During a breakdown, plants lack accessible knowledge.
The next great maintenance technician won't just fix failures.
They'll help the plant stop learning the same lesson twice.
Talent gaps are coming.
Old training methods will not close them. Industry needs faster learning, sharper upskilling, and a new way to prepare the next generation.
Leaders, are you acting now or waiting until it's too late?
#silvertsunami#Talentgap#ManufacturingIndustry
Breakdown โ substitute spare part โ machine runs.
Months later the original part goes back in, and things behave differently.
Quiet shopfloor knowledge that rarely gets documented.
#Manufacturing#Maintenance#Shopfloor#Reliability#Unwritten
Unwritten & Ignored #7
Maintenance planning
We build a yearly plan and load it into the CMMS.
But day to day, the real rule is:
โWhat does the maintenance head want today?โ
Factories think they have an MTTR problem.
What they really have is a skills ramp problem.
If it still takes 2 - 3 years for a new technician to hit your current MTTR, you donโt have resilience โ you have a single point of failure.
Your true moat is the MTTR-to-Skills Ratio.
80% of manufacturers are now putting 20%+ of their improvement budgets into smart manufacturing, as per @Deloitte 's 2026 industry outlook report.
How are you thinking about smart manufacturing, AI agents and skill retention in your operations for 2026?
51% of CIOs still frame AI as a cost-reduction play.
83% already see the bigger prize: productivity gains.
Clarifies the latest @Lenovo CIO report.
Which group do you want your organization in?
#AI#CIO#AIinManufacturing#industrynews#Industry40
Downtime spikes when fixes live in heads, emails, or three systems that donโt talk.
Record the fix where it happens, make it searchable by asset/symptom, and let an agent surface past WOs, parts, and safety steps.
#KnowledgeIntelligence#SmartMaintenance#DovientCopilot#AI