Insights

Writing from the Resonance Group

On the disciplines that manage physical assets, the gaps between them, and how to measure the harmony.

October 1, 2026 · Bill Carrick

Who Decides When the Asset Comes Offline

Deferring maintenance usually produces a work order with a later date and nothing else, while aviation and nuclear regulators require an expiry and an owner. But who and how do you decide when it’s time to take the asset down and do the deferred maintenance ?

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September 21, 2026 · The Resonance Group

Are Your Reorder Points Set Based on Fiction ?

Reorder points are set from consumption history, and Amtrak's audit shows how that record misses the hours assets spend waiting for parts.

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September 15, 2026 · Bill Carrick

Why the Reliability Module Sits Idle

Maintenance writes the work-order close-out record and reliability is the only function that reads it. Most of what the reliability module can and cannot do traces back to that one handoff.

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September 11, 2026 · Bill Carrick

The Capital Plan Is a Forecast. The Asset Doesn't Know That.

Capital plans are built to be fundable on a budget cycle; the gap to actual asset condition surfaces only when a forcing event exposes it.

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September 8, 2026 · The Resonance Group

Three Certifications, One Blind Spot

SMRP, ARC, and ISO 55001 each measure something real, but none of them checks whether reliability's findings actually change what the EAM tells maintenance to do.

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September 4, 2026 · Bill Carrick

How in tune is your organization?

Introducing the Resonance Score, a way to measure how well the disciplines of asset management work together, starting with maintenance and reliability.

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Announcements and conversations

Short videos from the Resonance Group and EAM Solutions, on the disciplines and the ground they share.

September 4, 2026 · Resonance Group

David Kennemore Named Vice President of Operations

David Kennemore brings decades of industry and consulting experience to the Resonance Group as Vice President of Operations, leading the growth of its professional services for asset management.

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August 25, 2026 · EAM Solutions

EAM Solutions Expands Into Resonance Group

Dr. Wes Kennemore announces Resonance Group, a new organization extending EAM Solutions’ capabilities across the design, build, operate, and protect lifecycle, while Bennet Creed takes on a strategic-initiatives leadership role.

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