Predictive Maintenance: From Time-Based to Performance-Based

About this episode

David Trask interviews Kevin Buckles about his journey in facilities engineering and the shift from time-based to performance-based maintenance.

In this episode of Facility Voices, David Trask welcomes Kevin Buckles, Manager of Facilities Engineering at Cook Medical, for a conversation grounded in hands-on experience and a passion for continuous improvement. Kevin shares how his journey began in a high school trades program, building a home from the ground up, and evolved through roles across multiple manufacturing industries before landing in the highly regulated world of medical devices. Along the way, he developed a deep appreciati...

People in this episode

Host: David Trask

Guest: Kevin Buckles

Topics covered

• predictive maintenance
• performance-based maintenance
• facilities engineering
• continuous improvement
• medical devices

Keywords

• predictive maintenance
• facilities engineering
• medical devices
• continuous improvement
• manufacturing industries

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cook Medical

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