Rob MacArthur, President of GenesisSolutions

Happy New Year. I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday season with friends and family.

2011 marked our 12th year for GenesisSolutions. Despite a variety of economic headwinds facing the global economy, we finished a near record year in terms of growth and volume. We thank you, our customers and partners, for making this happen.

Throughout the year we continued to grow in all practice areas and all geographies. It would seem true that Enterprise Asset Management is a fundamental necessity for our industrial customers in both up, down and sideway markets.

Looking forward into 2012 we continue to see strong growth as the fusion of EAM technologies and advanced reliability-based maintenance programs continues to expand. We will of course continue to grow to meet our customers growing needs related to EAM. We have also entered into key strategic relationships with a number of leading industrial service and technology firms which allows us to expand our reach as well as provide more expansive and robust EAM solutions to our customers. More to come on all of these in future newsletters but we anticipate a very exciting 2012 ahead.

As always, thank you for all your support and business throughout 2011. From all of us here at GenesisSolutions we wish a very happy, prosperous and safe 2012 to you and your families.

Best Regards,

Rob MacArthur, President

Asset Management Master Planning

The Evolution of Maintenance Master Planning

Mike Greenholtz & Quinton GoForth

Early last year an article was posted entitled “Maintenance Master Planning” where Mike Greenholtz described the implementation approach and benefits of an Asset Management program. Much of the article described Mike’s global implementation experiences, which began nearly a decade ago at a world class Pharmaceutical company. We have had the opportunity over the past several years to introduce Maintenance Master Planning to many of our GenesisSolutions customers. As part of a continuous improvement effort, we have modified the master planning process to include a DMAIC approach, which is a 6 Sigma quality management tool, thus evolving Maintenance Master Planning to a more comprehensive Asset Management Master Planning process.

In a sequential series of articles to be published in this newsletter, we will describe the updated process in detail to provide you with a greater understanding of how this method can bring value to your company. Over the course of this five part series, we will convey how we “Define” asset management maturity, “Measure” and assess the current state of asset management, “Analyze” the assessment to develop a master plan, “Improve” asset management through master plan implementation, and finally “Control” and sustain the performance improvement.

Click Here to View the Full Article

Click Here to View Original Maintenance Master Planning Article

EAM & Reliability Strategy Seminars

January 18, 2012 - Mobile, Alabama

February 23, 2012 - Atlanta, Georgia

You are invited to join us as our 2012 EAM & Reliability Seminar series continues. GenesisSolutions, in conjunction with The Mundy Companies, is committed to providing an educational forum to promote a greater understanding of a progressive, multiphase Maintenance Master Plan and how to leverage your CMMS investment to support your Reliability Strategy. The links below will take you to a full description of each one-day EAM and Reliability Strategy Seminar which has a focus on “Defining your Asset Management Master Plan.”

Click here for Logistics, Seminar Agenda and Speaker Bio’s for Mobile, Alabama

Click here for Logistics, Seminar Agenda and Speaker Bio’s for Atlanta, Georgia

To register immediately, please send a request to: info@genesissolutions.com

Upcoming Seminar Dates Include:

• Corpus Christi, Texas - March 20th, 2012
• San Diego, California - April 19th, 2012

Upcoming Industry Events

• Mountain West Maximo User Group (MWMUG)
• Winter Meeting 2012
• January 19, 2012
• Lehi, Utah

GenesisSolutions is a sponsor & presenter and will be attending this annual meeting featuring IBM Maximo Asset Management technical and functional presentations and training opportunities. Joe Schmidt, Strategic Account Executive at Genesis, will be presenting a customer project overview on a Power Utility executing Asset Reliability Improvements utilizing Maximo as its CMMS.

For more information please visit: http://mwmug.org/

• Pacific Northwest Maximo User Group (PANMU)
• Winter Meeting 2012
• January 20, 2012
• Seattle, Washington (Hosted by IBM)

The Pacific Northwest Maximo Users Group (PANMU) is a regional group of professionals who support and/or use IBM Maximo Asset Management in the workplace as well as business partners who provide support related to Maximo. The membership spans multiple states and provinces in USA and Canada as well as the various industries in which Maximo is used. All are welcome to participate, regardless of experience, area of involvement or ability to participate in quarterly meetings.

