2014 RMC SPEAKERS

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION PEAK PERFORMANCE: HOW THE BEST GET BETTER

Robert Stevenson, Best-Selling Author and Keynote Speaker

"In life as in nature, today's peak will be tomorrow's foothill."

This double-edged sword cuts to the core of performance, both business and personal performance. Mandates from management throughout the country all seem to be singing the same song: If we are going to remain successful and be players in the marketplace both now and in the future, we must constantly strive to learn more, improve our quality of service, increase customer satisfaction, increase productivity by working more efficiently in less time with fewer people. To keep elements for success effective, and help individuals performing at their Optimum Level, it sometimes takes a catalyst of rare ingredients to first ignite the fire and then keep it blazing. Learning more about “Peak Performance” is the catalyst to get things moving, and also teach techniques for sustained success and to keep it going.

WELCOME REMARKS

Doug Hinzie, Vice President Americas, Chevron Lubricants

Doug Hinzie, Vice President Americas of Chevron Lubricants kicks off and welcomes you to the 2014 Reliablity Maintenance Conference. Doug will provide an overview of the conference and set the stage for three days of learning and collaboration.

CULTIVATING A PATH TO ULTIMATE UPTIME

Tim Worthington, Manager Product Support and Services, Worldwide John Deere Construction & Forestry Division

The new Ultimate Uptime customizable customer support solution from John Deere is designed to improve customers' profitability by maximizing productivity and uptime while lowering operating costs. Ultimate Uptime – featuring John Deere WorkSight™ – is fully customizable to every customer and is delivered exclusively by John Deere dealers. Ultimate Uptime's standard features include the exclusive capabilities of John Deere WorkSight™ that tell customers and the dealer what a machine needs to optimize uptime, but Ultimate Uptime doesn't end there. After thoroughly understanding a customer's needs, a dealer can suggest additional services and create a customized solution that optimizes their uptime based on the needs of their business.

MEETING OEM OIL ISO-CLEANLINESS REQUIREMENTS WITH ISOCLEAN® CERTIFIED LUBRICANTS

Jason Gerig, Americas ISOCLEAN Coordinator, Chevron Lubricants Scott Hohnstein, President and Owner, Rocky Mountain Filtration Solutions

Equipment manufactures are continuing to require specific cleanliness levels for both new fill lubricants as well in-service lubricants.  It is important to understand these requirements to ensure equipment warranties are not be voided as well equipment component life is being maximized.  This session will cover the specifics of this topic as well provide the latest industry leading solution from Chevron, ISOCLEAN Certified Lubricants.

LET'S GET SERIOUS ABOUT COMPONENTS

Mike Vorster, President, C.E.M.P. Central Inc.

Many machines are little more than a convenient collection of components bolted to a sturdy long life frame.  We need to understand this and we need to base our maintenance and costing decisions on components, component life and component cost.   The session starts by reviewing the maintenance challenges presented by the current generation of equipment and uses this to show how changing approaches to maintenance and fluid management can impact both owning and operating cost.  It concludes by showing how great maintenance starts on day one when you act to extend the life of the set of zero hour components you acquired when you purchased the machine.

ESTABLISHING A CONTAMINATION CONTROL PROGRAM

Paul Sly, Lubrication Specialist, Chevron Lubricants

Managing lubricant contamination is a daunting project which can be overwhelming and frustrating.  We will discuss specific industry tools to reliably measure contamination to set a baseline, different tactical approaches to cleaning and distributing oil, how different oil formulas are affected by filtration and how to start a program to get the most benefit from your time and money investments.  This is specifically geared toward off highway construction and mining operations.

RETURN ON FLUID ANALYSIS INVESTMENT

Randy Clark, Mining Program Manager, POLARIS Laboratories®

Many maintenance managers find it difficult to identify the true return from their fluid analysis investment. They know they’re saving money, but have a hard time comparing what they’ve spent on preventive maintenance to the cost of the avoided breakdown.

Return on Fluid Analysis Investment uses real-world scenarios to identify how a robust fluid analysis program affects expenses associated with breakdowns, oil drains and planned maintenance. The cost of repairs, loss of revenue and other charges are calculated both with and without a fluid analysis program to discover the real return from your fluid analysis investment.

THE TOOLS TO HELP YOU ACHIEVE RELIABILITY

Len Badal, Commercial Sector Manager – Lubricants Marketing, Chevron Lubricants

This session will focus on Tools, Products and Field Performance Application in developing a Reliable Maintenance Program. It will particularly focus on how Premium tier lubricants combined with correct program application and maintenance monitoring can help improve engine and equipment component life. Additionally, we will showcase how correct tool application and training can provide for  sustainable reliability performance.

HOW SEVERE DUTY IS YOUR BUSINESS

Jim Gambill, Commercial and Industrial Brands Manager, Chevron Lubricants

Many customers are changing operations to improve safety and lower costs. These include purchasing higher efficiency equipment, using idle “auto shut off” features, and incentivizing operators and drivers to reduce idling.  This session will include exclusive and unique research that provides some insight into how these changes will impact operations and clear steps you can take to optimize these benefits and continue to protect equipment.

REPAIR/REPLACE/REBUILD, PLANNING FOR EFFECTIVE EQUIPMENT DECISION MAKING

Greg Peet, President, Heavy Equipment Services, Inc.

Equipment owners rely on specific data when making key decisions about equipment in their fleets. We will explore the components of that decision making process including identifying the data that must be collected and defining processes to make the data work for the equipment owner. We will discuss maintenance effectiveness, condition monitoring, repair before failure as well as the benefits of partnering with equipment dealers who can provide a variety tools to assist with the decision making process. Lastly we will look at rebuild considerations and rules of thumb when it comes to making an effective repair/replace/rebuild decision.

QUESTION & ANSWER WITH CAPTAIN EDGAR HANSEN

Captain Edgar Hansen, Chief Engineer of the Northwestern Fishing Vessel seen on Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch"

Captain Edgar Hansen, Chief Engineer of the Fishing Vessel Northwestern as seen on Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch", answers your questions about safety, the importance of maintenance, and reliability in his industry.