Asset Management; the accelerator for the Energy Transition and Resilience

Digitalization is the biggest change driver of our time. In this episode, UMS Consultant Melina Schoen explains findings from her global survey on how asset-intensive companies deal with Digitalization, and gives many concrete tips on how to become an effective Change Manager in your organization.
Melina is, among other things, in charge of developing UMS services within the Digitalization domain and is working with many multinational companies with AM and Digitalization implementation.

If you want to implement AM in your organization, unless you have a green field facility, this would mean splicing AM into an existing organization. Therefore, AM Governance also needs to be spliced into the Governance System of the organization. But how can this be achieved?

Suzane Greeman, Principal Asset Management Advisor at Greeman Asset Management Solutions and author of the “Risk-based Asset Criticality Assessment Handbook” joins our podcast to share her ideas on Asset Management Governance and how she is leveraging her vast experience in numerous industries.
Suzane's LinkedIn profile

Asset-intensive organizations have to manage vast amounts of data to manage their assets and base their strategic, tactical, nd operational decisions on.

The Finnish TSO (Transmission System Operator) Fingrid has been on a journey to develop a digitalized way of working with their assets for many years now. In the global TSO benchmark ITAMS, it can be seen that Fingrid is consistently one of the best performers in that sector. Marcus Stenstrand, Digitalisation Manager and also one of the main responsible for implementing ISO 55000, explains that the starting point is actually that the organization has to make a formal decision to manage its information in the same way it manages its physical assets. Listen to his experiences on obstacles, common myths, and practical steps regarding information as an asset.

ITAMS: https://www.umsgroup.com/Europe/What-we-do/Learning-Consortia/ITAMS/

Marcus’ profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stenstrand/

COVID-19 has already caused significant changes in the way a lot of businesses operate across the world. Some of these changes will revert back to the way things were once COVID is no longer a threat. But could there be longer-term effects on our societies and work cultures?
What could this mean for Asset Owner & Operator organisations, and the Asset Management principles, processes, and procedures they operate within? And if changes are needed - what are Change Management best practices to implement those?
Paul Hilford of E-Step Ltd shares his views.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-hilford-crl-cmrp-estepltd/
This episode is based on Paul's article "The Only Constant in Life is Change - and how it applies to Asset Management in a COVID 19 affected world":
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/only-constant-life-change-paul-hilford-crl-cmrp/

When you say "Asset Management", many people will often first think of "Maintenance". But how do you manage maintenance work in a way that leads to real and sustainable productivity?
Doug Dale and Ford Yeager share their experiences from major transformation projects that led to phenomenal productivity increases. They show how to overcome knowledge and cultural challenges, in all stages of the process leading up to "Game Day" - the day when the maintenance work is executed.
Doug Dale, Senior Executive Consultant at UMS Group: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doug-dale-b352264/
Ford Yeager, Associate at UMS Group: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ford-yeager/
Resources
White Paper: How productive is your workforce?: https://www.umsgroup.com/assets/files/2020/How%20productive%20is%20your%20workforce%20(UMS%20Group).pdf
IPSEC - Pursuing Excellence in Work Management: https://www.umsgroup.com/assets/files/2020/IPSEC%20-Pursuing%20Excellence%20in%20Work%20Management%20(UMS%20Group).pdf