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Essential Reliable Manufacturing Skills Bootcamp (ERMS)

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Training 1 - Leadership LEAD-3000

Essential Reliable Manufacturing Skills Bootcamp (ERMS)

A 3-day intensive bootcamp for plant leaders and supervisors to build reliability capability, challenge current practices, and leave with a clear action roadmap.

3 Days Duration
On-Site Location
Workshop Format
10-15 Recommended Participants
Overview

What this course is about

Manufacturing teams today face relentless pressure to sustain margins with leaner resources. When reliability fails, everything downstream suffers — production targets, quality, and cost.
This three-day Bootcamp is built for leaders and supervisors who need to move fast, build capability, and deliver results on the floor. Each subject opens with a look at what top-performing facilities actually do — how they think about failure, how they develop strategy, and how they drive measurable outcomes.
Practical observation tools give participants a clear-eyed view of current conditions and a roadmap to move forward. Come prepared to challenge assumptions. Leave with documented actions and the know-how to begin.

Key Topics Covered

1. ERMS Boot Camp
  • Introduction to Reliable Manufacturing®
  • Asset Strategy Development
  • Condition Monitoring
  • Precision Maintenance®
  • Bearing and Lubrication Skills
  • Pumps and Piping Systems
  • Asset Operation and Troubleshooting
  • Root Cause Problem Elimination
  • Implementing Reliable Manufacturing®

  • 2. Foundational Elements
  • Effective Communication
  • Developing Reliability Strategies
  • Introduction to Work Management

  • 3. Mechanical Condition Monitoring
  • Vibration
  • Infrared (IR)
  • Ultrasound
  • Oil Analysis
  • Why This Training Matters

  • Builds a shared reliability language across leadership, maintenance, and operations
  • Connects asset health, failure behavior, and measurable business outcomes
  • Reduces chronic failures and cuts unplanned downtime
  • Delivers a practical, actionable foundation for Reliable Manufacturing® implementation
  • What to Expect

  • Observation-based challenge activities
  • Practical tools applicable immediately on return
  • End-of-day report-outs and peer discussion
  • Post-session observation results review
  • Who Should Attend
    • Area/Line Managers & Superintendents
    • Leaders responsible for reliability initiatives
    • Maintenance & Operations Supervisors
    Typical Daily Outline

    What 3 days looks like on the floor

    Day 1
    Day 2
    Day 3

    Reliable Manufacturing Fundamentals & Strategy

  • What is Reliable Manufacturing®?
  • How things fail
  • Reliability philosophies
  • Applying all the tools
  • Metrics and measures
  • Building a strategy
  • Asset strategy development
  • Effective work systems principles
  • Class end-of-day report-out
  • Asset Health & Precision Maintenance

  • Determining asset health
  • Using vibration to assess machine condition
  • Understanding infrared
  • Applying ultrasound technology
  • Using lubrication analysis to assess asset condition
  • Machine assembly and installation
  • Mechanical failure mechanisms
  • Precision Maintenance®
  • Introduction to bearing failures & installation techniques
  • Essential lubrication skills
  • Class end-of-day report-out
  • Operation, Root Cause & Sustainability

  • Asset care and operation
  • Operator’s role in reliability
  • Essential asset care
  • Pumps and pumping systems
  • Root Cause Problem Elimination — RCPE thinking process
  • Documentation methods & forensic analysis
  • Design for Reliability
  • Applying Reliable Manufacturing® principles
  • Final course review
  • Upon successful completion, participants will be capable of:

    • Understand and apply Reliable Manufacturing® principles across the organization
    • Evaluate current reliability practices against what top-performing facilities actually do
    • Develop a strategic roadmap for implementing and sustaining reliability improvements

    • Recognize how and why assets fail, and how failures develop over time
    • Identify and control common component and system failure modes

    • Understand core condition monitoring technologies and their plant-floor applications
    • Recognize the importance of precision maintenance and proper assembly practices

    • Apply root cause problem elimination thinking to persistent failures

    What Participants Say
    "

    From Tallahassee to Longview to Jacksonville, one thing stayed consistent — the tools and mindset I gained through Reliability Solutions helped me succeed at every step. They helped me bridge the gap between mechanical engineering and operational leadership. They're not just a vendor — they're a partner in performance.

    Matt Jacobs
    Assistant Superintendent · Paper Machine Operations — FL
    "

    In the brewing industry, consistency and uptime are everything. Reliability Solutions helped me transition from a technical expert to a real maintenance leader. The program gave me tools to build a team that takes pride in precision — not just fixing things when they break.

    Marie-Claude Tremblay
    Maintenance Supervisor · Brewing Operations, QC

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