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Industrial Talk | SMRP 31 | Brian Hronchek, Principal Trainer at Eruditio about "With technology it always gets down to the people". 

Industrial Talk is onsite at the 30th Annual SMRP conference and speaking with to Shon Isenhour, owner of Eruditio, LLC about “Consistent, timely and current education is vital to your asset management strategy”. Get the answers to your “Reliability” questions along with Shon's unique insight on the “How” on this Industrial Talk interview!

What is an FMEA? When should you use it? Why is it an important step in helping maintenance teams move from a break-fix maintenance state to one that is more proactive? In this episode of Great Queston: A Manufacturing Podcast, Plant Services editor in chief Thomas Wilk spoke with a specialist in the reliability field, Brian Hronchek, to start answering these questions and more about failure modes and effects analyses. Brian draws from his former experience as reliability engineer for U.S. Steel, maintenance manager for Exxon Mobil, and a 16-year veteran of the Marine Corps, in addition to his current work as a principal trainer and consultant at Eruditio.

CMMSradio recently released a podcast episode featuring Katie Sanders, an Account Executive at Eruditio, sharing her professional journey in maintenance and reliability. The episode, recorded after initial meetings at the Reliable Plant Conferences in Orlando (2023) and Chicago (2024), aims to provide insights into her experiences in the industry.



Here's another series of soundbites from the Reliable Plant Conference 2023 in Orlando. We get to hear from Katie Sanders, Account Executive, with Eruditio talking about her favorite things about the RP conference. We also get to listen in on parts of Shon Isenhour's presentation on Mountain Man Wisdom.

Brian Hronchek is a principal trainer and consultant at Eruditio. Over the years, Brian has worked as a maintenance manager, reliability engineer, and planning manager, and his background includes stints in the U.S. Marine Core and Purdue Aerospace Engineering. Brian recently spoke with Plant Services editor in chief Thomas Wilk about how to fill out the FMEA (click here for example template), and then use it to build robust equipment maintenance plans. 

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Shon Isenhour and Brian Hronchek from Eruditio explore the importance and function of root cause analysis.

Throwback Podcast Spotlights

Prioritizing Initiatives with Paul Daoust.


Real Life Metrics with Rick Clonan.


Defect Elimination with Doug Plucknette.



Adoption of Mobility with Ryan Chan.


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