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  1. No More Clipboards or Paper Checklists

    With digital transformation becoming a hot topic, have you ever wondered how many tons of paper are used in “clipboard rounds” in manufacturing plants annually, and then deposited into file…

  2. Notes from a Recent Work Instructions Project Deployment

    “Give the Customer What They Want AND What They Need” Recently I worked with a customer that requested help building out 20 work instructions, and eight skills for four pieces…

  3. The Power of a Digitally Connected Worker

    “Tomorrow’s leaders will need to transform their organizations to support a new breed of empowered, technologically savvy workers who want a collaborative, flexible culture where they are constantly learning, challenged, engaged, and…

  4. Changes You Need to Make to Survive in a Digital-First World Blog

    Unless you have been in a time capsule for the past 20 years, you can’t help but notice how the world is moving to digital everything. We have immediate and…

  5. Ted’s Deep Blue Adventures

    In late October InSource got a call from TechnipFMC asking for some assistance on “Deep Blue”, one of the most advanced pipelay and construction vessels of the subsea industry and the…

  6. Paper to Glass. Always a Worthy Endeavor…Now it’s essential

    Ever since the dawn of the Industrial Age (circa 1790 U.S), manufacturers have been looking for a better way run their business and to track their progress and productivity. There…

  7. You Don’t Need an MES

    I love to BBQ. I mean, the real BBQ… 4, 6, 8, 12 hours of smoking/cooking time using real hardwood coals made of cherry, pecan, apple, hickory and oak. I…

  8. The City of London, Ontario Digitizes their Logbooks, Shift Handover, and Work Instructions

    The City of London Ontario wastewater division is responsible for 5 plants and numerous pumping stations. Like most industries, they have lean staffs managing a large geography and coordinating duties…

  9. Combatting the Forgetting Curve: Use the Performance Walk

    During a recent technical solution client deployment, I overheard the conversation around pre “go-live” classroom training for operators. There wasn’t much confidence that the classroom material would be retained enough…

  10. We Miss You Reliability. Please Call Home.

    Your organization has invested heavily in asset performance technology to support and enable a reliability culture, but something seems to be missing. The new CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) is…