GenesisSolutions will be attending this meeting which features presentations by IBM & Seattle Public Utilities and will be participating on a Planning / Scheduling & Asset Management roundtable discussion with Solufy (www.Solufy.com).

For more information, please visit the PANMU website: http://www.panmu.org

• IBM Pulse 2012
• March 4-7, 2012
• Las Vegas, Nevada

GenesisSolutions is a Gold Sponsor and will be presenting and exhibiting at this major IBM Maximo Asset Management event. Please monitor our website and follow our newsletter for updates as we draw closer to this event.

Our IBM Pulse 2012 presentations include:

1. A Co-Presentation with a Global Pharmaceutical Healthcare Provider
2. A Co-Presentation with a Major North American Power Utility
3. A Solution Expo Presentation on our EAM Maturity Continuum

For more information please visit: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/pulse/

Senior Reliability Engineer

Brian Taite graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics in 1992 and Bachelor of Civil Engineering in 1994 and went on to complete a Masters of Environmental Engineering in 1999. Prior to joining GenesisSolutions he was engaged as a consultant for a number of major oil companies, government agencies and within private industry for environmental site assessments, risk assessments, site remediation, project management and health and safety planning.

Working on environmental clean-up projects led to experience in maintenance and management of various remediation equipment systems. Along with overall project management, financial planning and cost control, Brian was involved with all aspects of project work including preparation of technical specifications, equipment refurbishment and optimization, corrective maintenance, failure modes identification and assessment, recommendations for system improvements, and the development of preventative maintenance routines.

In 2006, Brian joined the GenesisSolutions team as a contractor in The Netherlands as part of the Shell Upstream International Europe, Technical Integrity Enhancement Program (TIEP) for the ONEgas Asset. This includes almost 60 natural gas offshore production platforms and two onshore gas plants in the Southern North Sea. The project involves identification of safety critical elements, development of performance standards and review and development of maintenance routines in Shell Oil’s CMMS system (SAP Blueprint) to ensure the performance standard assurance tasks are well defined and fully covered under the preventative maintenance plans for all safety critical equipment.

Now a GenesisSolutions employee, Brian has embraced the opportunity to become involved with the North Sea Oil and Gas industry and to help Shell maintain its high safety standards through top tier maintenance programs and compliance activities. He has great personal and professional satisfaction while applying his background in maintenance and reliability engineering to enhance the technical integrity of ONEgas assets, protect the environment and ultimately ensure the safety of the people who work at these facilities.

GenesisSolutions - Tivoli Support Provider & Reseller

IBM Maximo Asset Management

GenesisSolutions has executed an IBM Tivoli Support Provider & Reseller Contract for the IBM Maximo Asset Management software application. With this new contract, GenesisSolutions is now an Authorized IBM Business Partner and officially licensed to resell, implement and provide Level One Support to IBM Tivoli’s Maximo Customers.

Although GenesisSolutions has been a business partner of IBM as a Systems Integrator for the past 12 years, this new contract solidifies a long standing business relationship and opens up a number of value-driven opportunities for our customer base.

Joe Pitman, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at GenesisSolutions commented: “This is a long time coming. We have been working closely with the IBM Maximo Asset Management team for years, and now we have a platform to build an even more profitable relationship and solutions to our mutual customer base. This new agreement makes sense for all parties, and we’re excited to align our IBM Maximo business practice to increase our customers overall satisfaction with their best-of-breed and industry defining application.”

GenesisSolutions will be a Gold Sponsor at the upcoming IBM Pulse 2012 conference to be held March 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition, we will be promoting our new relationship at both industry and regional Maximo User Group conferences throughout North America & Europe over the next several months.

GenesisSolutions & Solufy Announce Strategic Alliance

Commence First Teaming Engagement Summer 2011

GenesisSolutions and Solufy have announced a strategic alliance to expand their portfolio of service and software offerings to their customers and market base. GenesisSolution’s professionals will assist Solufy’s customers in the installation, training and rollout of the AKWIRE Visual Scheduler for the IBM Maximo Asset Management Software application.

In conjunction with the recently announced alliance, GenesisSolutions & Solufy are currently engaged with their first joint project. The combined team is providing reliability and maintenance expertise to support one of the largest producers of high-quality metallurgical coke in the Americas with the installation, configuration, training and operation of Solufy’s AKWIRE Visual Scheduler, and to support this client with planning and scheduling operations for both short and long term work across a network of plants.

