Larry Olson | CMRP, CRL, CAMA

CEO, Nexus Global | Larry is one of the leading global Shutdown/Turnaround, Asset Integrity, and Maintenance strategists. With over 30+ years of business & maintenance experience, he has carried out a variety of roles from Project Manager, Change Management Specialist to Director of Reliability & Integrity Assurance Excellence.

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The Maintenance Optimization Lifecycle: Project vs Capability

Executive Summary Planned Maintenance Optimization (PMO) initiatives consistently deliver measurable improvements in maintenance cost, reliability, and operational efficiency. Yet, despite these early gains, many organizations struggle to sustain...

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The Silent Failure of Planned Maintenance Optimization

Planned Maintenance Optimization (PMO) can reduce maintenance costs, improve reliability, and eliminate unnecessary work—but what happens after the...

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Save Time and Money with the Right Maintenance & Reliability Talent

Finding experienced maintenance and reliability professionals can be challenging—especially when you need specialized expertise quickly. Flexible...

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Asset Performance Management framework connecting strategy, work, data, and investigation—beyond EAM/CMMS

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Asset Performance Management | More Than Just EAM

EAM/CMMS is a tool. APM is the operating system—linking strategy, data standards, work management, analytics, and people so assets perform safely and...

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Steel finishing facility using FMEA and Strategy Optimizer to deploy value-added maintenance strategies

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Steel Finishing: FMEA → Value-Added Strategies

A top steel finishing facility selected Nexus Global to improve reliability using FMEA and Strategy Optimizer™. The engagement created deployable,...

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DMAIC cycle linked with RCA to reduce repeat failures in maintenance

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DMAIC + RCA: A Proven Approach to Reliability

Reliability improves fastest when teams pair DMAIC for problem‑solving discipline with RCA for true cause removal. This guide shows how to define,...

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Continuous Improvement

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Continuous Improvement with Campbell Scott

On this week's episode, Larry chats with Campbell Scott, founder and owner of i4 Business Improvements, to discuss the evolution of Continuous...

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Asset Management

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Best Practices - Asset Management, ISO 55000, Industry 4.0

On this episode, Larry talks with Pilar Valderrama, Asset Management Technology Manager for Stork-Flour, about her mission to bring Asset Management...

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Tying Risk/Investigations/RCA Together

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Tying Risk/Investigations/Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Together

More than 50% of the process industry is still operating with paper or file-based maintenance systems and people dependent processes for Root Cause...

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The 3 Most Popular RCA Tools

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The 3 Most Popular RCA Tools

Unfortunately when it comes to life and reliability. there isn't a crystal ball and unpredicted problems can occur in any team or process. However,...

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Triggers of an Root Cause Analysis

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Triggers of a Root Cause Analysis

In this episode of APM On Air, Larry explores the age-old question of what triggers a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and why one size doesn't fit all....

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Lubrication - Post COVID-19

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Lubrication Best Practices for COVID-19

On this episode of APM On Air, Mark O'Brien, Owner and Chief Analyst for Tribology Solutions, joins us to discuss how COVID-19 is effecting...

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Continuous Improvement Through RCA: Part 4/5 - Implement & Control

For the final episode of our multipart series on Continuous Improvement through Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Larry completes the last two steps of the...

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Continuous Improvement Through RCA: Part 3 - Analyze

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Continuous Improvement Through RCA: Part 3 - Analysis

On this episode of our multi-part series, Larry begins to Analyze the incident using the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) process...

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Post COVID-19 Maintenance & Reliability

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Maintenance & Reliability Outlook Post COVID-19

On this episode of APM On Air, we have Ryan Chan, CEO & Founder of UpKeep, on the show to discuss how COVID-19 will continue to impact maintenance...

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Continuous Improvement Through RCA: Part 2 - Measure

Welcome back to our multi-part series on Continuous Improvement through Root Cause Analysis (RCA) where we walk listeners through using a DMAIC RCA...

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