by Jane Alexander, Managing Editor | Aug 22, 2022 | Beyond RAM, The Bloch Files
It is with great sadness and the heaviest of hearts that we find ourselves reporting the recent passing of Heinz Bloch, our fellow editor and long-time mentor to us and countless others throughout industry. To paraphrase the author bio at the end of his many...
by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | May 1, 2022 | Beyond RAM, Plant Operations
Last week was a working vacation for my wife and me. We traveled to my home state of Michigan, where I presented a short seminar on the “The Mysteries of History as Told by Our Country’s Flags.” Touring the area with my brother and sister in-law who live in Holland,...
by Drew Troyer, CRE, CMRP, T.A. Cook/Accenture, Editor | Jan 23, 2022 | Beyond RAM, The Sustainable Plant
For the uninitiated, “ESG” is the acronym for Environmental, Social, and Governance performance. Headlines and associated press releases and articles often focus on ESG performance these days. Some seem to represent thinly veiled warnings for businesses...
by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | Jan 17, 2022 | Beyond RAM, Newsletter Column, Workforce Issues
I grimace when major-newspaper editorialists beat up on manufacturing because of workers leaving, excessive job openings, and an overall decline in jobs. They’re looking at data. What do they know about how manufacturing works? And what do they really know about...
by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | Dec 12, 2021 | Asset Management, Beyond RAM
Many readers of The RAM Review will be familiar with the old poem that begins “‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” Regardless of who really wrote the original version (either Clement Clarke...
by Bob Williamson, CMRP, CPMM, MIAM, Editor | Jun 27, 2021 | Beyond RAM
Editor’s Note: Bob Williamson is not just a respected RAM professional and busy member of The RAM Review team. Among other things, he’s also the Curator and member of the Board of Directors of the only “House of Flags Museum” in America (read...