The AKWIRE Visual Scheduler for Maximo is a user friendly, flexible and powerful planning and scheduling tool to visually perform PM forecasting, organize and prioritize existing Work Orders and assign tasks to workforces, while showing the availability of Labor, Crafts, Workgroups, Crews, and Tools / Materials.

Read the Full Article

EAM & Reliability Strategy Seminar

Houston, Texas - October 4, 2011

GenesisSolutions and The Mundy Companies will be hosting a complimentary seminar on Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Reliability Strategy in Houston, Texas on Tuesday, October 4, 2011. The seminar will be hosted at the Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake. To view the complete agenda and logistical details, please click here.

Topics that will be discussed include:

• Maintenance Maturity Continuum
• Current State Assessment
• Maintenance Master Planning
• Implementation Models for Operational Excellence
• Maintenance Excellence Governance Model
• Reliability Based Maintenance
• Maximizing Return on Investment
• Key Elements for Success
  • Organizational Readiness
  • CMMS Functionality & Utilization (IBM Maximo, Infor EAM, Oracle EAM, SAP PM)
  • MRO Supply Chain
  • PM Optimization
  • Planning & Scheduling

Intended Audience: Maintenance & Manufacturing Managers & Directors, Engineering & Finance Managers & Directors, Key Stakeholders from Maintenance, Purchasing and IT, including Maintenance Supervisors, Planners / Schedulers, and CMMS Administrators.

Instructors: Rob MacArthur, President of GenesisSolutions, Mike Greenholtz, VP of Reliability Solutions, Joe Pitman, VP of Sales & Marketing, John Rocco, EVP, The Mundy Companies

We hope you can join us for this educational and interactive discussion. Please contact (203) 431-0281 or info@genesissolutions.com for additional information.

Upcoming Industry Events

• GOMAXIMO (Gas & Oil Maximo User Group)
• 2011 Annual Conference
• September 28-30, 2011
• Houston, Texas

Elevating Performance through Integrated Operations and Maintenance

The 2011 Annual GOMAXIMO User Group Conference program emphasizes integrated operations and maintenance and the effective use of resources - collaborating between operations, engineering, and maintenance to keep your equipment ready to perform when it is needed and to elevate safety and environmental performance in order to take advantage of future opportunities.

GenesisSolutions is a Group Sponsor and will be attending this event.

Please visit the GOMAXIMO Home Page Here: http://gomaximo.org/

• Maximo User Group UK & Ireland
• Fall 2011 Meeting
• September 29, 2011
• London (IBM UK Southbank)

GenesisSolutions will be attending and co-presenting at the Fall 2011 Maximo User Group UK & Ireland on September 29, 2011. This bi-annual meeting typically attracts 100+ delegates.

We will be reprising our IBM Pulse 2011 co-presentation with TEP on “Quantum Leap - Implementing Maximo 7 to Manage All Asset Classes at Tucson Electric Power”.

For additional meeting details, please visit: http://www.tivoli-ug.org/groups?groupid=217#1556

• EAM & Reliability Strategy Seminar
• October 4, 2011
• Houston, Texas (Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake)

Details Above

• FMMUG (Facilities Management Maximo Users Group)
• 2011 Best Practices
• October 16-18, 2011
• Plano, Texas (Hosted by JC Penney & Johnson Controls)

GenesisSolutions will be attending this annual event which provides user presentations focusing on Facilities Best Practices initiatives utilizing IBM Maximo Asset Management.

We will also be providing a “Facilities Planning & Scheduling: A Best Practices Overview” workshop with Solufy on Tuesday, October 18th.

For additional meeting details, please visit: http://fmmug.org/

• SMRP (Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professionals)
• 19th Annual Conference
• October 17-20, 2011
• Greensboro, North Carolina

GenesisSolutions will be sponsoring, exhibiting, attending and co-presenting at the 19th SMRP Annual Conference. Our co-presentation, on Tuesday, October 18th, focuses on how a Major Healthcare Provider increased Operational Performance through a Standardized CMMS and integrated Reliability Program.

