Reliability 4.0 podcast
Welcome to the Reliability.com Podcast with CEO Sebastian Traeger, exploring innovations, challenges, and experiences in maintenance and asset management. Tune in weekly for expert insights and tips to enhance operational excellence.
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This podcast is your premier destination to unravel how cutting-edge technologies like AI, IoT, and Big Data are revolutionizing the way we approach reliability and maintenance in various industries. Our host, the CEO of Reliability.com, Sebastian Traeger, uses his extensive experience to illuminate the most pressing topics in the reliability engineering field today. The Reliability 4.0 Podcast is here to keep you informed and inspired, bringing you insightful discussions, interviews with leading experts, and real-world case studies. Subscribe now to never miss an episode!
In this episode of Reliability 4.0, we talk with Jerid Jackson, Reliability and Asset Management Senior Manager at PepsiCo – Frito Lay North America, about how he helped roll out a standardized root cause analysis (RCA) program across a complex network of nearly 40 manufacturing sites. Jerid shares the challenges of supporting diverse teams with varying levels of RCA maturity and how EasyRCA became a practical solution for improving follow-through, standardization, and equipment uptime. He also explains how thoughtful change management—starting with pilot sites, hands-on support, and internal collaboration—fueled widespread adoption.
We also dive into how Jerid’s team uses EasyRCA’s AI features to build better executive summaries, guide users to deeper levels of analysis, and increase confidence across all experience levels. Jerid highlights success stories from sites like Aberdeen and Fayetteville, the importance of collaboration via user group calls, and how PROACT training has deepened the organization’s RCA capabilities. Whether you’re supporting a single plant or managing a network, this episode is packed with lessons on building reliability at scale.
