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Watercolour of an asset hierarchy, a firm backbone at the top dissolving into open branches below, with a green band where prescription becomes judgement
Asset Management System
Technical
RCM
Data Analytics

Where ISO 14224 Stops: the asset hierarchy decision the standard leaves to you

Where ISO 14224 stops prescribing and your engineering judgement begins, and how to map the hierarchy onto your CMMS.
Insight
Edge Computing
Fleet Management

Australian mining fleets: what the data actually shows

Five findings on Australian mining fleet reliability, drawn from ABS statistics, peer reviewed measurement and the patent register. Free 63 page whitepaper, 118 references.
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The Asset Maintenance Roles AI Automation Actually Threatens, and the Ones It Doesn't
Artificial Intelligence
Workforce Planning
Condition Assessment

The Asset Maintenance Roles AI Automation Actually Threatens, and the Ones It Doesn't

Examines which asset maintenance roles are genuinely exposed to AI automation and which are structurally protected by judgement work.
Article
Artificial Intelligence
Asset Lifecycle
ISO 55001

Open Weight AI Has Arrived, and Asset Data Sovereignty Just Got Real

The week capable AI stopped requiring you to hand your asset data to someone else, and what open weight models mean for running AI inside your own perimeter.
Transport
Article
Watercolour staircase of asset management maturity rising from a firm baseline floor, one step in green, with a faint capability gauge.
Insight

ISO 55001 Certification Is a Floor, Not a Finish Line

A tougher 2026 GFMAM scheme makes ISO 55001 certification harder to earn. But certification proves conformance, not capability. Here is the difference, and how to close the gap.
Transport
Article
Watercolour hero for Tracks of Change Part 5: Free Transport and the AI Paradigm
Insight
Artificial Intelligence
Predictive Maintenance

Tracks of Change Part 5: The AI Paradigm Shift

Melbourne has had a taste of free public transport. An asset management view of how AI enabled asset intelligence could make the subsidy affordable and fund nea
Transport
Article
Watercolour hero for Tracks of Change Part 4: The Transformation
Insight
Asset Lifecycle
Technical

Tracks of Change Part 4: The Transformation

How the Metro Tunnel, the High Capacity Metro Train fleet and high capacity signalling handed Melbourne's operator a step change in asset complexity and value,
Transport
Article
Watercolour hero for Tracks of Change Part 3: The Metro Trains Era
Insight
Asset Lifecycle
Asset Management System

Tracks of Change Part 3: The Metro Trains Era

The asset management wins and challenges of Melbourne's Metro Trains era, MR3 and MR4, and why performance regimes shape how rail assets are cared for over the
Transport
Article
Watercolour hero for Tracks of Change Part 2: The Franchising Experiment
Insight
Asset Lifecycle
Advisory

Tracks of Change Part 2: The Franchising Experiment

Splitting Melbourne's trains in 1999 tested who carries renewal and condition risk under short franchises over long lived assets. The wins, the failures and the
Transport
Article
Watercolour hero for Tracks of Change Part 1: The Public Era
Insight
Asset Lifecycle
Advisory

Tracks of Change Part 1: The Public Era

The asset management story of Melbourne's public rail era — the wins of integrated public stewardship, and the renewal funding tension that set up privatisation
Water
Article
In-situ maintenance decision framework: condition assessment to risk ranking to intervention type, key option in green.
Asset Condition
ISO 55001
Asset Lifecycle
Insight

Ageing Utility Assets Are Rewriting the Maintenance Service Model

Ageing utility infrastructure is forcing a shift from scheduled replacement to in-situ maintenance. Here's what that means for service delivery.
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FMEA
Artificial Intelligence
Risk Management
Insight
Predictive Maintenance

What 3,126 Work Orders Taught Us About Your FMEA

Maintenance work orders are the richest record of how your assets fail. We took 3,126 real work orders, classified them against a real FMEA, and found 337 the FMEA missed.

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