For additional meeting details, please visit: http://www.smrp.org/Conference/index.asp

GenesisSolutions and Solufy have announced a strategic alliance to expand their portfolio of service & software offerings to their customers and market base. GenesisSolution’s professionals will assist Solufy’s customers in the installation, training and rollout of the AKWIRE Visual Scheduler for the IBM Maximo Asset Management software application.

In conjunction with the recently announced alliance, GenesisSolutions & Solufy are currently engaged with their first joint project. The combined team is providing reliability and maintenance expertise to support one of the largest producers of high-quality metallurgical coke in the Americas with the installation, configuration, training and operation of Solufy’s AKWIRE Visual Scheduler, and to support this client with planning and scheduling operations for both short and long term work across a network of plants.

The AKWIRE Visual Scheduler for Maximo is a user friendly, flexible and powerful planning and scheduling tool to visually perform PM forecasting, organize and prioritize existing Work Orders and assign tasks to workforces, while showing the availability of Labor, Crafts, Workgroups, Crews, and Tools / Materials.

GenesisSolutions, a Global Leader in EAM & Asset Reliability Services, has decades of experience building, operating and improving planning and scheduling processes and the elements that support it. Genesis consultants bring cross-industry best practices and a methodology to educate, train and implement operations and maintenance to achieve maximum gains. GenesisSolutions consultants use a combination of classroom education, planner / scheduler functional training, systems training (CMMS and supporting software) and in-the-field training and development to show proof of concept and demonstrate effectiveness real-time, and leave our customers teams ready to complete key activities including: the annual plan, backlog management, work prioritization, outage planning, post-outage reviews, systems usage guides, and measure planning and scheduling effectiveness and impact on reliability.

GenesisSolutions and Solufy have been engaged for the past 18 months delivering “Planning & Scheduling – A Best Practices Overview” workshops to regional Maximo User Group conferences throughout North America.

Mario Boileau, President & CEO of Solufy commented: “I am excited about our working relationship with GenesisSolutions. Their Planning & Scheduling expertise in the Maintenance & Reliability industry is a perfect compliment in ensuring our customers are receiving Best Practices experience and execution as they tap into the power of the AKWIRE application. I see this as a phenomenal growth opportunity for both organizations, and an excellent opportunity for Maximo users to enhance and improve their Planning & Scheduling function.”

About Solufy

Solufy is an Information Technology company focusing on delivering quality software solutions to augment the functionality of Maximo, and other enterprise class systems. Solufy’s flagship product, AKWIRE™, provides a platform, with off-line capabilities, that can host an ever expanding suite of tools for Maximo and other enterprise systems. The mission is to provide configurable, fully customizable, and expandable software that can meet an organizations ever growing business needs. www.Solufy.com

Following the success of our 2010 - 2011 Regional EAM Seminar Schedule, GenesisSolutions has begun offering our current customers and contacts a One-Day Onsite Asset Management Master Planning Workshop.

The Workshop provides an outline of how to establish an Asset Management Master Plan for your organization to move from Reactive Maintenance to True Enterprise Asset Management. Areas of focus include:

• Organizational Readiness
• EAM / CMMS Data Quality
• Workforce Management
• Maintenance & Reliability
• Inventory Management
• Planning & Scheduling
• Metrics & Performance Improvement

The discussion & presentation is led by a team consisting of a Senior Reliability Engineer and a Senior CMMS Consultant. The results are an interactive discussion and forward thinking project plan identifying areas for improvement and opportunities for ROI.

To Access the Workshop Overview, Please Click Here

Senior Consultant

Chad Bring, a Senior Consultant with GenesisSolutions, began his career as a quality control manager for Vanity Fair. In 1998, Chad accepted a transitional position as a field consultant with Datastream Systems where he helped customers implement and develop Datastream’s CMMS product line. Chad focused on helping clients realize the benefits attributed to Quality Based Production through better maintenance practices.

Chad transitioned from the consulting arena and accepted a plant management position with Oldcastle in late 2000. This challenging role included System Administration, Training and Mentoring, Quality, and Environmental Health and Safety Management responsibilities in a culturally diverse environment for the largest manufacturer of building products in North America. While his success in that role was rewarding Chad realized that he truly missed the consulting work and the diverse vertical exposure and challenges that come with those engagements.

