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Getting Value from Field Service Inspections - Checklist Best Practices
(Also published on LinkedIn) Do your inspection processes generate business value? Or are they just busywork that needs to be done? Inspections ensure assets, equipment, and processes operate safely, reliably, and in compliance with regulations. They help identify early signs of deterioration or failure, so that issues can be corrected before costly downtime, safety incidents, or environmental harm. They provide documented evidence of due diligence for audits, insurance re

Robert Ward
Jun 38 min read


Generating Sample Data with Microsoft Copilot
Use of real data for testing, training, and development scenarios is problematic for security, integrity, and ethical considerations. ...

Robert Ward
Aug 13, 20256 min read


Training for Success – Lessons from a Day-in-the-Life Approach
Have you ever participated in a training session for a new process or software, where you learned lots of details but still couldn’t do...

Robert Ward
Jul 16, 20252 min read


Standard cost and cost improvement
Understanding the nature of costs is key for improving the productivity of field operations. This article looks at the calculation of...

Robert Ward
Jun 9, 20252 min read


Automatically load tasks from Excel to Microsoft Planner
Lists of activities to do to complete a project are often easier to brainstorm on paper or a whiteboard and then quickly type into an...

Robert Ward
May 10, 20252 min read
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