID-19 has already caused significant changes in the way a lot of businesses operate across the world. Some of these changes will revert back to the way things were once COVID is no longer a threat. But could there be longer-term effects on our societies and work cultures? What could this mean for Asset Owner & Operator organisations, and the Ass…

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Dr Monique Beedles - Setting Strategic Objectives 1:10:54

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"Setting Strategic Objectives is one of the key roles of the Board. For objectives to be achieved they need to be operationalised. Converting corporate objectives into asset management objectives is one of the ways this is done. I have too often been into companies who proudly show me their strategic plan, then I ask to see their monthly reports an…

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Doug Dale & Ford Yeager - Work Management - Game Day and Beyond 1:03:35

5y ago1:03:35

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When you say "Asset Management", many people will often first think of "Maintenance". But how do you manage maintenance work in a way that leads to real and sustainable productivity? Doug Dale and Ford Yeager share their experiences from major transformation projects that led to phenomenal productivity increases. They show how to overcome knowledge…

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Martin Impgaard - Are Intangible Assets important for all companies? 1:05:33

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Many - if not all - of you listening to this podcast will be used to dealing with physical assets. But there are also Intangible Assets in an organisation. Is that the same as Intellectual Property? And are Intangible Assets really important for organisations that are dependent primarily on physical assets in their business? Martin Impgaard ( https…

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(In Swedish) Jörgen Lundmark - Att implementera ledningssystem för tillgångar 57:53

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Jörgen Lundmark har varit byggherre och beställare inom Skellefteå Kraft operativa projektverksamhet för utbyggnad, ombyggnad av kraftverk och renovering av kraftverk. Han ansvarar för att Skellefteå kraft förvaltningsverksamhet bedrivs i linje med ISO 55000. I det här avsnittet förklarar han hur han ser på ISO 55000 och hur det ledningssystemet sk…

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Gunnar Norström - Observations on how asset-intensive companies work with AM 46:45

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Gunnar Norström shares his "Observations on how asset-intensive companies work with AM" from his long career within the electric utility sector. He has been working with complex technical challenges, for example Nuclear reactor fuel and core design. But he has also had many managerial positions, for example as MD for multinational technical consult…