Chad found himself at home in 2003 when he accepted a position with GenesisSolutions. He has worked in multiple role assignments for Genesis ranging from Field Engineer to Project Manager. His skill sets in Engineering Services, Reliability, Validation and Testing, Configuration, and Business Process Re-engineering allow Chad to transition gracefully from pharmaceutical engagements to heavy manufacturing engagements and consistently deliver quality service and focused solutions to his clients.

In April 2011, Chad received Special Recognition from Genesis for his services performed with MedImmune. Chad has initiated improvements in the areas of storeroom management, data accuracy, reliability services, support and technical infrastructure. As a result of his performance, Chad has recently been named the MedImmune Business Owner of the Maximo application.

GenesisSolutions Reliability Project Recap

Pfizer Australia

During the fourth quarter of 2010 GenesisSolutions completed a reliability project for three Pfizer sites in Australia. This effort was targeted at enhancing reliability improvements at each plant by providing focus on:

• Reliability Engineering Methodology & Tools
• Equipment Changeovers
• Mature Asset Maintenance and Support

A number of Pfizer Global Reliability Program (GRP) tools were incorporated into the project in order to continue standardizing on the Pfizer Global Reliability methodology.

Read the Article

EAM & Reliability Strategy Seminar

Houston, Texas - April 27, 2011

GenesisSolutions and The Mundy Companies will be hosting a complimentary seminar on Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Reliability Strategy in Houston, Texas on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. The seminar will be hosted at the Houston Marriott South at Hobby Airport.

To register or request additional information, please contact: info@genesissolutions.com

Topics that will be discussed include:

• Maintenance Maturity Continuum
• Current State Assessment
• Maintenance Master Planning
• Implementation Models for Operational Excellence
• Maintenance Excellence Governance Model
• Reliability Based Maintenance
• Maximizing Return on Investment
• Key Elements for Success
  • Organizational Readiness
  • CMMS Functionality & Utilization (IBM’s Maximo, Infor’s Datastream, Oracle EAM, SAP PM)
  • MRO Supply Chain
  • PM Optimization
  • Planning & Scheduling

Intended Audience: Maintenance & Manufacturing Managers & Directors, Engineering & Finance Managers & Directors, key stakeholders from Maintenance, Purchasing and IT, including Maintenance Supervisors, Planners / Schedulers, and CMMS Administrators.

Instructors: Rob MacArthur, President of GenesisSolutions, Mike Greenholtz, VP of Reliability Solutions, Joe Pitman, VP of Sales & Marketing, John Rocco, EVP, The Mundy Companies

We hope you can join us for this educational and interactive discussion. Please contact (203) 431-0281 or info@genesissolutions.com for additional information.

Upcoming Events

Reliable Plant 2011

Columbus, Ohio - April 19-21, 2011

GenesisSolutions will be attending, exhibiting and co-presenting with Pfizer at the 12th Annual Reliable Plant 2011 Conference & Exhibition. The purpose of the conference is to provide the tactics and solutions for substantial advances in plant performance and profitability.

Our presentation, “Launching Communities of Practice to Achieve Reliability Excellence.” is scheduled for Tuesday, April 19th at 4:30pm.

Please visit us in Booth #323.

For more information, please visit: http://conference.reliableplant.com/

EAM & Reliability Strategy Seminar & Workshop

Houston, Texas - April 27, 2011

“The seminar was excellent. Our team came away with useful knowledge & information.” - Seattle Seminar Attendee, 2011

GenesisSolutions, in partnership with The Mundy Companies, will be hosting an Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Reliability Strategy Seminar on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 from 7:30am - 5:00pm. Full details are listed above.

Help your organization “Define a Maintenance Master Plan” through an interactive discussion with our presenters and other attendees.

Location: Houston Marriott South at Hobby Airport

For registration details, please contact: info@genesissolutions.com

Facilities Management Maximo Users Group (FMMUG)

Annual User Group Meeting

St. Petersburg, FL

May 1-5, 2011

GenesisSolutions will be sponsoring, exhibiting and co-presenting at this annual event focused on facilities professionals utilizing IBM’s Maximo Asset Management application. Genesis will be showcasing our Maximo Consulting Services & Asset Reliability Consulting offerings. Further, we will again be co-presenting with Solufy (www.Solufy.com) on Planning & Scheduling for Facilities: A Best Practices Overview (scheduled for Wednesday, May 4th).

