SIRF Roundtables Blog

Welcome to our September 2021 Newsletter. A lot has happened at SIRF Roundtables in a month.

When somewhere between 50% and 70% percent of equipment failures are self-induced with the maintenance and commissioning performed on the equipment, it is understandable the importance many organisations place on Quality management in maintenance.

Last year was a very changing, challenging year for everyone. In a short space of time what industry has incorporated into their roles is the need to be functional from remote as well as face to face. Safety and duty of care has become paramount to work to strict guidelines. The challenge to all organisations is to capture these in a defined manner to make sure nothing slips through; the impact as we have seen in so many cases to companies big or small is massive.

I had the pleasure of touring the Shingo Award winning Cimpress (formerly Vistaprint) facility near Melbourne a while back. I say pleasure, because the energy of the workplace was thrumming and a little infectious. 

This world we live in is forever changing, we are taught change is good (Kaizen Kai=Change zen=good) even more so now but one aspect you can cover time and time again for which the function does not change other than the concept but the benefit to all in most cases will. Sharing.

The world has changed with Covid, not only the conditions and environment many live and work in, but also it has had a very significant impact on businesses and industry in how they operate given both current and future challenges faced. I myself am very passionate about the greater competitiveness of industry and feel quite strongly that a great opportunity to drive greater competitiveness exists right now through automation.

It was late in the turn of last century, December 1988 to be precise, that an exploratory meeting occurred that led to the formation of the