From Insight to Impact: Closing the Gap Between Condition Monitoring and True Reliability

Bridging the Divide: Closing the Gap Between Reliability and Condition Monitoring explores why reliability efforts often fall short due to organizational silos, inconsistent communication, and lack of shared standards. The session breaks down how to quantify failure, understand key metrics like OEE and MCPU, and identify the real drivers behind the reliability gap between detection and elimination of defects. 

Attendees will learn practical strategies to improve cross-functional collaboration, align leadership and teams, and build a more proactive reliability culture grounded in communication, documented standards, and SMART goals. 

Key takeaways include:
  • Turn Data into Actionable Reliability Gains | Learn why condition monitoring insights often fail to drive improvement—and how to bridge that gap with structured execution and accountability.

  • Quantify Failure to Improve Performance | Understand how to use statistical analysis and key metrics to uncover the real cost, frequency, and behavior of equipment failures.

  • Leverage Critical Metrics Effectively | Move beyond tracking OEE and MCPU—discover how to interpret and apply these indicators to drive smarter maintenance and reliability decisions.

  • Break Down Silos and Eliminate “Institutionalized Failure” | Identify cultural and organizational barriers that normalize recurring issues, and replace them with proactive, root-cause-driven practices.

  • Build a Reliability-First Operating Model | Align leadership, standardize processes, and foster cross-functional collaboration with SMART goals and a shared language to sustain long-term improvements.

When:
Wednesday, July 22nd @ 10am PT / 1pm ET
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Amissa Giddens

CMRP

Moderator

Amissa Giddens is a Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) who’s passionate about helping the industry connect, learn, and grow. She focuses on bringing maintenance and reliability professionals together to share ideas, learn from one another, and find practical ways to improve plant operations.

With a background in marketing and industry engagement, Amissa helps bridge the gap between technology, people, and performance — making complex reliability topics approachable and actionable.

Matt Knuth

CMRP, CMRT, CRL

VP, Reliability Solutions

Matt Knuth is a Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) and Certified Reliability Leader (CRL) with extensive experience in reliability engineering and condition monitoring. Over his career, he’s helped organizations strengthen their asset reliability programs, implement predictive maintenance strategies, and improve overall equipment performance.

Matt’s practical approach and deep technical knowledge make him a trusted voice in the maintenance and reliability community. He’s passionate about helping teams turn data into action—using insights from condition monitoring to prevent failures, extend equipment life, and build a culture of proactive maintenance.