For more information, please visit: http://fmmug.org/

Maximo Utility Working Group (MUWG)

2011 Spring Workshop

Charlotte, NC (Hosted by Duke Energy)

May 9-11, 2011

GenesisSolutions will be attending, exhibiting and sponsoring the Spring 2011 MUWG workshop May 9-11, 2011. We will be sponsoring the Welcome Reception on Monday evening, and discussing our Maximo Consulting Services and Asset Reliability Consulting during vendor night Tuesday evening. The MUWG has an exclusive focus on Utilities (Power & Water) utilizing IBM Maximo Asset Management.

For more information, please visit: http://www.muwg.org/

During the fourth quarter of 2010 GenesisSolutions completed a reliability project for three Pfizer sites in Australia. This effort was targeted at enhancing reliability improvements at each plant by providing focus on:

• Reliability Engineering Methodology & Tools
• Equipment Changeovers
• Mature Asset Maintenance and Support

A number of Pfizer Global Reliability Program (GRP) tools were incorporated into the project in order to continue standardizing on the Pfizer Global Reliability methodology.

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Where: San Francisco, CA (San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront) Thursday, March 24, 2011

GenesisSolutions will be hosting two complimentary, one day seminars on Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Reliability Strategy in Irvine, CA & San Francisco, CA on Tuesday, March 22 and Thursday, March 24, 2011. The seminars will be hosted at the Irvine Marriott & San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront, respectively. To register or request additional information, please contact: info@genesissolutions.com

Topics that will be discussed include:

• Maintenance Maturity Continuum
• Current State Assessment
• Maintenance Master Planning
• Implementation Models for Operational Excellence
• Maintenance Excellence Governance Model
• Reliability Based Maintenance
• Maximimizing Return on Investment
• Key Elements for Success
  • Organizational Readiness
  • CMMS Functionality & Utilization (IBM’s Maximo, Infor’s Datastream, Oracle EAM, SAP PM)
  • MRO Supply Chain
  • PM Optimization
  • Planning & Scheduling

Intended Audience: Maintenance & Manufacturing Managers, Engineering & Finance Managers, as well as key stakeholders from Maintenance, Purchasing and IT, including Maintenance Supervisors, Planners / Schedulers, and CMMS Administrators.

Instructors: Rob MacArthur, President of GenesisSolutions, Mike Greenholtz, VP of Reliability Solutions, Joe Pitman, VP of Sales & Marketing

We hope you can join us for this educational and interactive discussion. Please contact (203) 431-0281 or info@genesissolutions.com for additional information.

Principal Consultant, 2010 Founders Award Recipient

David (Dave) Knowles began his maintenance career shortly after leaving Siena College by enlisting in the United States Navy. As a Sonar Technician, Dave continued his studies in electricity and electronics with a strong emphasis on computer systems. After graduating at the top of his class Dave served onboard the USS Harry W. Hill DD-986 and the USS Antietam CG-54 leading top-notched technical crews in the operation, maintenance and repair of sophisticated sonar systems.

After his sea tours, Dave was offered a position in the tactical training department of Fleet Anti-Submarine Warfare training facility in San Diego, CA to instruct US Navy officers as well as junior and senior international officers in all aspects of Ant-Submarine Warfare. Dave was subsequently awarded the Master Training Specialist designation as one of the Navy’s top instructors.

Dave pursued his passion for improving maintenance environments after leaving the Navy and worked as the Naval Engineer of Combat Systems Maintenance with Litton (now Northrop Grumman), and a CMMS Program Manager and Reliability Engineer at Vitesse Semiconductor. It was at Vitesse where he met Rob MacArthur, the President of GenesisSolutions. In a career transition Dave joined GenesisSolutions in February 2000 as one of the original “dirty dozen” team members. Since then Dave has held a variety of positions within Genesis in technical, functional and managerial roles, and has supported the following industries with maintenance improvement programs and CMMS upgrades: Pharmaceutical, Power Generation and Distribution, Oil and Gas, Aviation, and Waste Water Treatment. This year, Dave was selected as our Founders Award winner, the highest award at Genesis. This award is given to the individual who has created outstanding value for their customer and project, as nominated and described by their customer. Dave won this for his role as Project Manager for a maintenance planning & scheduling project at a major off-shore Oil & Gas operator.

