65c0f66a079599001f112840 Great Questionplant Reliability

New Great Question episode: Who owns reliability at a factory?

Feb. 5, 2024

In this installment of our podcast series, author and YouTuber Joe Kuhn explores the role advisers and deciders play in reliability ownership.

Scott Achelpohl

Joe Kuhn, CMRP, a former plant manager, engineer, and global reliability consultant, is president of Lean Driven Reliability. He's the author of the book “Zero to Hero: How to Jumpstart Your Reliability Journey Given Today’s Business Challenges” and the creator of the Joe Kuhn YouTube Channel, which offers content on starting your reliability journey and achieving financial independence. In this episode, Kuhn considers a commonplace scenario facing the industry and offers his advice as well as actions that you can take to get on track tomorrow. He offers insight here on who should take ownership of reliability at your facility.

About the Author

Scott Achelpohl

I've come to Smart Industry after stints in business-to-business journalism covering U.S. trucking and transportation for FleetOwner, a sister website and magazine of SI’s at Endeavor Business Media, and branches of the U.S. military for Navy League of the United States. I'm a graduate of the University of Kansas and the William Allen White School of Journalism with many years of media experience inside and outside B2B journalism. I'm a wordsmith by nature, and I edit Smart Industry and report and write all kinds of news and interactive media on the digital transformation of manufacturing.