Asset Strategy Development with FMEA, PMO and RCM

This course guides participants through the complete process of building effective asset maintenance strategies, from foundational planning to advanced failure analysis. Engineers will learn to apply FMEA and RCM techniques to identify failure modes, optimize preventive maintenance, and align strategies with business goals. By the end, attendees will be equipped to reduce downtime, improve safety, and justify maintenance investments to leadership.

• Maintenance managers and technicians.
• Reliability, maintenance, and safety engineers seeking to improve asset performance and reduce failure risk.
• Project and manufacturing engineers responsible for integrating maintenance strategies into design and operations.
• Quality and process professionals involved in FMEA implementation and continuous improvement initiatives.

This course is a revision of the previously titled PMO Optimization and Using FMEA and RCM to Reduce Equipment Failure courses. Considerable changes were made to help ensure the very latest innovations and knowledge were reflected in this revision.

This course is part of the Maintenance and Reliability Management Certificate. Enhance your maintenance skills while earning a recognized credential.

• Building a Strong Foundation for Asset Management
• Asset Management Tools and Facilitating Adoption
• How Asset Management Tools Fit in the Operational Value Stream
• Building Asset Hierarchy
• Develop and Apply Criticality
• Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Development
• Employing Run to Failure as a Value-Add Maintenance Strategy
• Improving Existing Preventive Maintenance Plans with PM Optimization (PMO)
• Filtering valueless activities
• Developing and refining procedures
• Corrective maintenance execution
• Overcoming challenges such as Small Maintenance Crews, Small Maintenance Budgets, High Production Demand, and Poor Safety Performance

Brian Hronchek

Brian Hronchek is a Purdue University Aerospace Engineering graduate and a retired Marine Corps Captain with extensive experience in training, operations, and leadership. He holds several professional certifications, including CMRP, REC from Clemson University, and ISO CAT II Vibration Analyst. Brian specializes in reliability engineering, maintenance planning, and business process development, focusing on mentoring and empowering individuals to build high-performing organizations. His career spans the oil and gas and steel industries, as well as predictive technology services, leading to his current role as a principal trainer and consultant. He actively shares his insights through LinkedIn articles, professional lectures, and mentoring Purdue students. Passionate about knowledge sharing, Brian believes that “wealth is created through the transfer of knowledge” and is dedicated to helping others grow.

Shon Isenhour

Shon Isenhour is an engineering graduate of North Carolina State University and has become an expert in the implementation of holistic reliability solutions using tools such as Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) as well as Six Sigma and Lean to drive significant bottom line results.

Shon specializes in Adult Education, Business Process Management, Strategic Planning, Organizational Change Management, Leadership, Asset Management, and Reliability Engineering and has led improvement initiatives for industries such as pharmaceuticals, metals, petrochemical, paper, and power generation, among others. Shon has spoken on these topics at numerous professional conferences in the United States as well as Europe, South America, Africa, and the Middle East.

Shon is a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP), Certified Asset Management Assessor (CAMA) and has been certified by Prosci and Colorado State University as a Change Management Professional.

Shon currently writes and manages one of the most visited industry-specific blogs, www.ReliabilityNow.com. This valued resource, with over 200 posts on topics ranging from manufacturing, leadership, reliability, and education, is viewed by over 4,000 visitors every month.

When away from the asset management world, Shon lives reliability as a helicopter and airplane pilot and an avid fisherman. Nobody likes to be stranded in the air or on the water.