But just because few plants around the world have achieved such an environment does not mean it is complicated or difficult. Sure it’s hard work. And it takes time. But what needs to be done can be summarised in a surprisingly simple framework.
And that’s one of things that frustrates me the most.
Somehow we’ve got people convinced that to achieve high reliability you need to successfully implement a model with 10 or 20 different elements. Most of these models are complex. And the idea of having to implement all those elements would be daunting to just about everyone.
But you know what?
These models are more complex than they need to. You don’t need 10 or 20 elements to achieve high reliability. In my experience the “Best of the Best” get to World Class Reliability by doing the basics really well. And that’s not just my experience, industry research shows the same.
Adopt an overly complicated approach like we discussed and you lose sight of those essential basics. Lose sight of the basics and you’re doomed. You’re doomed to a life of low reliability.
I like to keep things as simple as possible.
That’s why I developed a very simple model called the Road to Reliability Framework™ which consists of just 4 Essential Elements that you need to worry about.
It is easy to understand.
It helps you focus on what’s important.
And it works.