His love of people and teaching, matched with his decades of maintenance leadership blend perfectly to support his role providing maintenance improvement solutions for his GenesisSolutions clients. Dave lives in South Carolina with his wife and two children.

The Building Blocks for Maintenance: An Asset Reliability Approach

by Bob Steibly, Sr. Reliability Engineer

Have you considered implementing an asset reliability program in your plant but have continued putting it off because it seems like far too much effort in terms of resource allocation? If so, then consider a streamlined approach that is tailored to your plant operations and plant culture. A good asset reliability approach does not have to be a resource hog for you. Just remember: The ultimate goal of an Asset Reliability Program is to maximize equipment life and minimize scheduled and unscheduled downtime.

This article will present an approach to asset reliability that relies on the current resources you have in your plant operations: people, capital, software, and some basic building blocks of any good maintenance organization.

Read the Article

EAM & Reliability Seminar - Seattle, Washington - February 2, 2011

Complimentary Seminar - You are Invited!

“This is the best seminar I’ve attended in years.” - Houston Seminar Attendee, 2010

GenesisSolutions will be hosting an Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and Reliability Strategy Seminar at the Seattle Waterfront Marriott from 7:30am - 5:00pm on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011.

Help your organization “Define a Maintenance Master Plan” through discussion on the following key subjects:

• Maintenance Maturity Continuum
• Current State Assessment
• Maintenance Master Planning
• Implementation Models for Operational Excellence
• Maintenance Excellence Governance Model
• Leveraging your CMMS
• Maximizing Return on Investment
• Key Elements for Success

Location: Seattle Waterfront Marriott - 2100 Alaskan Way - Seattle, WA 98121

For registration details, please contact: info@genesissolutions.com

2011 Upcoming Events

Mountain West Maximo User Group (MWMUG)

Cottonwood Heights, Utah

GenesisSolutions will be attending and presenting at the Winter 2011 Mid-Year meeting of the MWMUG. The Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy will be hosting this meeting on January 13, 2011.

GenesisSolutions will again be partnering with Solufy (www.Solufy.com) on delivering a Planning & Scheduling - A Best Practices Overview presentation and roundtable discussion.

The full agenda and more meeting details are available here: http://mwmug.org/

European Food Manufacturing & Safety Forum 2011

Amsterdam, Netherlands

GenesisSolutions will be attending and sponsoring this conference January 31 - February 1, 2011.

For more information on this event: http://www.foodmanufacturingevent.com/

IBM Pulse 2011

Las Vegas, Nevada

GenesisSolutions is pleased to announce we have been selected to co-present with Tucson Electric Power on “Quantum Leap - Implementing Maximo 7 for TEP’s Critical Assets”.

An additional presentation will be delivered by Mr. Joe Pitman on “EAM Life Cycle Maturity” in the Pulse Expo Theater.

Please come visit us at Booth #S314.

For more information on this event: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/pulse/

When: 10/5/10-10/6/10

The Life Sciences Maximo User Group (LSMUG) is open to all companies in Life Sciences / Pharmaceutical, Health Care and other regulatory industries that use Maximo Asset Management. The main goal of the meeting is to network, share asset management and maintenance or services best practices in the use of the Maximo application suite. An additional focus is to share feedback and experiences on how to best implement and use new functionality with peers and the IBM Solution Development team.

GenesisSolutions will be attending and speaking at this event. Mike Greenholtz, VP of Reliability Solutions, will be presenting on “Maintenance Master Planning” and VJ Venkatraman, Senior Account Executive, will be co-presenting with Mr. Chad Kellner from MedImmune on “Maximo Life Cycle Maturity”.

When: 10/18/10 - 10/21/10

SMRP (Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professionals) is an independent, not-for-profit, professional society formed by practitioners, for practitioners. SMRP is dedicated to instilling excellence in M&R in all types of manufacturing and service organizations, and in promoting M&R excellence worldwide.

GenesisSolutions will be a sponsoring exhibitor and presenting on “Launching Maintenance Communities of Practice for Reliability Excellence” at this conference.

Please visit us in the exhibit hall at booth #212 and ask for details on our Hospitality Event Tuesday, October 19th at the Miller Time Pub at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center.