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/

President, GenesisSolutions

Happy New Year to all. 2010 will likely be a year that many won’t regret putting into the annals of history. Thankfully the outlook for 2011 appears to be more positive. Last year was a good year for GenesisSolutions thanks to the hard work of our staff and the continued loyalty of our customers. Over the course of 2010 we had the opportunity to invest heavily in our Asset Reliability business unit, product development, as well as many key infrastructure and knowledge management initiatives.

As we turn the corner into 2011, we are very excited about the level of customer activity we are seeing. We are starting many new projects for customers in the pharmaceutical / biotech, manufacturing, oil & gas, power utility, water / wastewater and facilities verticals. We are seeing growth in all major geographies including North America, Europe, Asia and South America. We are adding a significant number of new professionals to our ranks. It is an exciting time to be involved in the Enterprise Asset Management business.

We sincerely appreciate your business and continued loyalty throughout the years. We wish you a happy, healthy and productive new year and look forward to seeing you in 2011.

Best,

Rob MacArthur

GenesisSolutions and The Mundy Companies Announce Strategic Alliance

Commence First Teaming Assignment January 2011

GenesisSolutions and The Mundy Companies announced a strategic alliance in October 2010 to expand their portfolio of service offerings to its customers and market base. GenesisSolutions’ professionals will assist Mundy’s clients in developing prioritized maintenance and asset reliability management programs as well as optimizing CMMS / EAM investments.

In concert with the recently announced alliance, GenesisSolutions & The Mundy Companies are currently engaged with their first joint project. The combined team is delivering an EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) Site Assessment for a large oil & gas industrial supplier to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the organization’s asset management program.

The eight assessment categories for analysis include:

• Organizational Readiness
• EAM / CMMS Database Quality & Use
• Work Management
• Maintenance & Reliability
• Inventory Management
• Planning & Scheduling
• Metrics & Performance Improvement
• Workforce Analysis

The deliverables for this engagement include establishing and documenting the organization’s expectations for evolving the maintenance and reliability program to higher performance and delivering the necessary information, recommended actions, and a performance tracking tool that will support the organization in the development and execution of a “Maintenance Master Plan” that will lead to maintenance and reliability performance improvement.

John Rocco, Executive Vice President, The Mundy Companies commented: “I’m very excited about the benefits our customers can realize through our alliance with GenesisSolutions. The financial and cost advantage of strategically employing improved asset reliability practices and a labor based maintenance approach is essential for our customers to create a competitive edge.”

About The Mundy Companies

For more than five decades, The Mundy Companies has provided skillfully managed contract work forces to manufacturing companies across the United States. With its headquarters in Houston, TX, The Mundy Companies provide flexible work forces to large and small companies across the USA, employing more than 6,000 employees in the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and construction industries. Mundy is committed to customers’ SUCCESS and to Safety, Quality and Productivity.

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

Complimentary Seminar & Workshop

“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 & Workshop 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

Upcoming Events

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/

DistribuTECH 2011 Conference & Exhibition

San Diego, California

GenesisSolutions will be attending the utility industry’s leading smart grid conference and exposition, covering automation and control systems, energy efficiency, demand response, renewable energy integration, advanced metering, T&D system operation and reliability, power delivery equipment and water utility technology. The event runs from February 1 - February 3, 2011.

For more information on this event: http://www.distributech.com/index.html

ISPE Tampa 2011 Conference

Tampa, Florida

GenesisSolutions will be participating in the the ISPE Tampa 2011 Conference “Applying Solutions to Emerging Industry Challenges” February 21 - 23, 2011.

For more information on this event: http://www.ispe.org/2011tampaconference?link=hp

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 to Manage All Asset Classes at Tucson Electric Power” at 11:00am on Wednesday, March 2nd.

An additional presentation will be delivered by Mr. Joe Pitman on “EAM Life Cycle Maturity” in the Pulse Expo Theater at 4:30pm on Monday, February 28th.

Please come visit us at Booth #S314 Sunday February 27 - Wednesday March 2, 2011.

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

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: 11/19/10

The Pacific Northwest Maximo Users Group (PANMU) is a regional group of professionals who support and/or use IBM® Maximo in the workplace as well as business partners who provide support related to Maximo. Our 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 not be attending due to our annual company meeting.

When: 04/15/10

Pacific Northwest Maximo Users is a regional group of professionals who support and/or use IBM® Maximo in the workplace as well as business partners who provide support related to Maximo. Our 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’ Jim Oldach (Manager, Reliability Services) will be presenting on “Putting CMMS Work History to Work” at this meeting.