From Budget Constraints to Better Decisions.
Maintenance and reliability teams are constantly being asked to do more, with limited people, limited time, and limited budget. When you can’t fund everything, how do you determine what deserves investment, what can wait, and how do you make a compelling case for the resources your team actually needs?
Join UpTime Solutions for a practical conversation with Ramesh Gulati, the “Reliability Sherpa” and author of Maintenance & Reliability Best Practices, as we explore how maintenance and reliability leaders can make smarter investment decisions while building stronger support for their programs. With more than 50 years of experience in maintenance, reliability, and asset management, Ramesh brings a wealth of real-world perspective on building effective reliability programs.
Together, we’ll discuss how to:
- Prioritize maintenance and reliability investments when resources are limited
- Determine which problems and assets deserve your attention—and which can wait
- Balance short-term maintenance needs with long-term reliability improvements
- Build a stronger business case for additional maintenance and reliability funding
- Communicate the cost and risk of underfunding reliability to leadership
- Evaluate where technology and other reliability investments can provide the greatest value
- Use data, results, and measurable outcomes to support future budget requests
- Turn today’s maintenance challenges into a more strategic plan for next year’s budget
We’ll also explore how initiatives such as condition monitoring and predictive maintenance can fit into a broader reliability investment strategy—not as a solution for every asset, but as one tool leaders can evaluate when deciding where their limited resources can have the greatest impact.
Whether you’re preparing next year’s budget, trying to stretch the resources you already have, or working to get leadership to invest in reliability, this conversation will provide practical ideas you can take back to your organization.
Join us for an honest conversation about what to fund, what to prioritize, and how to make the case for the reliability resources your team needs.
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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.
Ramesh Gulati
PE, CRE, CRL, CAMA, CMRP, CMRT
Reliability Sherpa at Reliability X
Ramesh Gulati, PE, CRE, CRL, CAMA, CMRP, CMRT, is a world-renowned leader in maintenance, reliability, and asset management, known throughout the industry as the “Reliability Sherpa.”
With more than 50 years of hands-on industry experience, Ramesh is the award-winning author of Maintenance & Reliability Best Practices and a respected educator, thought leader, and change agent.